Special K bars are another great little treat from my childhood, my Girl Scout leader made these bars at least once a month for our meetings and we were all thrilled when that happened.
These bars have just the right amount of peanut butter, chocolate and butterscotch, they’re sweet but not too sweet, chewy and crispy all at the same time.
What are Special K Bars?
Special K bars are a great no-bake treat made with Special K cereal, peanut butter and topped with a chocolate butterscotch frosting. They are a chewy, crispy, tasty, sweet treat!
Ingredients
- Sugar
- Corn Syrup
- Peanut Butter
- Special K cereal
- Milk chocolate chips
- Butterscotch chips
How to make Special K Bars
Add granulated sugar and corn syrup to a pan, cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until boiling.
Remove the mixture from heat and stir in the peanut butter.
Add the cereal to the mixture and mix thoroughly.
Pour into a buttered 9 x 13 pan.
In a small pan, melt together the chocolate chips and the butterscotch chips.
Stir constantly until completely melted.
Pour the frosting over the bars and smooth out with a plastic spatula.
Put the pan in the refrigerator to cool and then cut into bars. Serve and enjoy!
Tools For This Recipe
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- Non Stick Cake Pan– I use my cake pans for so many things, but it’s perfect for making Special K Bars since it has its own lid for storing leftovers.
- Medium Rosti Bowl This is the one pictured in this recipe, I love my Rosti bowls, they’re durable, versatile, non-slip and have their own lids. I use these bowls for just about every meal I cook.
- GreenPan 5qt Sauce Pan-GreenPan has the best frying pans, healthy nonstick and oven safe.
- Silicone Mixing Spoon–The perfect spoons to keep your GreenPans scratch free.
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Special K Bars
Ingredients
BARS
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup corn syrup
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 6 cups Special K cereal
FROSTING
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup butterscotch chips
Instructions
- Add granulated sugar and corn syrup to a pan, cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until boiling.
- Remove the mixture from heat and stir in the peanut butter.
- Add the cereal to the mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Pour into a buttered 9 x 13 pan.
- In a small pan, melt together the chocolate chips and the butterscotch chips. Stir constantly until completely melted.
- Pour the frosting over the bars and smooth out with a plastic spatula
- Put the pan in the refrigerator to cool and then cut into bars.
- Serve and enjoy!
