Double Chocolate Crumb Bars
"These top-rated bars are reminiscent of rocky road candy."
Original recipe yield: 2 1/2 dozen.
Original recipe yield: 2 1/2 dozen.
INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups miniature marshmallows
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cups crisp rice cereal
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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
In a small mixing bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
In a large bowl cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir flour mixture
into the creamed egg mixture. Spread batter into the greased 9x13 inch pan.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
Sprinkle marshmallows over top of the baked bars; bake 3 minutes more. Cool.
Place chocolate chips and peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl. Melt chocolate chips
and peanut butter in a microwave on high until melted together. Cook one minute at a
time, stirring after each minute.
Stir cereal into the chocolate mixture. Spread the chocolate mixture over the cooled
bars. Chill, cut into bars and refrigerate.
