Peanut Butter Scotchies, by Brady!
What happened to my Bradybug? I swear he was a baby yesterday and look at him now, growing up before my eyes. Each morning its as if there is a new child waiting for me to meet! Brady hasn’t been on Southern Plate in a while because as he has grown, so has his schedule. He’s been busy serving on the student council, earning badges in Cub Scouts, making straight A’s and designing future space and weather tracking vehicles in his 3-D cad software and translating them into Legos. ~Takes a breath~ Makes me tired just thinking about it! Anyway, I’m grateful that I was able to nail him down long enough to get a guest blog spot out of him and this was the perfect recipe. Last year Brady brought you his Chow Mein Candy (sometimes known as “haystacks”) and this recipe is much like that one but with a little twist and a delightfully different crunch to it.
My friend, Lara, brought a tin of these Peanut Butter Scotchies to our house when we had our cupcake decorating party and I was hooked after the first bite but I couldn’t figure out what she had used in them! I was thinking it was corn flakes, but the crispy bite was a little more delicate than that and just delicious. Can you believe I had never actually tried Special K before this? She declared that to be the secret and I was off to buy my very first box. Of course, you can use plain old corn flakes in this and it will turn out just fine, but I really enjoyed Lara’s as they were so I wanted to use her exact recipe.
You’ll need: Special K (or cornflakes, or rice krispies), Butterscotch chips, and Peanut Butter.
Cute kid is optional.
Pour chips into the bowl.
Microwave, stirring every forty five seconds, until completely melted.
Add peanut butter.
Stir that up well until smooth and creamy.
Add cereal.
Stir those until they are well coated.
Special thanks to Miss Terri for sending Brady this spiffy apron!
This is what the final product will look like. Well, almost final.
Pat that into a 9×13 pan. I lined mine with foil for easy removal but in the end it really wasn’t necessary.
Grrr, I hate it when I have to spell “necessary”, I always want to add an extra “c”.
Cool completely before cutting. It’s best if you stick these in the fridge for about fifteen minutes and then cut.
Gobble up! These are so simple but so very good!
Peanut Butter Scotchies
- 12 ounce package butterscotch chips
- 1/2 C Peanut butter
- 3-4 Cups Cereal (I use Special K, you can use rice krispies, cornflakes, etc)
Melt chips in microwave until smooth and creamy. Add peanut butter and stir. Stir in cereal until completely coated. Press into 9×13 pan. Place in fridge for fifteen minutes or until completely cool, cut into bars.
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.”
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Great post as usual! Girl, you’re gonna need a big stick to beat the girls offa that boy pretty soon. Merry Christmas to all-
Mama Jane in cloudy Dallas TX
Hey Mama Jane!!! ~grins~ Okay so it’s not just me then, he’s really a cutie! I try not to look at him too much because after a bit my eyes tear over and I get that sighing Mama look and he rolls his eyes at me.. hehe
Merry Christmas!!
Gratefully,
Christy
i wonder if this would work with nutella or that strange peanute butter with white chocolate in it that I just saw at walmart – i bet so! yummy!
that peanut butter is amazing! we get it and the dark chocolate version every now and then and my whole family loves it. It makes great candy!!
I luh-huh-huv me some Nutella! Gina is right, either one would work just fine!
Now I gotta try that peanut butter!
He sure is a cute kid! Nice job! And those look very yummy. I’ve never tried the combination of peanut butter and butterscotch. (And I LOVE your nesting bowls! Someday I’ll save enough pennies and get myself a set!)
Thank you so much! Every time I look at him I think “ok, now he is just precious” but he’d die if I said that! lol I love my Pyrex collection and have several sets of mixing bowls in different patterns and colors. I need to do a post on them sometime! They are so handy and neat to collect because they are all still usable and durable. I find many of them on Ebay but the best deals are at flea markets and yard sales.
Here is a link to some pics of my Pyrex casserole collection if you’d like to see some of the different patterns, they are available in the bowls as well!
https://southernplatecom.bigscoots-staging.com/2009/07/crunchy-beef-casserole-and-my-casserole-dish-collection.html
Keep me posted on your collection!
Oh yummy! Good job, Brady! Christy, he looks JUST like his mama! xoxox
Hey Kim!! thank you so much, you have me grinning like a Cheshire cat!
He does! I think Brady looks just like Christy and Katy looks like her daddy. 🙂
You are very welcome! And, I must say, your posts ALWAYS make me grin… whether it’s just your awesome sense of humor, or the memories of my mom that they bring up.
xoxox
They are best when kept chilled. I take mine out of the freezer for when I’m ready to eat them! 🙂 Brady did a good job!
I think I ate about every single one of yours myself….shhh, don’t tell!
I love your website, found the link on Mommy’s Kitchen blog. Thanks for the great stories that accompany the recipes 🙂
Thank you so much, Angela! Isn’t Tina great?
I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and I *really* appreciate you taking the time to comment, it means so much to me!
gratefully,
Christy 🙂
These sound pretty good! I think its pretty cool your kids get to help out so much.
Hey Alyssa! thank you so much! I sure do wish I could hand you one.
My mother and grandmothers were always letting me help out. It made me feel so big, but mostly so important. Like everyone else, I really wish I had more quality time with my younguns, so work it in whenever I can!!
Gratefully,
Christy 🙂