granola bar recipes – Chocolate Chip Popcorn Granola Bars

Prep Time: 20 min ; Start to Finish: 2 hr 10 min

Makes: 36 bars

These tempting bars are like a cookie bar and a popcorn ball all rolled into

one.

Crust

1 (18-oz.) roll Pillsbury® Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookies

4 Nature Valley® Oats ‘n Honey Crunchy Granola Bars (2 pouches from 8.9-oz.

box), crushed*

Topping

3 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows

2/3 cup light corn syrup

1/4 cup butter or margarine

1 (10-oz.) bag peanut butter chips

1 (3.5 oz) bag Pop.Secret® Butter-Flavor Microwave Popcorn, popped

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1 .

Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir in crushed

granola bars. Press mixture in bottom of ungreased 13×9-inch pan. Bake at

350°F.

for 10 to 15 minutes or until puffed and edges are golden brown.

2 .

Remove from oven. Immediately sprinkle with marshmallows. Return to oven;

bake an additional 1 to 2 minutes or until marshmallows begin to puff.

3 .

Remove from oven; place on wire rack. In 3-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup,

butter and peanut butter chips over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring

frequently, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Stir in popcorn

(mixture will be thick). Spoon mixture over marshmallows; spread evenly to

just

barely cover marshmallows. Cool 30 minutes.

4 .

In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips on High for 1 to 1 1/2

minutes or until melted, stirring once halfway through microwaving. Pour

melted

chocolate into quart-size resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut off tiny

bottom corner of bag; drizzle chocolate over bars. Refrigerate at least 1

hour

before serving. Cut into bars.

Note

*To easily crush granola bars, do not unwrap. Use rolling pin to crush bars.

Fran Neavoll, Salem, OR, Bake-Off® Contest 41, 2004

from

www.pillsbury.com

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