Sweet Marie Slice

By mariealicejoan

Delicious peanut butter squares filled with the crunch of peanuts and crisp rice cereal and topped with melted chocolate. Scrummy yummy!

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Ingredients

90g of smooth peanut butter (1/2 cup)
175g golden syrup (1/2 cup corn syrup)
100g soft light brown sugar (1/2 cup packed)
1 TBS unsalted butter
50g crisp rice cereal (2 cups)
150g of roasted peanuts (1 cup)
180g of chocolate chips (1 cup)
chocolate sprinkles to decorate

Details

servings 12
Level of difficulty Average
Cost Budget Friendly
Adapted from theenglishkitchen.blogspot.fr

Preparation

Step 1

Line an 8 or 9 inch square pan with foil, having enough of an overhang to use as handles when it comes time to lift them out. Butter the foil and set aside.

Step 2

Place the peanut butter, golden syrup, brown sugar and butter in a large saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium low heat, until the peanut butter and butter have melted and the mixture begins to bubble.

Step 3

Remove from the heat and stir in the cereal and peanuts, mixing all in well together. Spread this mixture into the prepared pan, and press down firmly.
I find using a buttered metal spoon the best way to do this. The mixture doesn't stick to the spoon and it does a great job of pressing it down.

Step 4

Immediately, while the mixture is still hot sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over top. Once they have softened and melted, spread them evenly over top of the crisp rice mixture. (If you like, you can place the pan in a hot oven for a few minutes to facilitate this.)

Step 5

Sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles to decorate and then place the pan in the refrigerator for one hour until the mixture hardens enough to be cut into squares.

Step 6

When ready, just lift out with the foil and using a sharp knife cut into squares.

Note: For fun today I cut mine with a sharp straight sided metal Heart shaped cookie cutter.
Of course, you will not get as many pieces if you do this, but the scraps are great to snack on. *grin* AND, the slices look so cute and very Valentiney!

If you use a nine inch pan your squares will not be as thick through, but larger in width, or you can cut them the same size and get more. It's up to you.