Best Ever Chocolate Scotcheroos Recipe (Soft & Chewy) Recipe
Indulge in the Best Ever Chocolate Scotcheroos Recipe, featuring soft and chewy cereal bars topped with a decadent chocolate and butterscotch layer. Perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth cravings!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 12 bars
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking, Mixing
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Crispy Rice Cereal:
- 6 cups
Light Corn Syrup:
- 1 cup
Granulated Sugar:
- 1 cup
Creamy Peanut Butter:
- 1 cup
Chocolate Chips:
- 1 1/2 cups
Butterscotch Chips:
- 1 1/2 cups
Instructions
- Prepare Baking Dish: Line a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Mix Cereal: In a large bowl, add crispy rice cereal. Set aside.
- Prepare Sugar Paste: In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine corn syrup and sugar. Whisk until a grainy paste forms.
- Boil Sugar Mixture: Increase heat and bring the mixture to a boil, then remove from heat.
- Combine Ingredients: Stir in peanut butter and pour over cereal. Mix well.
- Press Mixture: Grease hands and press the mixture into the baking dish.
- Melt Chocolate: In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in intervals.
- Spread Chocolate: Pour melted mixture over bars and spread evenly.
- Chill and Cut: Refrigerate for 1 hour, then cut into bars once set.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bar
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
