No-Bake Peanut Butter and Chocolate Bars

No-Bake Peanut Butter & Chocolate Bars



 Do you remember the the recipe I shared (Milky Way Cake) with instructions to say your prayers first  and ask the Good Lord for willpower?

Well, if you make this, then you'd better be "prayed-up" too!  It's easy (no bake) so that's a double threat. We don't make difficult recipes that often, do we?  I knew I'd better send this batch to work with my husband the very next day...or else!   I promised the recipe would be on my blog, so y'all, enjoy!

1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light-color corn syrup
2 cups peanut butter
3 cups rise cereal
3 cups cornflakes
3/4 cup butter
4 cups powdered sugar
two 4-serving size pkgs vanilla instant pudding mix
1/4 cup milk
1 12-oz pkg semisweet chocolate pieces
1/2 cup butter

(are you dizzy yet???)

Line a 15 x 10 x 1 inch baking pan with foil, extending foil over edges of pan.  Set pan aside.

In a large saucepan combine granulated sugar and corn syrup.  Heat and stir just until mixture boils around the edges.  Heat and stir for 1 minute more.

Remove saucepan from heat.   Stir in peanut butter until melted.  Stir in rice cereal and cornflakes until coated.  Press mixture into the bottom of prepared pan.  (For this, I used my impeccably clean hands)

For pudding layer:  in a medium saucepan melt the 3/4 cup butter.  Stir in powdered sugar, dry vanilla pudding mixes and milk.  Spread this mixture evenly over the cereal layer; set aside.

For Frosting:  In a small saucepan combine the chocolate pieces and 1/2 cup butter.  Heat and stir over low heat until melted and smooth.  Spread on frosting over pudding layer.  Cover and chill until set.

To Serve:  Lift the foil out of pan, (I put mine on my glass cutting board) and cut into bars.   You'll need a good knife, or butcher knife/cleaver for this job.

For some reason, even though it's a "no bake" treat, I sure did mess up a lot of dishes...but that's probably just me.

ok, one more parting shot of these goodies...

So there you have it.  I would love to hear if you tried this and what the reaction was!  Please let me know because...I read every comment you leave!