Funked Up Fritos

Preheat oven to 350 F.

Break up Fritos and pretzels. You want them in smallish pieces but not pulverized. I put them in a Ziploc bag and whack them with the back of a ladle until they are broken up. Pour into large bowl and set aside.

In saucepan over medium-low heat, melt butter. Once melted, add brown sugar, stirring frequently. Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute then remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.

Add butter/brown sugar mixture to Frito/pretzel mixture and stir to coat all pieces. Pour onto greased cookie sheet**. Sprinkle peanut butter chips on top and bake for 8 minutes.

While Fritos are baking, place walnuts, cinnamon and white sugar in a nonstick skillet and toast for approximately 3 minutes, tossing frequently to prevent burning and to coat the walnuts with cinnamon sugar mixture evenly. Set aside.

Remove Frito mixture from oven and turn off heat. Edges should be slightly golden brown and a tiny bit bubbly.

Drizzle melted chocolate over Frito mixture. While still hot, top with coated walnuts and press them down with the back of a wooden spoon.

Crush coarse salt in your fingers and sprinkle over the top. Put the entire thing back into the still warm oven for 5 minutes so that the salt and chocolate blend together a bit. Remove and place in fridge until hardened.

Once cool and hardened, break into pieces.

**I lined my cookie sheet with foil and sprayed generously with pan release. I hate to wash anything, never mind sticky gooey sugar.