Recipes DECEMBER 2017 COUNTRY KITCHEN Mary’s holiday bars

Mary’s holiday bars

Mary’s holiday bars
Mary’s holiday bars

Mary’s holiday bars

Ingredients

1 cup sugar 

1 cup white Karo syrup

1 1/2 cups crunchy peanut butter 

6 cups Rice Krispies or Special K cereal 

12-ounce bag butterscotch chips 

23-ounce bag semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips

Preparation

Butter a cookie sheet. In a large saucepan, mix sugar and Karo syrup. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add peanut butter. Stir in cereal. 

Pour onto buttered cookie sheet, spreading thin and working fast. 

In the microwave, melt butterscotch chips and spread onto cereal mixture. Melt chocolate chips and spread over butterscotch. Cool and cut.