Peanut butter lovers, this one’s for you! Peanut butter cookie dough forms the base for these bars, stacked with marshmallows, peanuts and caramel.
Salted Peanut Marshmallow Bars
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ peanut butter cookie mix
- 2 tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 20 caramels, unwrapped (From 11-oz bag)
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup cocktail peanuts
- 1/2 cup marshmallow creme
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.
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Step2In large bowl, mix cookie mix, flour, softened butter and egg until soft dough forms. Press two-thirds of dough in bottom of pan; bake 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
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Step3Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave caramels and whipping cream uncovered on High 1 1/2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until caramels are melted. Stir until smooth.
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Step4Sprinkle partially baked cookie base with peanuts. Drizzle caramel mixture over peanuts. Drop teaspoonfuls of marshmallow creme randomly over caramel. Crumble remaining cookie dough over marshmallow creme.
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Step5Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 2 hours. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.
Nutrition
300
Calories
14g
Total Fat
6g
Protein
37g
Total Carbohydrate
24g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 300
- Calories from Fat
- 130
- Total Fat
- 14g
- 22%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 26%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 240mg
- 10%
- Potassium
- 125mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 37g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 6%
- Sugars
- 24g
- Protein
- 6g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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