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introHomemade Snickers Candy Bar Recipe
Snickers candy bars are awesome, but I wanted to try making them at home without all the stabilizers and additives necessary for a mass-market, shelf-stable candy bar*. This recipe is super-easy, and makes a full pan of delicious homemade Snickers candy bars!
Beware, they're extremely good, and as I said, the recipe makes LOTS. Be sure to have a crowd to eat these treats, or the self-control to put them in the freezer for longer-term storage! My testers report that these candy bars taste even better frozen.
*Yes, I know this version still uses ingredients that contain some stabilizers and additives - they make it taste most like a true Snickers bar. Feel free to substitute homemade peanut butter, marshmallows, etc to fit your preferences.
Beware, they're extremely good, and as I said, the recipe makes LOTS. Be sure to have a crowd to eat these treats, or the self-control to put them in the freezer for longer-term storage! My testers report that these candy bars taste even better frozen.
*Yes, I know this version still uses ingredients that contain some stabilizers and additives - they make it taste most like a true Snickers bar. Feel free to substitute homemade peanut butter, marshmallows, etc to fit your preferences.
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step 1Gather materials and ingredients
I'm giving these ingredients by both weight and volume where relevant. Weighing is much easier, but if you don't have a digital kitchen scale yet* the volume measurements will do.
Ingredients:
14 oz milk chocolate (about 2 cups chips, or coarsely chopped bar) divided in half
3.5 oz (1/2 cup) butterscotch chips, divided in half
192 g (3/4 cup) creamy peanut butter, divided into 3 parts (1/4 cup, 64g each)
5.5 tablespoons butter (divided: 4 Tbsp and 1.5 Tbsp)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup evaporated milk, divided in half
156 g (1.5 cups) marshmallow fluff
1 teaspoon vanilla
1.5 cups salted peanuts, chopped (or substitute nuts of your choice)
1 pound chewy caramels
Optional: (if coating the sides of your bars)
7oz milk chocolate
1.75 oz butterscotch chips
64g creamy peanut butter
Materials:
one 9x13 pan
waxed paper or plastic wrap
microwave-safe bowl
small (1 quart) pot
heat-proof spatula
sharp knife
cutting board
microwave
stove
*No really, you should get a kitchen scale NOW! They're cheap, and make baking so much easier. You can get an excellent scale from Amazon for about $25.
Ingredients:
14 oz milk chocolate (about 2 cups chips, or coarsely chopped bar) divided in half
3.5 oz (1/2 cup) butterscotch chips, divided in half
192 g (3/4 cup) creamy peanut butter, divided into 3 parts (1/4 cup, 64g each)
5.5 tablespoons butter (divided: 4 Tbsp and 1.5 Tbsp)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup evaporated milk, divided in half
156 g (1.5 cups) marshmallow fluff
1 teaspoon vanilla
1.5 cups salted peanuts, chopped (or substitute nuts of your choice)
1 pound chewy caramels
Optional: (if coating the sides of your bars)
7oz milk chocolate
1.75 oz butterscotch chips
64g creamy peanut butter
Materials:
one 9x13 pan
waxed paper or plastic wrap
microwave-safe bowl
small (1 quart) pot
heat-proof spatula
sharp knife
cutting board
microwave
stove
*No really, you should get a kitchen scale NOW! They're cheap, and make baking so much easier. You can get an excellent scale from Amazon for about $25.
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Next time you make them, post a picture! If you can snap one before they disappear, that is. ;)
Okay...sounds great...will give it a try. Thanks.
Oh...There's a commercially made frozen Snickers Bar Frozen Pie...anybody have a recipe for it? Super Delicious.
Any ideas why could that be?
OM NOM NOM NOM NOM
*makes Mr. Burns fingers*
So, if a regular candy bar is approximately 1 inch wide and 4.3 inches long, you could get about 36 regular sized bars in the pan, plus the extra that was cut off to make the nice square edges. That would cost me about $18 to buy, thus the homemade snickers would be a slightly better price.
I assume, based on the large difference in the cost of the candy bar alone (and the fact that I can get 2 cups of chocolate chips for about $1 as opposed to $5), that I can get the raw ingredients for some price less than what was posted, and would therefore be an even better deal.
Regardless, this looks awesome and I plan to try it out.
like i said, the price went back to normal but that does not mean i would buy them because I can make them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cant wait!
The other day, I baked a casserole uncovered until the cheese set then covered it to keep it from drying out. It worked well.
Suzanne in Orting, WA
i did try it and they did taste very nice
what is marshmallow fluff
and what can i use as a sub?
http://www.grouprecipes.com/58165/home-made-marshmallow-fluff.html