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If your gang likes corn chips, they’ll love the sweet and salty blend in these fast-fixing bars from Wanda Borgen in Minot, North Dakota. They also make great take-along treats for picnics or tailgate parties and are so easy, the kids just may want to make their own batch.
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Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 254 calories, 14 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 113 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 5 g protein.
Originally published as Salty Peanut Squares in Simple & Delicious May/June 2006, p26
Use Chocolate as Chips“After Easter, I put leftover solid or hollow chocolate bunnies or eggs in a plastic bag and pound them into small pieces,” relates Geraldine B. of Kersey, Pennsylvania. “I use them in place of chocolate chips in recipes.”
“After Easter, I put leftover solid or hollow chocolate bunnies or eggs in a plastic bag and pound them into small pieces,” relates Geraldine B. of Kersey, Pennsylvania. “I use them in place of chocolate chips in recipes.”
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Reviewed on Nov. 08, 2012 by minmom
If you like salty and sweet this is the bar for you! Everyone liked them!
Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2011 by Grammy B
I took these goodies to coffee hour at our church. Everyone loved them and there were many requests for the recipe. Several people were surprised to learn the ingredients since corn chips and peanut butter is an uncommon combination. I plan to make them to give as Christmas gifts to friends and neighbors. Yummy! BTW, I followed the recipe to the letter and had excellent results.
Reviewed on Oct. 05, 2011 by jmkasprak
Very interesting ... I didn't think the recipe needed the milk chocolate chips, and mixing the nuts into the syrup made it hard to spread evenly. That said, it was delicious!
Reviewed on Sep. 16, 2010 by cheriwinkle
Follow the recipe as stated, including pressing LIGHTLY, and your results will be as they should be. Stirring everything together makes a very compact chunk of stuff-as badgergirl found out. We have made this recipe, minus the nuts and chocolate for a number of years now-spread the UNBROKEN corn chips on several jelly roll pans (10x15") and drizzle the boiled mixture over. Cool, break apart as needed and make layers in a container, separated by wax paper. We call it "The Terribly Addictive Snack" and it is always a hit.
Reviewed on May. 03, 2010 by grensrud
These were awesome - perfect combination of sweet & salty. I substituted honey roasted peanuts and added 3/4 cup of chocolate chips to suit our taste. Recipe made a 9x13" pan for me, but maybe because I didn't mix everything together like the previous reviewer. Will definitely make again!
Reviewed on Mar. 20, 2008 by badgergirl
P.S. It only made a 9x9 pan for me
I mean, I added all of the cornchips and peanuts to the pan with corn syrup, so they were all sticky and combined.
I followed the steps for boiling the corn syrup and adding peanut butter, but then I just added ALL of the corn chips and peanuts to the pan at once; otherwise, I thought the bottom layer of these bars might be too dry. After combining it all, I pressed it into the bottom of a greased pan and continued as directed.
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