Peanut Butter Cookie Candy Bars (cookie Mix)

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (17 1/2 ounce) package betty crocker peanut butter cookie mix (1 lb 1.5 oz)
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup light corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 3 tablespoons peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons water
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 dash salt
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 (14 ounce) bag caramels, unwrapped
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 1/2 cups dry-roasted unsalted peanuts
• 1 (11 1/2 ounce) bag milk chocolate chips (2 cups)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f
• 2 spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• 3 in large bowl, stir cookie base ingredients until soft dough forms.
• 4 press dough in bottom of pan.
• 5 bake 12 to 15 minutes or until light golden brown.
• 6 cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• 7 in large bowl, beat all filling ingredients except powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy and smooth.
• 8 gradually beat in powdered sugar until well blended (filling will be thick).
• 9 press filling over cookie base.
• 10 refrigerate while preparing caramel layer.
• 11 in 2-quart saucepan, heat caramels and 2 tablespoons water over low heat, stirring constantly, until caramels are melted.
• 12 stir in peanuts.
• 13 spread evenly over filling.
• 14 refrigerate about 15 minutes or until caramel layer is firm.
• 15 in small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips uncovered on high 1 to 2 minutes, stirring once, until melted.
• 16 spread evenly over caramel layer.
• 17 refrigerate about 1 hour or until chocolate is set.
• 18 for bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows.
• 19 store covered at room temperature.