Peanut Butter-Chocolate-Oatmeal Cereal Bars

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  • 4
  • 15 mins
  • 16 mins

Ingredients

  • 2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats
  • 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 4 cups crisp rice cereal
  • 1 (12 oz) package semisweet chocolate morsels
  • 1 (10 oz) package peanut butter morsels
  • 1 cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350. Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl. Press firmly onto bottom of a lightly greased 15 x 10 inch jelly-roll pan. (Mixture will be thin) Bake 12 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack 10 minutes.

2. Microwave corn syrup, sugar, and peanut butter in a large microwave safe glass bowl at HIGH 2 minutes or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30 second intervals Stir in cereal. Press mixture firmly over oat mixture in pan.

3. Microwave chocolate and peanut butter morsels in a microwave-safe glass bowl at HIGH 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30-second intervals. Spread over cereal mixture. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts. Cool 45 minutes. Cut into bars.

Note: We tested with Reese's Peanut Butter Chips and Rice Krispies cereal.