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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Feb 28, 2011
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Grand Prize-Winning Recipe 2007! Potato chips are the secret ingredient that keep sweet in balance with salty in a candy-like toffee bar.

Chocolate-Topped Peanut-Toffee Bars

  • Prep Time 30 min
  • Total 3 hr 15 min
  • Servings 32
  • Ingredients 9
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Ingredients

Cookie Base

Filling

  • 1 cup butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups lightly crushed potato chips
  • 1 cup salted peanuts

Topping

  • 1 bag (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
  • Step 
    2
    In large bowl, stir cookie base ingredients until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes or just until dough is set.
  • Step 
    3
    Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar. Heat to boiling, stirring frequently. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
  • Step 
    4
    Sprinkle potato chips and peanuts over partially baked base. Pour brown sugar mixture over chips and peanuts. Bake 15 minutes longer or until surface is bubbly.
  • Step 
    5
    Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over chips and peanuts; return to oven for 2 minutes to soften chocolate. Spread chocolate over filling. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until chocolate is set. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 4 rows. Store covered at room temperature.

Nutrition

260 Calories
16g Total Fat
3g Protein
26g Total Carbohydrate
19g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Bar
Calories
260
Calories from Fat
140
Total Fat
16g
24%
Saturated Fat
7g
34%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
20mg
7%
Sodium
150mg
6%
Potassium
120mg
3%
Total Carbohydrate
26g
9%
Dietary Fiber
1g
5%
Sugars
19g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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