Do you remember Salted Nut Bar candy? These salted nut roll bars are inspired by the iconic nougat, marshmallow, and peanut concoction with a buttery crust, chewy marshmallow center, and crispy peanut topping. It’s a perfect sweet treat!
How to Make Salted Nut Roll Bars
It’s a simple 3-step process to make this dessert. The base is a combinated of yellow cake mix, softened butter, and egg and spread edge-to-edge in your Baker’s Half Sheet Pan. It will feel like it won’t reach to each edge, but keep working it. Bake for 12-13 minutes. It won’t be done after this step. Top with an entire bag of miniature marshmallows and bake for another 8 minutes. Allow this to cool while you make the topping on the stove.
The topping is a combination of corn syrup, peanut butter chips, butter, vanilla, and creamy peanut butter combined in a saucepan and heated until melted throughout. Be careful not to overcook. Top the cooled marshmallows with the syrup mixture and finish with dry-roasted peanuts.
Let the bars cool before cutting. It might take a few hours before it cuts easily and even then, it’s marshmallows, so it’ll be a little sticky to cut. Enjoy!
Salted Nut Roll Bars
Ingredients
Base
- 1 yellow cake mix-dry
- 2/3 cup butter – softened (about 11 tablespoons)
- 1 egg
Middle Layer
- 1 bag miniature marshmallows
Topping
- 2/3 cup white corn syrup
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 12 oz package peanut butter chips
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup dry roasted peanuts halved
Instructions
Base
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Mix together the cake mix, butter, and eggs, and pat in a jelly roll pan. It won’t look like it’ll all reach, but it will. Keep working it.
- Bake for 12-13 minutes. This layer will not be done after baking.
Middle Layer
- Remove from oven and sprinkle a layer of miniature marshmallows (the whole bag) and bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. Marshmallows should be a very light brown.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool before adding topping.
Topping
- On the stove, heat all topping ingredients (corn syrup, butter, peanut butter chips, vanilla, and creamy peanut butter)until melted. Do not over cook.
- Pour over marshmallow layer.
- Sprinkle dry roasted peanuts on top.
- Let bars cool before cutting.
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