Chocolate Peanut-Butter Pretzel Bars

 

Ingredients

· 1 cup packed brown sugar

· 1 cup light corn syrup

· 2 cups mini marshmallows

· 3/4 cup creamy natural unsweetened peanut butter, well stirred

· 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

· 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

· 4 cups thin pretzel sticks, roughly chopped

· 4 cups unsweetened puffed wheat cereal

· 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted

· 1/2 teaspoon smoked salt

 

Steps

1) Lightly grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Combine the sugar and corn syrup in a 4-quartt saucepan and bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn off the heat and stir in the marshmallows until about half of them are melted, then stir in the peanut butter until well combined. Add the vanilla and salt. Mix in the pretzels and puffed wheat. At firmly into the prepared baking dish. Drizzle the melted chocolate over them and sprinkle with smoked salt.

2) Chill for 1 hour, or until firm. Slice into small bars with a hot, wet knife. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

 

From: Bakeless Sweets

By: Faith Durand: Executive Editor, The Kitchen