Peanut Butter Chocolate Toffee Crunch

By carvalhohm2

These rich chocolate and peanut butter toffee desserts are the perfect crunch for a potluck dessert table!

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 cups Reese's® Puffs® cereal
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (12-ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips, melted
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 cups miniature pretzel twists, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup salted peanuts

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking parchment paper. Evenly pour cereal in pan, clustering cereal tightly. Set aside.

In 2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add brown sugar, stirring until well blended. Heat to boiling; cook about 5 minutes or until dark golden brown. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Drizzle over cereal; using spatula, spread evenly over cereal.

Bake 10 minutes. Cool 3 minutes.

Meanwhile, in medium bowl, stir melted chocolate and peanut butter until well blended. Spread evenly over cereal. Sprinkle with pretzels and peanuts.

Refrigerate about 1 hour or until chocolate is set. Remove from pan; cut into 5 rows by 4 rows. Cut each square diagonally into 2 triangles.

To melt chocolate chips, place in medium microwavable bowl; microwave uncovered on High 1 minute, stirring every 15 seconds, until melted and smooth.