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.
868 Comments on “Homemade Snickers Bars.”
I just died a little. These are going to haunt my dreams!
Seriously unbelievable… this is AMAZING!
I would totally throw these in the freezer because my all time favorite is the snickers ice cream bar. Sooooo good.
I swear I gain weight just looking at your blog!! If only I could sneak just a little taste… if I make these I WILL eat them all by myself!
That is crazy! (in a good way!)
Awesomesauce. I’ve always been scared off by making nougat, but this looks totally worth it.
OMGGGGGGG these look amazing. & I figure when you make it and don’t buy it the cals totally don’t count!! :) Especially when it’s all stuff you already have in the pantry~
Ok, now that I know that I can not just make nougat at home, but a whole freakin’ Snickers, I think I shall pass out with joy.
Snickers are my husband’s favorite candy bar! Pinning this so I can make later :)
Homemade Snickers?!!! Jessica, you are killing me! Ugh…..LOVE.
Jess! You should be arrested for this! Geez. I’m drooling over here at 6am! Ok, I better just suck it up, print the recipe and make ’em. It’s gonna be easier that way :)
Make them for 2 please!!
Woah! That looks AMAZING!
WHY, oh why!?
Thank you.
Hmmm…I must admit, Snickers is not my favorite. Not at all. I’ve always felt like the odd man out on that, but homemade might just be the key!
Are you kidding me. These look amazing. Will be making, for sure!
You’ve made my day yet again.
I hate you. (But you know I really love you). This is freakin’ awesome.
At this point I hate me too.
Hmmm – they look better than the original
Oh my! Darn. Now you have me craving Snickers at 9 am.
Gotta make these! Yummers.
WOW. Enough said!! you’ve done it again jessica! :)
Oh my god. There is no way I could ever make these. We’re finally succeeding with our weight loss plans. Just…no.
you are quite impressive. there’s no words to describe these other than HEAVEN! wow.
OMG–dying!!! These look fab! Quick q…I live overseas and we do not have fluff here (gasp!). Do you know of a way to make it or a substitute?? Otherwise, I’ll have to have my mom ship some down–these just look too good!!
Here is a homemade recipe for it: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/08/homemade-marshmallow-creme
Wow.
Wow– these are really pretty!! I love how the layers look together– much prettier than an actual Snickers!
I will never forgive you for this.
Or I will never be able to thank you enough.
At this point, I’m not sure which one.
This is genius! I need to make these for my husband, who is a Snickers fiend!
Love the pics girly. Yum! :)
Insanity is right! My mom has a variation of these and I have never made them myself because I know I’d eat the whole batch.
Maybe if I made them and brought them to work the next day. That way I’d only eat my weight in them for one night?
You get me. You really GET me.
I LOVE Nikki! She is the best and sweetest girl! I met her through Instagram also. I want to adopt her and make her my little sister!!! Anyways, this looks so great! When I first saw her pic I thought it was probably hard to make but now thanks to you Jessica I see it is easy peasy.
CRAP!
I thought my homemade twix bars were good….but these look equally delicious! Printing now!
I didn’t even read anything initially except the title and my mouth dropped open!
i think I’m in love
YUM!!!! These look like so much fun to make!! I am also friends with Nikki & she is the sweetest!:)
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You’re killing me here. Goodness gracious.
To say you outdid yourself would be an understatement. WOW
I’d like to take a bath in the nougat layer and never leave :)
O.M.G. The shot of the stacked “Snickers” is absolutely gorgeous … and I love that @Love Veggies and Yoga appreciates a not-good-for-you-but-luscious nougat too!
I am actually not a huge candy eater (don’t hate me), but the only ones I always like are Reese’s pb cups (obviously) and Snickers! Yum!
holy mother of…
sorry, i passed out for a second.
ri.dic.ulous. that’s how these look.
The way that caramel just ooozes out of the bar is enough to make me get a Snickers craving. Oh my gosh….
oooh, I love how the caramel oozes out… looks insanely delicious!
I was afraid to read this thinking there was going to be a thermometer involved, and then I would be sad because anything that says soft ball stage scares me :)
Can’t wait to give these a try. You’re the best.
Can I move to Philly and overdose on vitamin gummy bears with you, whilst watching Dawsons Creek re-runs??
And please dont even get me started on those ‘calcium chocolate chews’. I had drunk munchies once and came home and ate like 20 of them and, if they did as terrible things to my insides as my stomach ache the next day, I don’t want to know about it…
Also, I love snickers and no other candy except reeses!
W.T.F. i’m dying. snickers are like my total favoritest. you’ve ruined my january diet too, so i hope you’re happy ;)
These look really good, but, I do not like peanut butter nor do I like caramel. Which is a good thing, because if I did, I could easily eat the whole pan by myself while watching episodes of “What not to wear” on my DVR (my new fave show that I record daily and have become obsessed with!) I finally lost a pound last week & can not afford to back track!
I’ve been waiting for this post ever since I saw the instagram photo–and you’re right, the recipe is super easy…cannot waiiiit to try!
Ok seriously, will you marry me, or adopt me, or… something!? Snickers were always my favorite too (though I unfortunately had to share that ‘favorite’ with just about everyone in the house), and these look SO GOOD.