Prize-Winning Recipe Fall 2010! Love Chex® Muddy Buddies®? Try this winning bar the same chocolate, peanut butter and Chex® combo.
Snow Covered Crunch Bars
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 package (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)
- 2 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 6 cups Rice Chex™ cereal
- 1/2 to 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 13x9-inch baking pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, 1/2 cup butter and egg until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 15 minutes.
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Step2In large microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and the remaining 1/2 cup butter on High about 1 1/2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until melted and smooth. Add peanut butter; mix until well blended.
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Step3Place cereal in 1-gallon resealable food-storage plastic bag. Using your hands, gently break cereal into small pieces. Gently stir cereal into chocolate mixture until cereal is coated. Spread cereal mixture evenly over cookie crust; gently press. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Refrigerate about 1 hour or until bars are set. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows. Store covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
300
Calories
18g
Total Fat
6g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
16g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 300
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 18g
- 28%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 35%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 200mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 170mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 16g
- Protein
- 6g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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