I bake a lot. I enjoy it. I like eating it. I like giving it away. One of my favorites is Scotcheroos, which is a pretty typical dessert bar. But I confess that I usually double the chocolate-y, butterscotch-y topping as I find a normal recipe doesn’t have enough.

But you do what you want – if you like just a little chocolate, go ahead and make this as directed. But if you’re like me and think chocolate is a key ingredient to happiness, double the chocolate & butterscotch chips! Now, I’ve heard there are people out there that don’t use butterscotch in the topping.  That’s fine, I guess. But if you do that, then 1) don’t tell me about it (I love butterscotch) and 2) don’t call them scotcheroos. Call them chocolate-roos or something.

You can easily halve this recipe too to make an 8×8 or a 9×9 pan. These are great to take to potlucks, baby & wedding showers, or the office. They’re even great to smuggle some into the bathroom while you take a break from the world.

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Scotcheroo Bars

Classic scotcheroo bar recipe with a peanut butter and crispy-rice cereal base topped with a layer of butterscotch and chocolate.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Scotcheroos

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 24 servings

Author Jayme

Ingredients

Bars:

• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 6 cups Rice Krispies

Topping:

• 1 cup chocolate chips (a little more than ½ the bag, or, like me, double it!)
• 1 2/3 cup butterscotch chips (a whole bag)

Instructions

• Coat 9×13 pan with cooking spray.
• Combine corn syrup, sugar, and peanut butter in sauce pan on stove and cook over low heat. Stir frequently.
• When melted, pour over Rice Krispies. Stir until well coated. (Most times, I just use a pan big enough and dump the cereal into the pan – only 1 thing to clean up!)
• Press onto the 9 x 13 pan.
• Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips together. If doing in the microwave, be careful to not overdo. It burns quite easily. In the microwave, melt for about 20-30 seconds at a time, stir it to see how melt-y it is.
• Spread evenly over cereal mixture.
• Refrigerate for about 20 minutes, then cut into bars. Cut them small – a little scotcheroo goes a long way!

Jayme is a wife to 1 and a mother to four little boys. She coupons, but isn’t super extreme about it. She price matches and loves it! While she likes to cook, she’s in the stage of life where simple is usually better! She never knows how many hands she’ll have free at dinner time!