Scotcharoos

Scotcharoos

from allrecipes.com
Dessert
30 min
240 kcal / serving

Scotcharoos are made with a soft peanut butter base with crunchy Rice Krispies topped with a deliciously rich, melted chocolate butterscotch layer.

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoonunsalted butter, or as needed
  • 1 ½ cupspeanut butter
  • 1 cuplight corn syrup
  • 1 cupwhite sugar
  • 6 cupscrisp rice cereal
  • ½ cupsemisweet chocolate chips
  • ½ cupbutterscotch chips

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather all ingredients. Generously butter a 9x13-inch baking pan; set aside.

  2. 2

    Mix peanut butter, corn syrup, and sugar together in a large pot; cook and stir over medium heat until peanut butter melts. Bring mixture to a boil. Remove pot from the heat.

  3. 3

    Stir in rice cereal until well combined.

  4. 4

    Transfer mixture into the prepared pan and pat it down with buttered hands.

  5. 5

    Melt chocolate chips and butterscotch chips in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat; stir until smooth.

  6. 6

    Spread over top of bars.

  7. 7

    Cool completely, about 20 minutes, before cutting into 24 squares.