Chocolate Chip Popcorn Bars
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
36 bars
ingredients
-
Crust
- 1 (16 1/2 ounce) roll pillsbury create 'n bake refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
- 4 Nature Valley Oats and Honey crunchy granola bars, crushed* (2 pouches from 8.9-oz box)
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Topping
- 3 1⁄2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 2⁄3 cup light corn syrup
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
- 1 (10 ounce) bag peanut butter chips
- 1 (3 1/2 ounce) bag pop secret butter-flavor microwave popcorn, popped
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
directions
- Heat oven to 350°F
- In large bowl, break up cookie dough.
- Stir in crushed granola bars.
- Press evenly in bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch pan to form crust.
- Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until puffed and edges are golden brown.
- Remove from oven.
- Immediately sprinkle with marshmallows.
- Return to oven; bake 1 to 2 minutes longer or until marshmallows begin to puff.
- In 3-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup, butter and peanut butter chips over medium heat 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth.
- Stir in popcorn (mixture will be thick).
- Spoon over marshmallows; spread evenly to just barely cover marshmallows.
- Cool 30 minutes.
- In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips on High 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until melted, stirring once halfway through microwaving.
- Pour melted chocolate into quart-size resealable food-storage plastic bag.
- Cut off tiny bottom corner of bag; drizzle chocolate over bars.
- Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.
- For bars, cut into 6 rows by 6 rows.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Codychop
Greensboro, North Carolina