Nougat Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine


• 32 large marshmallows


• 4 cups cheerios toasted oat cereal


• 1/2 cup peanuts, chopped


• 1/2 cup coconut, shredded


• 1 (12 ounce) package semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted

Recipe

• 1 grease one 8" square cake pan or casserole dish.


• 2 in a dutch oven, melt the butter; then add the marshmallows and melt them over low heat, stirring as it melts until you have a smooth mixture.


• 3 remove from heat and add the cereal, peanuts and coconut, stirring until the mixture is completely covered with the melted marshmallows.


• 4 with buttered hands, press the cereal mixture into the greased cake pan.


• 5 spread the melted chocolate chips over the cereal mixture.


• 6 chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour; then cut into bars and serve.


• 7 note: the 'cook' time covers the chilling time and the 'prep time covers everything else.


• 8 suggestions: swap out the peanuts for another kind, like almonds or macadamia; use a different crunchy cereal like kix or cocoa puffs, etc; swap out the chocolate chips for a different flavor like butterscotch, peanut butter or mint chocolate.