I just found this recipe on a newsgroup today. The exact source was not listed, but it sounds like a great last minute Halloween party treat and a good way to use some of the new unwrapped caramel bits.
Caramel Krispie Bars
3/4 cup butter, divided use
8 cups mini marshmallows
8 cups Rice Krispies
14 ounces caramels (or caramel bits)
14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
In a large pot, melt 1/4 cup butter and 4 cups marshmallows. Add 4 cups Rice Krispies. Transfer to a buttered or foil lined 9 x 13 inch pan and pat down.
Melt caramels, 1/4 cup butter and sweetened condensed milk together. Pour over Rice Krispies in pan. Refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes.
Prepare another Rice Krispie mixture like the first. Put on top of caramel layer. Keep refrigerated.
Nicole says
October 26, 2007 at 10:35 amAnna,
if only I could… he he!
Nicole
Anj says
October 25, 2007 at 4:13 pmYes, I’ve been waiting for a good recipe to try out my bits (I found them at our Super Wal Mart a few weeks ago). This looks like a good one. Thanks!
Jenny Flake says
October 25, 2007 at 4:04 pmOoooh, I love anything crispy treats. Caramel and sweetened condensed milk, wow! I’ll have to try these for sure. Now to find those caramel bits.
Anna says
October 25, 2007 at 3:29 pmNicole, you should just pick up and move to a city where they sell Caramel Bits.
Nicole says
October 25, 2007 at 12:40 pmStop bragging about your caramel bits!!! LOL! I can’t find them here in nowhere land yet!
Nicole
Anna says
October 25, 2007 at 9:17 amI noticed my regular grocery store, H.E.B., now carries the caramel bits.
Angie says
October 25, 2007 at 8:25 amAnna…they sound yummy. I have been experimenting with the Krispy treat recipe since I think I can improve anything( even though the recipe has been around forever) and I have been adding a cup of peanut butter to the butter and marshmallow mixture and then stirring in a cup of chocolate chips with the cereal…they are amazing! I still have not found the caramel bits but I am going to Target today and I will look for them. Thanks