Sweet Something Bars Recipes

NO BAKE SWEET MARIE BARS

Steps:

• Prepare an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
• Cook and stir peanut butter, corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter together in a large saucepan over medium-low heat until boiling. Fold crispy rice cereal and peanuts into the peanut butter mixture; press into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over the top of the hot mixture. Let chocolate chips melt; spread chocolate over the top in an even layer.
• Refrigerate until the mixture hardens, about 1 hour.

SWEET MARIE BARS

Steps:

• Mix together peanut butter, corn syrup, brown sugar, butter and vanilla.
• Melt this mixture in the microwave, mix well.
• Add rice krispies and carefully mix until they are coated.
• Pat into 8 or 9 inch square baking pan.
• Melt chocolate chips in the microwave.
• Spread melted chocolate evenly over top of rice krispie mixture.
• Chill before cutting into bars.

SWEET SOMETHING BARS

Steps:

• Cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs, vanilla and peanut butter if using, to butter and brown sugar.
• Add flour.
• Pour into an un-greased 1/2 sheet baking pan (jelly roll/cookie sheet pan).
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. (may take less time be sure to check after 15 minutes.).
• Allow bars to cool. Frost with a thin layer of vanilla frosting.
• Allow first layer of frosting to set up. Frost with layer of chocolate.
• Top with crushed pecans or walnuts.
• Bars freeze really well and can be pulled out for a quick dessert. I usually freeze with wax paper between layers.

SWEET AND SALTY CRUNCHY NUT BARS

Steps:

• Be still my beating heart! Or perhaps this is not the best thing to say here, given the likelihood of this lusciously over-the-top piece of chocolate excess inducing just such an outcome. I wouldn't want to make this very often, so impossible is it to walk away from with any conviction. I fear it is the kitchen equivalent to crack cocaine.
• Still, as the French say "Everything in moderation, even moderation." This is gloriously intemperate, riotously vulgar. I love it.
• The key is the blaring balance between sweet and salty: it's like several klaxons going off in your head as you eat. And it's strange that while I would normally eschew an all-milk chocolate offering, I prefer it here to the bittersweet-and-milk mixed version. Not that either is bad, and since the jury is matched on this, I feel it only right to alert you to either option. For what it's worth, I like the darker version in the round pan and cut into panforte-type skinny wedges, and my preferred milk chocolate version set in a rectangular pan and cut into chunky, squat slabs (rather as I feel and look like after eating too many of them).
• Line your springform pan with aluminum foil or use a foil pan.
• Break up or chop the chocolate into pieces, and drop into a heavy-based saucepan. Add the butter and syrup, put on a low heat, and melt gently together.
• Tip the peanuts into a bowl, and crush the honeycomb candy with your hands, letting the golden-glinting rubble fall into the nuts.
• Take the melted chocolate mixture off the heat and stir in the peanuts and crushed honeycomb candy, then tip straight into the springform pan or foil pan. Smooth the top of the mixture as much as you can, pressing down with a silicon spatula or vinyl-disposable-gloved hand. Put into the refrigerator for about 4 hours, and once set, cut into slices as desired.
• Make Ahead Note: The bars can be made 1 day ahead. Transfer slices to airtight container, layered with parchment paper, and store in refrigerator. Keeps for 3 to 4 days.

BEHR TRACK COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa and salt; stir in butter. Press onto bottom of a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake until set, 10-15 minutes. Cool completely., Microwave caramels and cream, covered, on high, stirring occasionally, until melted, 3-5 minutes. Spread over crust; cover with crushed pretzels. Refrigerate until set., Meanwhile, combine peanut butter and butter; beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over pretzels. Return to refrigerator., In the microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Spread over peanut butter layer. Refrigerate 15 minutes before cutting into bars.