Oh Henry! Bars

Prep Time: 5 minutes       Cook Time: 5 minutes (not including time to coat with chocolate)
Yield:  30 bars

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (125 mL) golden cane syrup (Lyle’s or Rogers)
1/4 cup (60 mL) granulated sugar

1/2 cup (125 mL) regular peanut butter (not light, or natural)
1 teaspoon (5 mL) pure vanilla extract

1 cup (250 mL) Rice Krispie cereal
1 cup (250 mL) Corn Flake cereal
3/4 cup (185 mL) roughly chopped peanuts

Chocolate coating:
250-300 g (8-10 ounces) chocolate melting wafers (dark and/or milk)

Method:

1. In a medium saucepan, heat syrup and sugar until sugar is dissolved and the mixture is very hot – just about to come to a boil.
2. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter.    When the peanut butter has melted, stir in vanilla and fully combine.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine both cereals and peanuts. Pour the peanut butter mixture over the cereal mixture and stir to thoroughly combine.
4. Press into a 8 x 8 pan (buttered, or lined with parchment paper).   Let cool completely and cut into whatever size bars you prefer.

Chocolate coating:

1. Place the cut bars in the freezer while the chocolate is melting. This will assist in the chocolate firming up quickly.
2. In a bowl set over steaming (not boiling) water (or in the microwave), melt your choice of chocolate.
3. Place sheets of wax or parchment paper on the work surface.
4. When the chocolate has melted, remove it from the heat.  Dip each bar into the melted chocolate. Use a spoon to help coat the entire bar. Place coated bar on the wax/parchment paper to cool.       As it cools, it will form a little bit of a ‘pool’ of excess chocolate around the base.  Just pick up the bar (with a sturdy toothpick) and move it to a new spot to complete the cooling process. The excess chocolate on the paper, when it has completely cooled, can be removed and put back into the warm chocolate to be reused.
5. Let cool completely.    Decorate with a drizzle of melted chocolate.