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Snow Covered Crunch Bars

"Prize-Winning Recipe Fall 2010!"

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.8 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (5)

Prep Time:
20 Min
Ready In:
1 Hr 30 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 3 dozen bars
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (1 pound 1.5 ounce) pouch Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
  • 2 1/2 cups peanut butter
  • 6 cups Rice Chex® cereal
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar, or as needed

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees 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.
  2. In large microwaveable 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.
  3. Place 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.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 279 | Total Fat: 18.6g | Cholesterol: 19mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2010 by KBrat   view full review
This is a good recipe. The reason I'm giving it 4 stars is because it didn't meet my...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 24, 2010 by jazzy   view full review
Great Bar!! It is essentially a glorified form of puppy chow! Can not go wrong with this one!!
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 23, 2010 by FrackFamily5 Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Pretty good. Easy and a nice presentation. Use Rice Chex perfect Crunch not too hard.
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 17, 2012 by miss_whisk   view full review
I love everything about the concept of this bar, except that it is EXTREMELY rich, sweet and...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.8 star rating.
Reviewed on May 12, 2011 by karisuenichols Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
My family liked these, but I thought they were a little rich. Next time I will make sure that...

 

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