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These homemade Take Five Bars are salty, sweet, crunchy and chewy all in one bite. What more could you ask for?
I love a good copycat recipe and when you can make one of your favorite candy bars at home, it doesn’t get much better than that. These Take Five Bars are the complete flavor and texture package in a bar cookie. You get your salty from the pretzels, sweet from the caramel, crunchy from the peanuts and chewy from the combination of it all!
The base of the bars is a mixture of pretzels, peanut butter, sugar and cream. That is then topped with caramel, peanuts and a nice layer of chocolate on the top.
But don’t forget that sprinkle of coarse salt on the top – it is the crowning glory of these Take Five Bars! I link to my favorite coarse salt below. Satisfy just about any craving you can have with these babies!
Ingredients Needed
- Pretzels
- Peanut Butter
- Sugar
- Caramel Bits
- Whipping Cream
- Peanuts
- Chocolate Chips
- Sea Salt
How To Make Take Five Bars
- Line an 8 x 8 pan with parchment paper.
- Combine pretzels, peanut butter, sugar and water in a food processor and pulse.
- Press firmly into prepared pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes.
- Stir caramels and whipping cream in a saucepan until melted.
- Pour caramel over pretzel crust.
- Top with chopped peanuts
- Combine chocolate chips and whipping cream. Melt until smooth and combined.
- Spread over peanut layer.
- Sprinkle with sea salt while chocolate is still warm.
- Cool and then chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
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Take Five Bars
Ingredients
- 3 cups pretzels
- 1 cup peanut butter, creamy
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 3 Tbsp water
- 14 oz caramel bits
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
- 3/4 cup peanuts coarsely choppeed
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 Tbsp whipping cream
- sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8 x 8 pan with parchment paper.
- In a food processor, combine pretzels, peanut butter, sugar and water. Pulse to combine.
- Press firmly into prepared pan and bake for 10 minutes.
- In a saucepan or microwave, melt caramel bits with whipping cream. Stir to combine.
- Pour caramel over pretzel crust. Top with chopped peanuts
- In a bowl, in the microwave, combine chocolate chips and whipping cream. Melt until smooth and combined. Spread over peanut layer.
- Sprinkle with sea salt while chocolate is still warm. Cool and then chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve and cut into squares.
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Emily says
Looks easy and great can’t wait to try it
Lori says
What are caramel bits and where do you get them? Recipe looks fabulous! Thanks.
Leigh Anne says
Lori, here is a link to the ones I use -http://amzn.to/2sBeMVB I can find them at my grocery store next to the chocolate chips