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Eat-More Bar Squares. An easy candy confection!

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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 Bar Squares

Eat-More Bar Squares

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.

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 peeled peanuts in rustic bowl on wooden background (focus on peanut in bowl)

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.

Eat-More Bar Squares

Eat-More Bar Squares

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Eat-More Bar Squares
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Eat More Bar Squares - an easy candy confection!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
4 mins
Total Time
14 mins
 
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.
Course: Candy
Cuisine: North American
Servings: 36 candy squares
Calories: 143 kcal
Author: Barry C. Parsons
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
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. 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.
  2. Lightly grease the bottom and sides of a 9x9 inch pan and line both the bottom and sides with parchment paper.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Remove from heat and stir in the peanuts.
  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Store in an airtight container with sheets of parchment paper between the layers if you are stacking them.
Recipe Notes

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.

Nutrition Facts
Eat More Bar Squares - an easy candy confection!
Amount Per Serving
Calories 143 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8g 12%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 1mg 0%
Sodium 70mg 3%
Potassium 97mg 3%
Total Carbohydrates 14g 5%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 12g
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin A 0.3%
Vitamin C 0.1%
Calcium 2%
Iron 2.1%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  3. I made these bars and they taste just like the candy bars from the store. I was wondering if they freeze well because if I do not then I will eat them all. Thank you for all your wonderful recipes Barry, I have made many of them with great success This is my go to site.

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  7. What do you think about using a microwave rather than stove top? Would they come out the same? Also in the 4 minutes after I put the chocolate chips in my mixture didn’t boil. Does that change things?

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  12. Made two of rock recipes and they both turned out great the ear-more bars are like the real thing and also gluten free the at her bars were the date squares 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

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  13. I have made these for sometime now but my recipe calls for 1 cup of oatmeal, less pb and more chips no extract. Both these recipes are very good. Taste like the real thing.

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  16. We love, love, love this recipe! I just made it again last night and am wondering if I cooked it too long or not long enough? The cornstarch peanut butter mixture was very hot but not boiling when I added the chocolate chips. I set the timer for 4 minutes from that point, nevertheless the mixture was not boiling. With about 1 minute left on the timer, it started to bubble, so I gave it another minute. The finished product is shiny, soft and can be squished easily, and not it’s yummy chewiness that it usually is. But it also is crumbly on the edges, once cut. Can you give me some pointers?

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