I recently fell in snack food love with Planters brand energy snack bars. Just as I began to have a normally scheduled craving for the delightful snack bar, I could no longer find them in the grocery store. It was possibly just my nearby store that stopped carrying and more than likely I could drive a couple more miles to another store to find them... but it was so much more fun to try to make them myself at home.
I started off with peanuts and almonds... the identifiable ingredients in the snack bar. Since I couldn't get a hand on one to try to actually duplicate, I just winged the rest. I decided to go with some pretzels and I used marshmallow fluffy as my binding agent. Of course, I included good old chocolate as well.
I began by chopping the peanuts and almonds in my mini food processor. I left the pieces pretty big by only hitting the "pulse" button a few times.
Since I didn't have a recipe, I placed all the dry ingredients into the "pan" I was going to be using to test for size.
Next I put some of the chocolate chips into my homemade double-broiler (ceramic bowl in a small put with water underneath - I am pretty sure my mother taught me that when I was pretty young). **Waiting for the chocolate to melt**
I added the jar of marshmallow fluffy stuff and my melted chocolate chips...
...and got this.
I flattened it out in my "pan" and added a top layer of melted chocolate.
After letting it sit in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes, we have this!
The verdict? My son: "Mommy these are delicious!" My husband: "Very good!" Me: "I cannot believe they actually taste better than what I was trying to accomplish."
Now we just need to name them... I was thinking about, "Choco-nutty Yum Bar" What do you think? Any suggestions?
1 comments:
You need to get a recipe on that. It looks super good!
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