Cicco Creations

Through the wonderful world of Pinterest, I found this homemade snickers recipe.  It looked SOO good, that I had to try it, but I wanted to make a few adaptations.  Here is the recipe with my adaptations.

Ingredients

• 2 ½  cups milk chocolate chips – divided
• ¾ cup peanut butter – divided
• ¼ cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ¼ cup evaporated milk
• 1 ½ cups marshmallow fluff
• ¼ cup peanut butter
• 1 ½ cup salted peanuts chopped, roughly chopped
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 11-ounce bag of caramels
• ¼ cup whipping cream

Thoroughly grease you baking pan (I actually lined my pan with a large sheet of wax paper, long enough to hang over the edges.  This allowed me to pull the whole thing out easily).

Melt 1 ¼ cups of the chocolate and ¼ cup of the peanut butter together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour into the baking dish and spread until even.  Place in fridge to allow it to cool and harden completely.

While the chocolate is cooling, prepare your nougat.  Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add in sugar and milk, stirring until dissolved and bring to a boil. Make sure sugar is COMPLETELY dissolved!  Let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Add in fluff, ¼ cup of the peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat for a few minutes, then pour over bottom chocolate layer. Place pan back in fridge to allow the nougat layer to cool completely.

Once completely cooled, combine caramel and whipping cream in a saucepan over low heat. Let melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth – this may take up to about 10 minutes. Once melted, fold in peanuts.  Pour over nougat layer and, again, return to fridge to allow it to cool completely.

Finally, melt remaining chocolate 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, then cut as desired. These can stay at room temperature, but they do get gooey. I like them refrigerated best!

makes one 9×13 pan