Snickers by Chuckles

Pinterest is everyone's favorite addiction. I will admit, I too, love it. I don't usually announce my Pinterest inspired projects like some do. But there is one recipe I must tell you about! Homemade Snickers are what they are, and they are the best candy product I have ever made. I was so thoroughly disappointed that I forgot to add at least one to my lunch today I nearly turned around on my way to work. Yes, they are worth the mess, the time, and the cost, and the gas to get some! 

It makes quite a few, but they are so yummy, they go fast!

Homemade Snickers Bars

Bottom chocolate layer
1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter

Thoroughly grease your  9×13 pan baking pan, or line with wax paper. Melt ingredients together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour into the baking dish and spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.


Nougat layer
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 1/2 cups marshmallow fluff
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cup salted peanuts chopped, roughly chopped
1 tsp vanilla extract
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add in sugar and milk, stirring until dissolved and bring to a boil. Let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add in fluff, peanut butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Turn off heat and fold in peanuts, then pour over bottom chocolate layer. Let cool completely.


Caramel layer
1 14-ounce bag of caramels
1/4 cup whipping cream
Combine ingredients in a saucepan over low heat. Let melt, stirring occasionally, until smooth – this took about 10 minutes for me. Pour over nougat layer and let cool completely.


Top chocolate layer
1 1/4 cups milk chocolate chips
1/4 cup peanut butter
Melt ingredients together in a saucepan or microwave, then pour over caramel and spread until even. Let cool and harden completely.


 Tips: You can either buy one of the half-sheet aluminum cake pans at the grocery store, or line your pan with wax paper. That way, you can pop the entire square out and cut from there. My friend Laura gave the best suggestion, which was to put the pan in the freezer as you a preparing each layer. This insures that each layer is set, before the next, and it goes faster. Keep them in the fridge to prevent total meltdown!

PS. My dad used to call me Chuckles when I was a kid, because I was as goofy back then, as I am now!