I seize any opportunity to combine salt and chocolate. These cookies/candy are delicious but expensive. Leave out the chocolate if you don’t like it much or want these to be a little less sweet.
| Servings: | 18 |
| Yield: | 3 dozen |
Ingredients
- 10 ½ ounces corn chips
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 11 (1.55 ounce) bars milk chocolate
Instructions
- In a greased 10 x 15 inch pan, place the corn chips.
- In a saucepan, bring the sugar and corn syrup to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter until smooth. Pour this over the chip and smooth level.
- Pour this over the chip and smooth level. Place the chocolate bars in a single layer over the hot mixture and wait a few minutes until the heat melts them and then smooth the chocolate out to form a thin layer. Allow to cool and then break into pieces.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 408 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 54 g |
| Cholesterol | 6 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 200 mg |
| Sugars | 31 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
was not a fan of this one. I like all things sweet/salty combo but just did not do it for me. Hard to figure out of it was to be cut into a square as recipe would suggest, or eat free style. they got hard, chewy taffy like. Just not for me. didn’t even put them on my Christmas goodie trays when I made them last Christmas.
I read reviews and changed a few things on the recipe. They turned out okay. Not having a proper kitchen did not help. (I live in a small hut at a camp with an outdoor kitchen set up). I will try to make them one more time and just follow the exact recipe. They were messy to make and the chocolate didnt melt right and they were hard to cut. But I will give them one more chance! My grandson made them for a Boy Scout meeting.
Just had this!! Added Nutella and carmel to the corn syrup and sugar after it boiled along with the peanut butter. Poured mixture over chips and slightly tossed. Omitted the chocolate bars but sprinkled chocolate chips on top. Let in cooled and broke into chunks. Fantastic !!!
Chocolate isnt melting like it should. Next time I think I will put chocolate on then the peanut butter mixture. See how that works.
Made as recipe said. Very addicting and scrumptious. Similar to a rice krispie treat made with corn syrup, sugar and peanut butter. I like these better
Salty and sweet quick snack…yum!
I wasted time and ingredients for this recipe. Almost lost a filling trying to bite through the cookie. I don’t believe this recipe was tested properly.
This is amazing just as the recipe is listed!
love them…very addictive
I made these for camping. Wasn’t expecting them to be as chewy as the turned out. Don’t think they will hold up to the travel or storage. I sprinkled with mini chocolate chips while it was still hot. Much easier
My family loves these. Simple and quick.
Got this recipe from my aunt. Her changes were a cup of milk chocolate chips for the top and a cup of peanuts added in. While the corn syrup and sugar melt I do crush the fritos some like other reviewers. I put the fritos and peanuts (chopped) in a bowl and get the peanut butter ready. I also put the oven on 300 degrees. And then either foil or parchment the pan I plan to use Once the mixture boils I turn off the heat and stir in the peanut butter. I then pour it over the fritos and peanuts. Mix well and add to the prepared pan. I sprinkle the chips over the top and then set the pan in the oven, after turning it off. Within 5 minutes or so the chips are all melted. I take the back of a spoon and spread out the chocolate across the top and then set in a cool place. It usually hardens overnight, but we don’t wait that long to eat them. We start while they are still gooey. Once it hardens I flip the pan onto a cutting board and chop it up into small squares. Always a hit! Remember, how long you let the mixture boil will determine how gooey or hard your pieces will be. In addition, don’t skimp on cheap chocolate and peanut butter, it can also make or break the taste.
These were good. I may add more Fritos next time so it has more of the salty flavor. I felt that there was maybe to much of the peanut butter syrup. But that is just my personal preference.
incredibly delicious blend of flavors! I made it as written the first time, loved it – then followed a suggestion about adding 1/4 C more corn syrup & peanut butter each, and I also melted the peanut butter in the microwave, to make stirring-in faster – and it seems like these changes made it easier to work with. GREAT RECIPE!
YUM!!!
Yes, they are odd. And yes, people will wonder what is in them, but they are so good. The perfect mixture of sweet and salty. I use the regular Fritos not Scoops, and I crush them a little. Mixed slightly to coat. Honestly, I am too cheap to buy that many chocolate bars, so I always melt chocolate chips and drizzle over the top. They look prettier that way. I first saw this recipe years ago in a Taste of Home I think. Not sure if it is exactly the same, but this recipe is GREAT! Thanks!!!
These are so easy and so good! I had the same recipe but mine called to drop some peanuts on top rather than the chocolate. Just like a salted nut roll. Don’t get the sugar/corn syrup too hot or they get hard.
everybody loved them will make again!!!
We had a cookout at work and one of the supervisors brought in a giant box of 1-ounce bags of chips. Nobody wanted the Fritos, so I took all of them home with this recipe in mind. I only had eight 1-ounce bags, so I was a little short on the required amount, but I went ahead with the recipe as written otherwise, using a 9 x 13 inch pan. As some other reviewers mentioned doing, I crushed the Fritos slightly before putting them into the pan. The salty and sweet flavors of this dessert go really well together and the peanut butter in the sugar/corn syrup mixture keeps it from being so sweet your fillings hurt. I did feel that the 2-1/2 ounces of Fritos I was short on were really needed, because the peanut butter layer was a bit thick compared to the amount of Fritos, so next time I’ll be sure to have the full amount the recipe calls for. I didn’t use chocolate bars, because 11 of them would have cost me almost $10! Instead, I used a 12-ounce bag of chocolate chips. We all agreed that the semi-sweet chocolate chips were perfect and that milk chocolate would have been too sweet.
we made these like nachos, not bars. So, I made half the topping with a whole bag of Frito scoops. Instead of dealing with messy chocolate, we used M&M’s. Very quick and easy. I didn’t pay attention to directions and added the peanut butter to the sugar and corn syrup in the beginning, still turned out fine.
LOVE THESE! Made today for a birthday treat for a friend. I made some on the Scoop Fritos and some in the bar version. Included a picture of both. I varied the frosting by using melted peanut butter / milk chocolate chips. Drizzled on the Scoops and spread on the bars. Sweet & Salty – great combination! Thanks for sharing the recipe.