Sweet, Salty, Frito Candy

Name: Sweet, Salty, Frito Candy
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters brown sugar; 237 milliliters Fritos; 8 mini peanut butter cups; 16 servings Optional: Some peanuts for the top; 473 milliliters pretzels; 355 milliliters semi-sweet chocolate chips (or however many you want); 8 Tbsps stick unsalted butter

Sweet, Salty, Frito Candy might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 4g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 290 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 16. If you have butter, semi-sweet chocolate chips, optional: some peanuts, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 18 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 13×9 inch pan with parchment paper or no-stick (Release) foil.

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Baking Paper

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Frying Pan

Place pretzels in food processor and pulse to break – don’t pulverize.

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Pretzels

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Food Processor

Add Fritos to processor and break them up with pretzels. Dump into pan. Unwrap peanut butter cups and throw them in the mix. It should look similar to this, keeping in mind this is a half batch.

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Peanut Butter Cups

Pretzels

Corn Chips

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Frying Pan

Place butter in a non-stick saucepan and melt over medium heat. When butter is melted, stir in brown sugar. Bring mixture to a full boil and boil for 1 minute, stirring once or twice.

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Brown Sugar

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Pour over Frito mixture and bake for 8 minutes.

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Oven

Remove pan from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over hot candy. Return to oven for 1 minute to soften chips.

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Chocolate Chips

Candy

French Fries

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Oven

Frying Pan

Spread softened chocolate chips over bars.Cool at room temperature until you feel the pan is cool enough to be transferred to your refrigerator, then transfer to refrigerator to set the chocolate. When chocolate is set, lift from pan and break the candy up as you would almond toffee. You can eat it cold or let it come back down to room temp. It doesn’t have to be refrigerated, really.

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Chocolate Chips

Chocolate