Homemade Snickers Bars

By lauramae

Ingredients

• Bottom chocolate layer
• 1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• Nougat layer
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 cups marshmallow fluff
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cup salted peanuts chopped, roughly chopped
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Caramel layer
• 1 14-ounce bag of caramels
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• Top chocolate layer
• 1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
• 1/4 cup peanut butter

Details

Adapted from howsweeteats.com

Preparation

Step 1

Bottom chocolate layer

Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan. Line with parchment paper, then grease the parchment paper; set aside. OR for easiest results, buy one of the half-sheet aluminum cake pans at the grocery store. That way, you can pop the entire square out and cut from there!

Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour into the baking dish and spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.

Nougat layer

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add in sugar and milk, stirring until dissolved and bring to a boil. Let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add in fluff, peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Turn off heat and fold in peanuts, then pour over bottom chocolate layer. Let cool completely.

Caramel layer

Combine caramel and whipping cream in a saucepan over low heat. Let melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth – this took about 10 minutes for me. Pour over nougat layer and let cool completely.

Top chocolate layer

Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour over caramel and spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.

Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving.

Using the parchment liner, remove the bars from the pan and cut into 32 pieces.

These can stay at room temperature, but they do get gooey. I like them refrigerated best! I find the filling to be the best consistency at room temperature, but the chocolate can get a little melty depending on how warm your house is. If your house runs warm (higher than 72 or so) you might want to keep them in the fridge and then take them out an hour or two before you want to serve them.