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Chocolate-Topped Peanut-Toffee Bars

Grand Prize-Winning Recipe 2007! Potato chips are the secret ingredient that keep sweet in balance with salty in a candy-like toffee bar.

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Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 3 hr 15 min
Servings 32

Ingredients

Cookie Base

1: pouch (1 lb 1.5 oz) Betty Crocker® peanut butter cookie mix

3: tablespoons vegetable oil

1: tablespoon water

1: egg

Filling

1: cup butter, cut into small pieces

1: cup packed brown sugar

1 1/2: cups lightly crushed potato chips

1: cup salted peanuts

Topping

1: bag (12 oz) semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups)

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
2 In large bowl, stir cookie base ingredients until soft dough forms. Press dough in bottom of pan. Bake 10 minutes or just until dough is set.
3 Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar. Heat to boiling, stirring frequently. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
4 Sprinkle potato chips and peanuts over partially baked base. Pour brown sugar mixture over chips and peanuts. Bake 15 minutes longer or until surface is bubbly.
5 Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over chips and peanuts; return to oven for 2 minutes to soften chocolate. Spread chocolate over filling. Cool completely, about 2 hours. Refrigerate 30 minutes or until chocolate is set. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 4 rows. Store covered at room temperature.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

This recipe was one of fifteen winners in the 2007 Mix It Up with Betty! Cookie Mix Recipe Contest. More than $10,000 was awarded!

Refrigerating the bars for 30 minutes sets the chocolate so cutting and serving are a snap.

Line the pan with foil, leaving the edge of the foil above the rim of the pan on two opposite sides. Lightly grease foil in pan. Bake bars as directed. When cool, use foil "handles" to remove the bars from the pan. Cutting and cleanup are now a snap.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Calories: 260
Calories from Fat: 140),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 16g; 16%
(Saturated Fat 7g, 7% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 20mg; 20%;
Sodium: 150mg; 150%;
Total Carbohydrate: 26g; 26%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 19g 19% ),
Protein: 3g; 3%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 4%;

Exchanges:

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/26/2011 6:55:03 PM REPORT ABUSE PokerVixen said:

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Great recipe and everyone loved them. I just wish they had a shorter name. No one believed me when I told them there was potato chips in them so they *had* to have a second just to see. I cut back on the chips just slightly to ensure the caramel reached the cookie level and the squares didn't fall apart.

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Posted 11/2/2009 12:02:38 AM REPORT ABUSE krissyviers said:

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Very Yummy!! I did change the peanuts to almonds, which was awesome!! I think I will also change the chips to pretzels next time, which someone else suggested. All in all a very good recipe!!!!!

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