Eat-More Bar Squares. An easy candy confection! These chewy and crunchy candy squares are the perfect marriage of peanut and chocolate flavours. Great for gift giving at the Holidays too.
Eat-More Bars
These Eat-More Bar Squares have been around for a long time. If I recall correctly, I first saw the recipe on the side of a peanut butter jar.
Some might call these no bake cookie squares. The absence of flour though, or any oven baking at all, plus the method and ingredients used, make them clearly more of a candy to me.
Eat-More Bar Squares
Regardless, Eat-More bars are very easy to make and if you have peanut allergy issues. Any other nut butter and nuts should work just as well; like almond or cashew butter.
Roasted peanuts for Eat-More Bars
If you stack them with little squares of parchment paper between them, you can drop them into little clear cellophane bags, tie the top with a festive ribbon and give them as great gifts for Christmas too.
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If no bake cookies are your thing, then you’ll definitely want to check out this collection of freezer friendly No-Bake Cookie Treats.
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Eat More Bar Squares - an easy candy confection!
Eat-More Bar Squares - an easy candy confection! These chewy and crunchy candy squares are the perfect marriage of peanut and chocolate flavours. Great for gift giving at the Holidays too.
Ingredients
- 1 cup corn syrup
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips, semi sweet or dark are best
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups roasted peanuts, salted or unsalted
Instructions
- You will need to pay constant attention to this mixture as it cooks, stirring almost constantly or the mixture will burn. Be very careful. It will get quite hot.
- Lightly grease the bottom and sides of a 9x9 inch pan and line both the bottom and sides with parchment paper.
- Heat the corn syrup over medium-low to medium heat until it is hot and almost boiling, stir in the peanut butter and vanilla and heat for another couple of minutes before stirring in the chocolate chips.
- Boil this mixture gently for 4 minutes only, stirring and scraping the entire bottom of the pan as it cooks. A silicone spatula is ideal for this.
- Remove from heat and stir in the peanuts.
- Carefully add the mixture to the prepared pan. You will need to use the back of a tablespoon or a silicone spatula to press and spread the mixture evenly into the pan.
- Let cool completely for several hours at room temperature before lifting the batch out onto a cutting board and cutting into 25 - 36 squares with a large sharp knife. I prefer them smaller because they are very candy-like.
- Store in an airtight container with sheets of parchment paper between the layers if you are stacking them.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
36Serving Size
36 candy squaresAmount Per Serving Calories 141Total Fat 9gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 0mgSodium 66mgCarbohydrates 15gFiber 1gSugar 12gProtein 3g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
Lenora Angel
Wednesday 14th of September 2022
I make these about 4x a year and give away - leaving some in the freezer for me! They are soooooo awesome. But I want to send a batch to a kid in Australia - how long do u think the quality would last mailing them where it may take more than a week to get there - she can freeze them on arrival.
You are my ‘go to’ for a number of recipes - thank u so much
Anne
Tuesday 23rd of August 2022
Sorry I made a boo boo I meant “corn syrup” not cornstarch.
Anne
Tuesday 23rd of August 2022
I just made these after having one from a bakery on our camping trip but they didn’t turn out the same. The ones I made with this recipe were gooier softer and the ones from bakery were more firm cake like. Did I maybe not boil the cornstarch enough? I let them sit on counter for hours. Maybe putting in fridge to harden up more?
J
Monday 1st of August 2022
The flavor is great but mine turned out too dry and almost crumbly so not the same texture as an actual Eatmore. Any idea what might have caused this?
Julia
Friday 17th of December 2021
I cooked mine too long and they are very hard. What can I do to save them ?