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Maple Nut Bars

Staci at Random Sweets
Salty, sweet maple, your favorite candy bar in a homemade bar. Allow enough time for these to firm up in the refrigerator.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 48
Calories 286 kcal

Equipment

  • 15x10x1 jelly roll pan

Ingredients
  

  • 12 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 12 oz butterscotch chips
  • 2 cups creamy peanut butter
  • 2 cups dry roasted salted peanuts
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, 2 sticks
  • ½ cup evaporated milk
  • 3 oz cook and serve vanilla pudding mix, NOT instant
  • 2 lbs powdered confectioners sugar, approximately 7½ cups
  • 2 teaspoons maple extract

Instructions
 

  • Generously butter a 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan.
  • In a large saucepan over low heat, melt together the chocolate and butterscotch chips. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter, mixing well until smooth. Spread a little more than half of the mixture in the buttered pan. Chill in the refrigerator.
  • Stir peanuts into the remaining chocolate mixture and set aside.
  • In a large saucepan over low heat, melt butter. Slowly add the evaporated milk. Stir in the pudding mix. Cook, stirring constantly until mixture is slightly thickened. Do not boil. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and maple extract. (It's easier to use a wooden spoon at this point.) Cool slightly. 
  • Carefully spread the maple mixture over the chilled chocolate layer in the pan. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Drop the reserved chocolate and peanut mixture by spoonfuls over the chilled maple layer; spread to cover. Refrigerate until firm. Store tightly covered in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

Calories: 286kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 5gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 115mgPotassium: 151mgFiber: 2gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 139IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg
Keyword butterscotch, chocolate and peanut butter, dry roasted peanuts, maple, no-bake

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