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Payday Cookie Bars

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If you love Payday bars, here’s a Payday cookie bars version just for you! This easy recipe is full of peanut butter and marshmallow deliciousness!

Ingredients

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Layer One: The Crust

  • 1 box yellow cake mix, 15.25 ounces
  • 2/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1 egg

Layer Two: The Marshmallows

  • 2 cups of mini marshmallows

Layer Three: The Peanutty Deliciousness

  • 2 cups peanut butter chips
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2/3 cup corn syrup
  • 2 cups crispy rice cereal
  • 2 cups salted peanuts

Instructions

Layer One

  1. Mix all of the ingredients, press into a slightly greased 9X13 pan. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until the edges are golden.

Layer Two

  1. Sprinkle marshmallows over top of crust. Bake for another 5 minutes

Layer Three

  1. Melt chips, butter and corn syrup in a saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in cereal and peanuts. Poor over base and spread evenly. Cool, cut into squares. Small squares. Trust me on this.

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Notes

  • Yellow cake mix: Use any brand you like, so long as it is in a 15.25 box.

  • Mini marshmallows: you can find these babies in the candy aisle of your supermarket. If you can only find the big guys, you will need about 16 of them – cut them into about 8 pieces each.

  • Peanut Butter Chips: These chips hang out right near the chocolate chips in the baking aisle of your supermarket.

  • Corn Syrup (not pictured): This is a thick, sweet syrup made from (yep) corn, and is also in the baking aisle. You want the light syrup, not the dark.

Find it online: https://www.framedcooks.com/payday-cookie-bars/