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Ingredients
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1 cup
Karo® Light OR Dark Corn Syrup
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1 cup
sugar
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1 cup
creamy peanut butter
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6 cups
crispy rice cereal
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1-1/2 cups
semi-sweet chocolate chips
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1-1/2 cups
butterscotch chips
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Candies for decorating
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Food coloring
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Frosting OR melted chocolate for decorating
Directions
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Cook corn syrup and sugar together in a large pan over medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Bring mixture to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter; mix well. Add cereal; stir until evenly coated.
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Pour into greased 15 x 10-inch pan and pat into place.
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Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips together in saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Spread over cereal.
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Cool at least 45 minutes, or until firm. Cut into bars or fun shapes for Halloween. If desired, pipe frosting to form Halloween shapes or words.
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Other Decorating Ideas:
Cool Cats (pictured on plate): Cut circles using a 2 to 3-inch biscuit cutter. Attach candies with a dab of melted white chocolate or frosting to make eyes, nose and ears. Pipe on whiskers with frosting.
Creepy Webs: Cut circles as above. Tint frosting orange. Starting at the center, pipe continuous spiral circles to edge. Drag the tip of a wooden pick from the center to the edge of the bar to create a spider web design.
Mummies: Cut circles as above. Drizzle or pipe white frosting back and forth horizontally and finish with two candy eyes.
Tombstones: Cut into bars, cutting off upper corners diagonally. Pipe frosting to make shapes or words on each “tombstone.” TIP: Tombstones will easily stand upright if the bottom of each is coated with frosting.
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