These Nut Goodie Bars are melt-in-your-mouth amazing! The combo of chocolate and maple nougat with the peanuts is one of my family’s all-time favorites.
Nut Goodie Bars are from a Minnesota based company called Pearson’s candy. They also make Salted Nut Rolls and Mint Patties and we love all three.
My mom used to make a copycat Nut Goodie Bar during the holidays and she gave me the recipe so that I can make it whenever the mood strikes! These bars have become one of my family’s all-time favorite bars. The jelly roll sized pan ensures that there are plenty of bars to share.
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Melt one cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips, one cup of butterscotch chips, and one cup of peanut butter. Stir until smooth and spread in a foil-lined, jelly roll pan. Place pan in the fridge to allow the chocolate to cool and harden.
Heat butter, cook and serve vanilla pudding (not instant pudding), and evaporated milk in a pan over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until it is thickened into a pudding. Stir in the maple flavoring. Pour the pudding into the heat-proof bowl of a stand mixer. Stir the powdered sugar in one cup at a time. Spread the maple nougat mixture over the cooled chocolate layer.
Melt the remaining semi-sweet chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and peanut butter. Stir in the peanuts and spread over the maple nougat layer.
Place in the fridge to cool and harden before cutting into bars. Store the Nut Goodie bars in the fridge or freezer. These Nut Goodie Bars are melt-in-your-mouth amazing! The smooth, creamy combination of chocolate and maple nougat with the crunchy peanuts is one of my family’s all-time favorites.
Recipe updated from the original posted May 2011.
Copycat Nut Goodie Bars
Adapted from recipe from my mom. Similar recipe can be found at Taste of Home.
Print Pin RatePrep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 64
Ingredients
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips divided
- 2 cups butterscotch chips divided
- 2 cups peanut butter divided
- 1 cup butter
- 3 oz. pkg. 'cook and serve' vanilla pudding not instant
- 2/3 cups evaporated milk
- 1 tsp maple flavoring
- 8 cups powdered sugar
- 12 oz Spanish peanuts or cocktail peanuts about two cups
Instructions
- Melt one cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, one cup butterscotch chips and one cup peanut butter in the microwave and mix until combined. Spread in a foil-lined jelly roll pan and place in the fridge to cool and harden.
- Heat butter, vanilla pudding, and evaporated milk in a pot over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until it is thickened into a pudding. Stir in the maple flavoring. Pour the pudding into the heat-proof bowl of a stand mixer. Stir in the powdered sugar one cup at a time. Spread the maple nougat mixture over the cooled chocolate layer.
- Melt the remaining semi-sweet chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, and peanut butter. Stir in the peanuts and spread over the maple nougat layer.
- Allow the chocolate to cool and harden before cutting into bars.
- Store bars in the fridge or freezer.
More are a few more of my recipes for bars:
Sugar Cookie Bars | Banana Bars | No Bake Nutella Bars
Chocolate Truffle Bars | Monster Cookie Bars | Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Karla says
My mom used to make this every year as a kid. I’m making this recipe for a cookie exchange this week! So excited.
Tonia says
Yayyy! I can’t wait to make them for my family this holiday season!
Debbie says
Why did you remove the directions on how to make them individually? I have followed this for the last two years and it is gone. I really was counting on that.
Tonia says
Hi Debbie,
How wonderful to hear that you enjoy this recipe! You can find those instructions here: https://www.thegunnysack.com/mini-nut-goodie-bars/
Happy Baking,
~Tonia
Debbie says
Thank you so so much!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
What a simple and yummy recipe! I could eat the whole pan, I bet!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
I would hug you if I could! These look AMAZING!!!!
Roxana says
What delicious layered goodness! YUM!
Sweet Little Smoothie says
Ooooh – I’ve never seen anything like this! They look sooo good! Thanks for sharing the recipe! I’m your newest follower 🙂
Princess of Everything (and then some) says
I think I am in love with you.I would come and clean your bathroom for some of those.