O2. Crispy Peanut Butter Bars

This next recipe is personally one of my favorite dessert bars of all! These crispy peanut butter bars are super delicious but take a while to serve them. On the bright side it only takes 20 minutes to make them, but it takes at least 1 hour for them to chill. For this recipe you will need: peanut butter chips, butter, crisp rice cereal, semisweet chocolate chips, light corn syrup, and honey-roasted peanuts. Now on to how to make them!

Step 1: line a 13 by 9 inch baking pan with nonstick foil to expand about 2 inches with the foil coming out over the ends of the pan.

Step 2: Microwave 1 bag (10 ounce) of peanut butter chips with 1 stick of butter in a large glass bowl and stir at 20 second intervals, until blended smooth.

·         1 stick of butter is equivalent to ½ cup

Step 3: add 6 ½ of the crisp rice cereal and stir until evenly coated. Then spread the cereal mixture into the prepared pan, pressing into an even layer.

Step 4: Next place the pan in the freezer for 10 minutes or until firm.

Step 5: Now melt 1 bag (12 ounces) of chocolate chips as directed on the bag itself. Then add ½ cup of light corn syrup and stir until blended. Then spread that over the cereal mixture; and sprinkle with ½ cup of the finely chopped nuts.

Step 6: Refrigerate for 1 hour to firm

Step 7: lift the foil by the ends onto a cutting board. Then cut the bars crosswire into 10 strips and cut each strip into 6 different bars.

ENJOY!

Nutrient Fact: in each bar there is 89 calories, 2 grams of protein, 11 grams of carbs, 5 grams of fat, 4mg of cholesterol, and 61 mg of sodium.