Scotcheroos

Name: Scotcheroos
Yield: Makes 16 bars
Ingredients: ¾ cup (5¼ ounces; 149 grams), sugar; ¾ cup, light corn syrup; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces; ¾ cup, chunky peanut butter; 4½ cups (5 ounces; 142 grams), Special K Original cereal; 1 cup (6 ounces; 170 grams), bittersweet chocolate chips; ½ cup (3 ounces; 85 grams), butterscotch chips; ½ teaspoon, flake sea salt (optional)

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2021

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Brownies & Bars

These old-fashioned cereal-based cookie bars are ready for a comeback.

SERVESMakes 16 bars

TIME1 hour, plus 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Scotcheroos are chewy, no-bake bars made with simple pantry items: cereal, chocolate, butterscotch, and peanut butter. The recipe first appeared on the side of the Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal box in the 1960s, and it has remained popular...

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