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Salty Sweet Bars

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I love when you can combine simple ingredients and make something spectacular. Especially when chocolate is one of those simple ingredients!

Ingredients

  • 6 cups Toasted Rice Squares (Rice Chex)
  • 4 cups Pretzel Thins, Lightly Crushed
  • 1-⅓ cup White Sugar
  • ½ cups Karo Syrup
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1-½ cup Kraft Caramel Bits
  • 3 cups Chocolate Chips, Semi-Sweet Or Milk
  • Salt, To Taste, Just A Sprinkling

Preparation

In a large bowl combine toasted rice squares with crushed pretzels. **I just crushed them with my hands and not into tiny pieces. You just want to break them up a bit. Set aside.

In a medium-sized saucepan over medium high heat combine sugar, karo syrup and butter. Bring to a boil and boil for one minute, stirring constantly. Do not over cook!! Immediately pour this mixture over the crumbs mixture and toss to coat. Once it’s completely coated, add in the caramel bits and gently combine. If you add these too early, they will just melt together.

Lightly spray a 9×13 or a 10×10 pan with cooking spray. Sprinkle the bottom of the pan with half of the chocolate chips. Lightly sprinkle the chocolate chips with salt. It sounds odd, but trust me. Top the chocolate chips with the crumbs mixture and press down to make more compact, like you would with Rice Krispy treats. You may need to use a flat spatula to help press it down if mixture is still too hot. Again, lightly sprinkle the top with salt. Top with the remaining chocolate chips. Wait about 4 hours to let the chocolate set back up. Cut into 20 small squares.

**Feel free to mix it up a bit by adding Corn/Wheat Chex or another fun cereal. Just make sure you stick to 6 cups total of whatever you choose. You could even add nuts…about 3/4 cup.

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ellen on 10.21.2011

These will be a great addition to my Christmas treat boxes that I gift to friends each year. Of course, that would require that I make a “try them out” batch… and yes that means I get to devoure them as part of the testing. Thanks for sharing your recipie.

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yardsailor on 9.19.2010

Sounds great and I can easily make it Gluten Free for my grandson, thanks for sharing.

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courtne21 on 9.17.2010

Wait four hours?????????? That sounds like the hardest part of the recipe. :<} I'm going to try this- sounds yummy. Thanks!

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ccsmiller on 10.5.2010

My son loved these!

I used cherios instead of the rice squares and butterscotch chips instead of the caramel pieces because that is what I had on hand.

They did take a while to set up but worth the wait.

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