Queen Bee Makes Candy and Peanut Chews

It's beginning to feel like fall around here and I am not sure how I feel about it yet.  We have so much work to do outside our new hive yet that I wish we could extend the summer just a couple more weeks.  There is one thing however, that I like about this time of year....

 

CANDY CORN!!!!

 

Here is a recipe that uses candy corn as one of the ingredients.  I knew it had to be good!!

 

Here are the ingredients for Candy and Peanut Chews:

 

Let's start with the crust. Here are the ingredients...

 

1/2 cup butter margarine, softened

1 package (1lb. 2.25oz.) yellow cake mix (make sure it had pudding in the mix!)

1 egg

3 cups mini marshmallows

 

This is what it means by pudding in the mix...

 

 

It will say it on the package.  Of course I used Betty Crocker's cake mix.

 First mix together the cake mix and butter on low speed for about 1-2 minutes.  Then add the egg and mix.  It will look like this when finished...

 

Then press the mixture into a 15x10x1 jelly roll pan.  I do not own a jelly roll pan and used a 15x10 cookie sheet and it worked just fine!!  Then bake it in a 350 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes.  Then remove it from the oven and spread out the mini marshmallows...

 

 

Return the pan to the oven and let bake another minute or two until they puff up...

 

 

Now lets work in the topping.  Here are the ingredients...

 

1/2 cup light corn syrup

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups rice krispies cereal

2 cups salted peanuts

1 cup CANDY CORN!

 

First heat the corn syrup, sugar, and brown sugar over medium heat until it boils.  Stir constantly until this happens.  (about 2 to 4 minutes)  Next, rest your hand!! 

 

 

Remove it from the heat and then stir in the vanilla and peanut butter until smooth.  Then add the rice krispies, peanuts, and CANDY CORN!

Immediately spoon it over the puffed up marshmallows and then let it cool before cutting them and eating them.

 

 

While waiting for these to cool eat the remaining CANDY CORN left in the bag so no one else will get to it first!  Enjoy!