Peanut Butter-Chocolate-Oatmeal Cereal Bars

Ingredients

• 2 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats
• 3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 4 cups crisp rice cereal
• 1 (12-oz.) package semisweet chocolate morsels
• 1 (10-oz.) package peanut butter morsels
• 1 cup chopped dry-roasted peanuts

Preparation

1. 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Combine first 5 ingredients in a medium bowl. Press firmly onto bottom of a lightly greased 15- x 10-inch jelly-roll pan. (Mixture will be thin.) Bake 12 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack 10 minutes.
2. 2. Microwave corn syrup, sugar, and peanut butter in a large microwave-safe glass bowl at HIGH 2 minutes or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30-second intervals. Stir in cereal. Press mixture firmly over oat mixture in pan.
3. 3. Microwave chocolate and peanut butter morsels in a microwave-safe glass bowl at HIGH 1 to 1 1/2 minutes or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30-second intervals. Spread over cereal mixture. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts. Cool 45 minutes. Cut into bars.
4. Note: We tested with Reese's Peanut Butter Chips and Rice Krispies cereal.