Homemade Snickers Bars.
That’s what this is. Pure In.San.It.TEEEEE.
You know those days when you’re in desperate need of sugar and you’ve already downed more gummy vitamins than recommended while seriously considering how many more you can ingest without causing severe harm to your internal organs? They’re just so gooooood.
Well… in that case you should make some homemade snickers bars. Because I definitely did that.
And I KNOW you know what I’m talking about.
I spent the majority of my pre-pubescent and adolescent years scheming just how I would be able to steal my brothers’ Halloween candy. Snickers were always my favorite, and the boys weren’t huge fans so more often than not, they would hand them over. But sometimes… they kept them just to spite me. Brats.
Then I went through a SERIOUS phase of those Snickers ice cream bars. I swear they only had like 4 in a package or something but I could easily take down 2 for dessert. As kids, we were rarely allowed candy bars, but my mom had no issue with buying bags of fun-sized candy because, well… when things are fun-sized it means the calories don’t count.
And that you can eat a million of them.
These days, it’s rare that I crave actual candy, often preferring some chewy cookies or super rich cheesecake or a bar of amazing chocolate that costs thrice as much as the recent organic meyer lemons I purchased. But snickers are in my blood.
They are the peanut butter to my jelly.
The salt to my pepper.
The broccoli to my… wait, no.
This recipes comes from my friend Nikki who, well… I didn’t even know until Instagram and Twitter.
But now Nikki is like my bestest friend ever. Because when someone emails you a recipe for homemade snickers bars, they are your BFF for life. I mean, who else has my best interests at heart like that? I don’t even know.
And the fabulous part? This is SO EASY. So, so, so, so, so easy. Like, had-five-drinks-and-a-recent-breakup-easy. It has four distinct steps and in print seems slightly intimidating, but it isn’t whatsoever. I promise. I swear. I even had every single ingredient on hand. And not just because I’m a hoarder. Would I lie to you?
I’m not even going to waste your time trying to convince you to whip up a batch because, uhhh…. look at them. They are irresistible. Literally… considering they ruined two of my family members’ January diets.
Now that’s a win.
Homemade Snickers Bars
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makes one 9×13 pan
bottom chocolate layer
1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter
Thoroughly grease you baking pan. Melt ingredients together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour into the baking dish and spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.
nougat layer
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups marshmallow fluff
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cup salted peanuts chopped, roughly chopped
1 tsp vanilla extract
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add in sugar and milk, stirring until dissolved and bring to a boil. Let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in fluff, peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Turn off heat and fold in peanuts, then pour over bottom chocolate layer. Let cool completely.
caramel layer
1 14-ounce bag of caramels
1/4 cup whipping cream
Combine ingredients in a saucepan over low heat. Let melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth – this took about 10 minutes for me. Pour over nougat layer and let cool completely.
Top chocolate layer
1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter
Melt ingredients together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour over caramel and spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.
Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving, then cut as desired. These can stay at room temperature, but they do get gooey. I like them refrigerated best!
Note: for best results, buy one of the half-sheet aluminum cake pans at the grocery store. That way, you can pop the entire square out and cut from there!
I can’t even take that.
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Making these but leaving off the chocolate layers and going to grind the peanuts for the nougat fine, like a smidgebefore pb. I have been begging Mars to make a “naked” snickers for years especially since the quality of their chocolate seemed to go down.
the quality of the chocolate sold in Walmart etc under the Cadbury or mars names is nothing like it should be. Try World market the chocolate there is imported and tastes way better. the chocolate on a mars bar (milky way) is thicker too. yes its expensive but so much better
I recommend melting DOVE chocolate candy bars…milk, dark or a combination of both…instead of the bittersweet. DOVE, made by Mars, is a smoother chocolate.
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OMG these look insane! Making these ASAP
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Hi! I made this today and man oh man it is goooood!! I used bittersweet chocolate for half the top layer and it turned out great! I would love to link your recipe to my blog Jessica, if it’s okay with you! So nice to have found you. My husband and resident Snickers lover thanks you too! Cheers! Victoria
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Can anyone tell me how long these would keep in the fridge? I wanted to make them now for Christmas Day. What do you think? Thanks. :)
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wow made these for my boyfriend (who is a total snickers lover) for Christmas and they are amazing!! saving this for the future!!
Is there anything similar to marshmallow fluff because that stuff doesn’t sell in my country.
Would really love to give this recipe a go , but I need something else to replace marshmallow fluff with.
Thanks for help!
You can make the marshmallow fluff yourself! There are lots of recipes to be found with web search. I’ve recently made a allergen friendly version that turned out well from here: http://www.livingwithout.com/issues/4_7/gluten_free_happy_birthday_cakes-1963-1.html#marshmellow
I just found this http://whatscookingamerica.net/Candy/MarshmallowFluff.htm which looks good too and avoids gelatin (which has an odd aftertaste for me). Good luck!
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Lovely! My wife has had enough of all the Snickers disappearing overnight and enjoys making things like these.
Good job.
Lots of entertaining comments too!! You guys are funny! Splenda tastes like ass, bahahahahahahaha!! That’s funny right there, then the counter comments, ahahahahaha!!
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Do you think this could be made with a Dark Chocolate? I do not care much for the taste of milk chocolate but love the taste of a dark chocolate.
Absolutely. I have made them with milk & dark chocolate & both were very good.
Sooo funny! I eat too many gummy vitamins too! They are AWESOME! And I am a snickers fiend! Yum! Thanks for sharing !
FINALLY made these! I switched Milk chocolate for dark chocolate and used almonds instead of peanuts (personal preferences) and they came out amazing! Thank you so much for the recipe!!!!
seriously??! I can’t even copy and paste? do you think im not above just writing the damn thing down? ugh! stupid!
Hola! Quisiera saber si la mantequilla de mani se puede reemplazar por ” Dulce de Leche ” ya que en mi pais no la venden .
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This recipe looks awesome and I would love to make it however here in Australia we cannot get what you call “Marshmallow Fluff” can you use equal amount of just marshmallows?
(by the way for all of you that use Splenda in your cooking, please don’t as it is actually toxic to your body, best to stick with sugar)
Did you have any response to this question as I also live in Australia and would like to give it a go without having to make all the ingredients from scratch.
If you have one nearby, I’m pretty sure they sell marshmallow fluff at the reject shop here in Australia.
Now this is the real thing:-)
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OMG – these look soo good!! I will definitely be making these sometime soon! :)
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Shared on https://www.facebook.com/rosieshomekitchen and pinned, Happy Caramel day for tomorrow. Lovely photos, lovely recipe.
If you use a table spoon or so less whipping cream that is added to the caramels the chocolate on top does not slide all over the place and they look like professional candies… I make this every Christmas but add 1/4 cup butterscotch chips to the chocolate peanut butter bottom and top….
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These are ridiculously good. Ridiculously.
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