Snickers Bars

It should come as no surprise to anyone that I've developed quite an arsenal of recipes over the past couple of years of food blogging.  Some of the recipes I make right away and others, I save until I have a really good reason to make them.  One recipe, in particular, that I've had tucked away for a "rainy day" was a recipe for Homemade Snickers Bars.  Well the perfect opportunity finally presented itself - a swim party for fifteen year old girl soccer players.  What teenage girl doesn't like Snicker's bars? There could not have been a more perfect opportunity to make this recipe.

Homemade Snickers Bars
Bottom Layer
1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter

Thoroughly grease 9x13" baking pan.

​Melt ingredients together in microwave.

​Pour into baking sheet.  Spread until even.  Let cool completely.

​Middle Layer
1/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups marshmallow fluff
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cups salted peanuts, chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla

​Melt butter in saucepan.

​Add in sugar and milk, stirring until dissolved.  Bring to a boil.  Cook 5 minutes.

​Add in fluff, peanut butter and vanilla.  Stir until smooth.  Turn off heat.

​ Fold in peanuts.

​ Pour over bottom layer.  

​Cool completely.

​Caramel Layer
14 ounce bag caramels
1/4 cup whipping cream

​Combine ingredients in a saucepan.  Melt over low heat until smooth.

​Pour over nougat layer.  Cool completely.

​Top Layer
1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter

​Melt ingredients together in saucepan.  Pour over caramel and spread until even.

​Let cool.  Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.  Cut as desired. 

​I thought these might be really messy and hard to cut but I cut them as soon as I took them out of the refrigerator so they were still nice and cold.  The first couple of squares were a bit of a challenge to wiggle out of the pan but after that, I didn't have too much trouble.

By the way --- In case you haven't figured it out from the pictures - these are amazing!

Ciao!

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