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Homemade Snickers

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Homemade Snickers - tastes better than the real candy bar!

Homemade Snickers


I am loving my weekly Pinterest Challenges so far! You all are helping me to be more crafty and become a better wife, mother and friend, by getting me to do more projects around the house and for my friends and family. My reading corner has been loved by my kids, and they really have picked up more books to read.

And this week’s challenge of the homemade Snickers, well – my kids love me for them, and I took some to a very sick friend! I think you should all join me in these weekly challenges because I feel like I am bettering myself.

Homemade Snickers - tastes better than the real candy bar!

Now for this week’s challenge – the homemade Snickers. These were voted for by you, and were inspired by the blog, How Sweet It is. Yes they are GOOD!!! They are not difficult to make, but are time consuming because there are several layers, and waiting in between layers. Worth it though – and just as good, if not better, than a real Snickers! I think I did a pretty good job if I do say so myself.

I use my Cuisinart Food Processor to chop the peanuts, and it is so great for chopping a variety of items. I highly recommend it!

Clever Housewife

Homemade Snickers

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Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Bottom chocolate layer
  • 1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
Nougat layer
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup evaporated milk
  • 1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1 1/2 cup salted peanuts chopped roughly chopped
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Caramel layer
  • 1 14- oz bag of caramels
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
Top chocolate layer
  • 1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter

Method
 

Bottom Layer
  1. Melt ingredients together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour into a greased 9x13 baking dish (disposable aluminum pans work well). Spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.
Nougat Layer
  1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
  2. Add in sugar and milk, stirring until dissolved, and bring to a boil. Let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. Add in fluff, peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth.
  4. Turn off heat and fold in peanuts, then pour over bottom chocolate layer. Let cool completely.
Caramel Layer
  1. Combine ingredients in a saucepan over low heat. Let melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth. Takes about 10 minutes.
  2. Pour caramel over nougat layer and let cool completely.
Top chocolate layer
  1. Melt ingredients together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour over caramel and spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.
  2. Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving, then cut as desired.

 

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Comments

  1. Vanessa Webb says

    DIY scratcher cards…would be cute Valentine treats for the kids! http://pinterest.com/pin/90846117453152705/ The ling to the instructions is in the comments…I hate when I Pin something and have to go through various links/boards to get tot he source, so when I find something that does not provide a direct link, I get to the source and put it in comments (trying to get into the habit of doing so anyway!)

  3. Katrina Wylie says

    Here is a ‘Tooth Fairy Door’. If I still had little one’s at home, I would be making this! The little nest inside is to put the tooth in so the Tooth Fairy won’t have to fish the tooth from under a pillow and risk waking your child. The link is pinterest.com/pin/148337381446347285

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