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.
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Gratefully,
Christy 🙂
this is a good one to do with my grandkids. I have those same bowls only in pink w/some kind of berries on them!
OOOH that is one of my favorite patterns, it’s called Gooseberry pink and I have a few bowls and some casserole dishes with it on there. the Casseroles actually belonged to Granny Jordan. Charlotte, you have a treasure indeed!
Christy,
Is it not just wonderful to know that as a mother if your boy needs to feed himself or prepare for others, that he will feel at home in the kitchen. So many children, boys and girls do not get the chance to cook, bake, measure, create. My most precious memories of the holidays, as well as throughout the year, are the many times that my son and daughter along with my neice and nephew have decided to all go to the kitchen and play “chefs”. They all enjoyed, the boys as much as the girls. Love this site! Happy Holidays to you and your family!
Nancy
Dear Nancy, reading your comment put such joy in my heart, thank you so much. Some of my dearest memories are of when I was asked to help out as a child. It always made me feel so special and needed. I often tell my husband that the kid who has the confidence to make candy today may be the man who has the confidence to take the oath of the Office of The President tomorrow! I know it seems like a stretch, but I really don’t think it is. Little things are the foundation for bigger ones!
Gratefully,
Christy
We make something similar.
http://www.justniftythrifty.com/2008/12/peanut-butter-cornflake-candy-recipe.html
Cool!! Thank you, Alana!
Hi Christy!
We are so trying these! You have made my holidays so nice with all of your ideas.
BTW – yesterday I could not add a comment. (I didn’t even see boxes). Last night I upgraded my version of Firefox and today I am commenting. Maybe that might help?
Tracie
Oooh Tracie, maybe you’ve found our solution! Perhaps it is a firefox problem. I’d sure be glad if it was because then at least we’d know what to do! lol
You have made MY holidays so nice with this comment! Thank you so much!
Gratefully,
Christy 🙂
OH TRACIE!! ~kisses her on both cheeks and her forehead~
YOU may have just made that Christy-woman a VERY VERY happy girl today with your suggestion. This has really been frettin’ her.
Thanks friend.
Brady is a very busy young man..Glad he can make a blog appearance lol
Thanks for the recipe..It is similar to “haystacks” which I LOVE to make!
lol, I say the same thing when he manages to grace us with his presence at mealtime. I guess you know better than I do the life of a busy man, though!
Great to see you as always, Joey! thank you!!!!
Gratefully ,
Christy
~swipes one of your haystacks and skips off~
I’d love for Brady to come to my home and make some? How ’bout it Brady? Good job there young man!
~giggles~ Don’t tempt him, he’s every ounce as sociable as I am!! Very outgoing child, he’d take one look at you and smile and say “Well, sure!”
I make these with the crunchy Chinese noodles instead of the cereal and we call them haystacks. You can add peanuts and M&Ms to them, too. I figure you always need to add some sort of chocolate to candy. 😉
Thats the original recipe that Brady posted last year, using the chow mein noodles, we love ’em that way, too!!! Yours sounds AWESOME!!! My Katy Rose is liable to defect to your house with M&M’s!