Chocolate Peanut Butter Special K Bar

Chocolate and peanut butter is by far my favorite culinary combination there is. Whether it be a Reese’s peanut butter cup or a bowl full of puppy chow, when chocolate or peanut butter are involved I can’t be trusted anywhere near the dessert table at a potluck. These Chocolate Peanut Butter Special K Bars are no exception.

Now don’t let the name of these bars fool you.

Special K has become known as a healthy cereal option.

And on its own, I’m sure it is.

But with the tasty addition of…

Sugar

Corn Syrup

Peanut Butter

and Chocolate!

The health benefits of Special K seems to take a bit of a nose dive.

Now Special K Bars are very similar to the Midwest staple, scotcheroos.

The reason I may love these bars (slightly) more… They are ridiculously soft and chewy.

As long as you follow this simple rule.

DON’T! let the sugar and corn syrup mixture come to a very hard boil. Once the sugar has been heated and dissolved, and I see the first few bubbles of the mixture starting to come to a simmer, the heat gets shut off and the peanut butter stirred in.

And presto! The best soft and chewy bars that have ever walked this earth.

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Special K Bars are perfect for any family potluck, after school snack, church bake sale, or harvest meal in the middle of a cornfield.

Alright… I’ll be honest.

They are also perfect for saying that you made them for one of the above events, but then end up eating a few out of the pan before they even get shared.

And by a few, I mostly mean half the pan.

Please don’t judge.