KIT KAT BARS

I was aimlessly wandering around the Internet yesterday and came across a recipe on The Country Cook blog for homemade Kit Kat bars. I'm not much of a Kit Kat fan so my interest level didn't immediately peak. During Halloween, as my brothers and I would excitedly walk from house to house, I always picked Reese's Peanut Butter Cups when presented with a big bowl of candy options.  Always.  Brandie, the country cook lady, said something along the lines of...  'These are not an exact replica of Kit Kat Bars but the concept is the same. Crunchy layers with a chocolate coating.  The recipes uses crackers instead of a thin wafer and it's got peanut butter instead of just all chocolate.' Peanut butter is what peaked my interest! I just had to give it a try...

Ingredients:
72 Club Crackers
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions:
Line an ungreased 9x13 baking dish with a layer of club crackers.  In a large saucepan, over medium heat, melt butter.  Add graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, milk and sugar to the melted butter.  Bring to a gentle boil and boil for 5 minutes.  Make sure to stir constantly so it doesn't burn to the bottom of your pan.  Remove from heat and spread half the mixture evenly over crackers.  Do your best to spread it out evenly.  Layer with another layer of crackers.  Then spread the other half of the mixture on top.  Then, add a final layer of crackers on top of that.  In a small saucepan, combine peanut butter and chocolate chips.  Melt over medium-low heat, stirring constantly until completely melted and blended.  Spread evenly over top layer of crackers.  Cover with plastic wrap and pop it in the fridge for two hours.  You want that top chocolate layer to really cool down and firm up. Once it is completely cooled, slice into small squares.  You should be able to get about 2 1/2 dozen squares from the pan.

After having 3 squares for lunch (yikes), I can confidently give the recipe an A+!  The bars are very simple to make and the salty sweet combination is great!  Whatever J doesn't eat is being taken to Bible study Sunday evening.  I can't have this deliciousness hanging around the house.