Nut Goodie Bars
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.
Servings 64
Calories 220kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips divided
- 2 cups butterscotch chips divided
- 2 cups peanut butter divided
- 1 cup butter
- 3 oz. cook and serve vanilla pudding not instant
- ⅔ cups evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon 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.
Notes
Adapted from recipe from my mom. Similar recipe can be found at Taste of Home.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 220kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 93mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g
