Corn Chip Candy
Created by Mikekey on November 12, 2014
- Servings: 16
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 2h
- Recipe #15854
Ingredients
- 2 cups miniature pretzels
- 1/2 cup corn chips (Fritos)
- 1/2 cups salted peanuts (lightly salted peanuts, chopped)
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (4 oz)
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9 x 13 inch pan with parchment paper.
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Step 2: Break pretzels into thirds and fourths. Do not crush them. Break up corn chips. Mix pretzels, chips and peanuts in the pan.
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Step 3: Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. When completely melted, stir in brown sugar. Bring to a boil and boil for 1 minute, stirring once or twice. Pour over pretzel mixture and bake for 7 minutes.
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Step 4: Remove pan from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over the hot mixture. Return pan to oven for 1 minute, then remove it from oven and spread softened chocolate over mixture.
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Step 5: Let cool in pan for 1 hour, then chill until the chocolate sets and candy holds together.
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Step 6: When ready to serve, break slab into approximately 16 pieces.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (42.1 g)
- Calories 167.3
- Total Fat - 11.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.6 g
- Cholesterol - 15.9 mg
- Sodium - 3556.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 18.5 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 15.4 g
- Protein - 1 g
- Calcium - 12.1 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg