National Picnic Day Recipe: Peanut Butter Bars

If you’re after the perfect, easy snack idea for picnics, these delicious bars are ideal picnic finger food for those with a sweet tooth!

• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 1 hour 20 mins (1 hour chill time)

Serves: 20

Category: Dessert,Biscuits & Cookies

Ingredients

• 100g granulated sugar
• 340g honey
• Half a teaspoon of salt
• 500g peanut butter
• 100g Rice Krispies
• 115g butter
• 100g Barbados cane sugar
• 315g icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla flavouring

You will also need

• 2 x medium saucepan
• 1 x large baking tray
• Greaseproof paper

Method

1. Heat up the granulated sugar, honey and salt in the saucepan until the sugar dissolves.
2. Stir the peanut butter through thoroughly
3. Stir in the Rice Krispies
4. Lay out the greaseproof paper on the baking tray and spread out the mixture on top
5. In a separate saucepan, melt together the butter and brown sugar
6. Add the milk, vanilla and icing sugar
7. Mix, then spread over the top of the Rice Krispies mix in the baking tray
8. Wait until everything is completely cool, then cut up into bars

B&M Top Tip: Keep the bars wrapped in greaseproof paper in tupperware and a cool bag to prevent them getting squashed or melted.