Scotcheroos

Scotcheroos are a fast and simple no-bake dessert that wants simply six elements!

A candy deal with made with Particular Okay cereal, peanut butter, sugar, and corn syrup, topped with melted butterscotch and chocolate chips.

It’s no bake and solely requires 6 easy elements!
Everybody, particularly children, loves these smooth and chewy dessert bars.
Straightforward to make forward and completely transportable for a crowd!
Candy and satisfying. Scotcheroos have a scrumptious mixture of candy and salty flavors in each chunk.

Collect Your Components

Cereal Layer: I like utilizing Particular Okay cereal with peanut butter, sugar, and corn syrup. It creates a crunchy and flavorful base. No Particular Okay? Any cereal combination will work, use cornflakes or crispy rice cereal as a substitute!

Chocolate Layer: Butterscotch and semi-sweet chocolate chips are melted collectively for the highest layer of Scotcheroos. They create a wealthy creamy texture that completely enhances the crunchy backside layer.

Swap It Up

Irrespective of the vacation these are the right deal with. Use cookie cutters to show them into enjoyable shapes, use meals coloring for festive colours, or sprinkle your favourite sprinkles on prime whereas the chocolate layer continues to be moist.
Swap the chocolate and butterscotch topping out for any taste of baking chips. Strive peanut butter, white chocolate, caramel, or milk chocolate chips.

Make Scotheroos

In a saucepan, mix the cereal layer elements collectively (full recipe under) and press into the baking dish.
Combine collectively the chocolate topping layer and pour overtop the cereal layer.
Let cool utterly, then slice and revel in.

Why are my scotcheroos laborious? The perpetrator for laborious Scotcheroos is normally overboiling the sugar combination. Don’t over boil!

Scotcheroos proper out of the fridge/freezer will likely be laborious so be sure you allow them to come to room temperature!

Save It for Later

You possibly can simply freeze scotcheroos! Cool utterly and minimize into squares. Place the squares in a single layer or between parchment paper in a container or freezer bag and seal nicely. They’ll maintain within the freezer for just a few months (though they by no means final that lengthy round right here)!

Finest No-Bake Treats

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Scotcheroos are made with Particular Okay cereal and have peanut butter and butterscotch taste in each chunk!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Prepare dinner Time 15 minutes

Whole Time 25 minutes

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Grease a 9×13 pan with butter and put aside.
Within the backside of a big pot, warmth sugar and Karo syrup over medium warmth. Stir sometimes. Prepare dinner simply till sugar dissolves or till it begins to barely bubble. Take away from warmth, stir within the peanut butter till it melts and the combination is easy. Add within the cereal and fold gently till all cereal is evenly coated. Unfold into the pan and gently press flat.
Place the butterscotch and chocolate chips collectively in a bowl and soften within the microwave for 30-second intervals, stirring between every till easy. Pour over the cereal and unfold to the perimeters. Let cool utterly earlier than reducing into bars.

Leftover Scotcheroos will last as long as 5 days if saved in an hermetic container at room temperature.

Vitamin info supplied is an estimate and can differ based mostly on cooking strategies and types of elements used.

Course Dessert, Social gathering Meals, Snack

Delicacies American

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