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We‘ve clearly established that I LOVE surprises — for me, for someone else — it doesn’t really matter. Surprise!!!! 
So, pair up August’s Secret Recipe Club and Chocolate — wow! Yah! Darn good day! Gooey it up with melted caramel and I’m SO gone. lol You’re going to love this recipe! Just sayin’.
Hello Snickers! bar cookie. Delish! Please note the beautiful salad plate it is displayed on. It's a sneak peek of the next fabulous giveaway in my 50th Birthday Bash! Four 4-piece place settings of this lovely Lenox china. Stay tuned for the giveaway post!
Just in case you haven’t caught my previous Secret Recipe Club posts, “Lucy, let me ‘splain.” (P.S. It scares me when Jr. High kids stare at me blankly and say, “Wha…?” when I make I Love Lucy references. There needs to be more classic TV education. I’m just sayin’.) Okay, Secret Recipe Club… It’s so-o-o-o fun! I’m assigned a blog to make a recipe from, someone else is assigned my blog and they make a recipe from here, then we all have a big reveal day and surprise each other and you all get to check out the amazing recipes! How could it be better? There is always eating cooking or baking involved and discovering dozens of new food blogs. And seriously, if you search deep enough in their archives, there could be chocolate every single month – mmm hmmm, 100% of the time! But, you’d miss so many other great recipes, so… yah, I picked chocolate, this month. That’s just the way I roll. But, you will seriously want to check out all the other fantastic recipes over at Little Bit of Everything, my assigned blog for August. Julie likes to cook, travel and garden and her blog is a journey through her yummy cookbook collection. If that wasn’t enough to make her a “neighbor”, turns out she lives just down the street! –er, well about 75 miles, east. But truly, she’s right here in Nebraska, too!
I’m not sure where the name Hello Snickers hails from, because these didn’t taste like Snickers to our family, but they tasted like “it’s time to make another pan”, because those locusts gluttons piggies my family has already eaten them ALL. I didn’t really change anything up in the recipe, except to double it. The learning curve for doubling this particular recipe was that I wouldn’t have needed to double the butter. It basically works as moisture and prevents the bars from sticking to the pan. Two sticks was too much and left the bars a little greasy. Next time, I will double everything but the butter. I completely forgot to chop the peanuts and I will definitely do that next time, too, instead of leaving them whole. We felt these were even better cooled, than directly out of the oven. Chocolatey, caramely (It’s okay, I added it to my computer dictionary, so now, it’s a word.), gooey, chewy goodness with the wonderful texture contrast of crunchy peanuts. Yum!
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
- 1 cup caramel, melted
- 1 cup roasted peanuts, chopped
- 1 cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- Unwrap and melt caramels in a microwavable bowl. I did mine on 30% power for 4-6 minutes.
- Melt 1 stick of butter in a 9 x 13 pan.
- Layer the chocolate cookie crumbs over the butter.
- Pour the melted caramel over the cookie crumbs.
- Sprinkle peanuts over the caramel.
- Layer chocolate chips over the peanuts.
- Pour sweetened condensed milk over the chips.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes, (350 for a glass pan).
- Cool and cut into 16 squares.
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Glenda these bars look so good. I wish I could have one right now. This recipe is sure going to be saved to try later! Nice to meet you through this months SRC!
Trisha, I’m so pleased to meet you, too! Thanks for stopping by.
Those bars look excellent. Just awesome. Where did you find the caramels, tho? It’s not October yet
Dan, my handy, dandy Wal-Mart had them. What a bonanza for this time of year! I grabbed two bags, but unfortunately there are none left to share.
HI! Thanks for the wonderful post and shout out! So fun to know we are both Nebraskan’s. Not too many bloggers that I’ve found here. Several couponers in Omaha but not many food blogs. I am the newest follower of your blog.
These are amazing aren’t they? Not sure where the name came from. These are from Gnee one of my blogging buddies from Idaho. She blogs at Singing With Birds. She makes the most amazing desserts, especially bar cookies.
Have a great week!
Yay! What fun it’s been knowing this reveal was coming and that it was someone so nearby. I just beginning my SRC rounds, so I’ll pop back over soon. Thanks for the great recipe!
These sound completely decadent. What a treat! Thanks for the ‘splaining. I love a good Lucy reference. Poor kids are missing out.
Ah,a kindred spirit! I feel so much better. Thanks for stopping by!
Oh my goodness, these look so ridiculously good! I need them in my life immediately!
Yes, yes, Amanda, you do! lol thanks for popping in!
Hello I want some of these bars. YUM! If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my Group ‘A” ~ SRC recipe this month: Cilantro Lime Chicken
Lisa~~
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Lisa, it sounds amazing! Need to put that into the menu rotation, right away!
Hi Glenda! Well, I can finally introduce myself to you…I blogged your Chocolate Cobbler for SRC this month…nice to meet ya! I have really enjoyed stalking your blog this past month and love it! I’m a homeschooling mom (this is the start of my second year) for my 3rd, 4th, and 7th graders. It’s a learning experience for us all, but I’m so glad I found your blog…I’m learning so much!
Jennifer, that’s awesome! I’m looking forward to getting to know you better and hearing how things are going with school. I’m glad SRC was able to introduce us!
Holy cow, this looks amazing! I love snickers!
Thanks, Jey! Glad you stopped by!
This is such a fun recipe..mu kids would love these bars! Having fun being with you in SRC.
SRC is such a blast! Glad you stopped by!
I love gloppy desserts. This sounds like it wouldn’t last two seconds with my hungry hoard.
This is perfect for you, then!
Stopping by from SRC! Um you are too funny! Love that you make up your own words, I do that too
And love the I Love Lucy references 
But more than anything I love these bars! Like so much! I want one right now… I’m drooling over those crumbs covered with caramel, topped with choc and nuts. I bet these are better than a snicker!
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Desi, I’m feeling so much better that there are people who “get” I Love Lucy references, My soul is dancing a little higher, today, just knowing it. -lol- So glad you stopped by!
Is that decadence knocking at my door? Why yes! They look yummy!
It is! Get up and answer, right away. Thanks for stopping by!
Oh yum! These sounds so sweet and tasty, right up my alley! Great choice for SRC.
Erin, I just couldn’t resist, when i saw the ingredients. Glad you stopped by!
You had me at Snickers….Sweets my favorite……andi
lol – Me, too, Andi. Thanks for stopping by!
Ha! I just had a tiny snickers bar and I wish I had these instead!! Yum!
lol – Debbi — I feel your pain. Fortunately, it’s an easy problem to alleviate. Thanks for stopping by!
oh my gosh, these look so good! And easy enough that I could have a pan ready in no time – this is dangerous =)
I know, right? It’s way TOO easy!
Just LOVE these brownies, I already printed it and now will add it to my list “to make”. I can almost taste them through the computer. Great Post!
Thanks again for being a part of SRC, I enjoyed being your host! I finished linky everyone and organizing and now I get to visit everyone’s blog, THIS IS THE FUN PART!
Come check out my Secret Recipe Club Post: Cucumber Salad http://momscrazycooking.blogspot.com/2011/08/cucumber-salad-secret-recipe-club.html
Hey, Tina! Glad you had a chance to stop by! I sure appreciate all the work you do in SRC. Thanks!
I follow Julie’s blog, and I don’t know how I missed this recipe. These look great!
Oh Beth, you’ll have to make them. It’s amazing how many “hidden treasures” she has over there.
These look amazing and something I nee to try. Bookmarked these babies!
Glad you stopped by, Megan! I know you’ll love them.
how decadent and delicious. I would have picked that recipe too
Looks great! SRC is turning out to be so much fun — lots of great new recipes to try!
My kids would go nut for these! Yum
Stopping by from group C. Fun to be in the Secret Recipe Club with you. Here is my link for August, would love if you stopped by to say *hi* http://su.pr/1Sizv9
The recipe says bake in an 8×8 pan but the picture looks like a 9×13. Which size is best?
Hi Melissa! I typed it incorrectly. Thanks for catching that. I used a 9 x 13 pan.