Sweet, Salty, Frito Candy

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Sweet, Salty, Frito Candy
18 min.
16
263kcal

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Ingredients

  • 0.5 cup brown sugar 
  • cup fritos 
  •  peanut butter cups mini
  • 16 servings optional: some peanuts for the top
  • cups pretzels 
  • 1.5 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (or however many you want)
  • tablespoons butter unsalted

Equipment

  • food processor
  • frying pan
  • sauce pan
  • baking paper
  • oven
  • aluminum foil

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 13×9 inch pan with parchment paper or no-stick (Release) foil.
  2. Place pretzels in food processor and pulse to break – don’t pulverize.
  3. Add Fritos to processor and break them up with pretzels. Dump into pan. Unwrap peanut butter cups and throw them in the mix. It should look similar to this, keeping in mind this is a half batch.
  4. Place butter in a non-stick saucepan and melt over medium heat. When butter is melted, stir in brown sugar. Bring mixture to a full boil and boil for 1 minute, stirring once or twice.
  5. Pour over Frito mixture and bake for 8 minutes.
  6. Remove pan from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over hot candy. Return to oven for 1 minute to soften chips.
  7. Spread softened chocolate chips over bars.Cool at room temperature until you feel the pan is cool enough to be transferred to your refrigerator, then transfer to refrigerator to set the chocolate. When chocolate is set, lift from pan and break the candy up as you would almond toffee. You can eat it cold or let it come back down to room temp. It doesn’t have to be refrigerated, really.

Nutrition Facts

Calories263kcal
Protein4.53%
Fat52.66%
Carbs42.81%

Properties

Glycemic Index
6.08
Glycemic Load
6.4
Inflammation Score
-3
Nutrition Score
5.0469565352668%

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:263.08kcal
13.15%
Fat:15.66g
24.09%
Saturated Fat:7.94g
49.61%
Carbohydrates:28.64g
9.55%
Net Carbohydrates:26.54g
9.65%
Sugar:14.58g
16.2%
Cholesterol:16.24mg
5.41%
Sodium:169.32mg
7.36%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Caffeine:14.35mg
4.78%
Protein:3.03g
6.06%
Manganese:0.37mg
18.28%
Copper:0.25mg
12.38%
Magnesium:40.54mg
10.14%
Iron:1.69mg
9.4%
Fiber:2.09g
8.37%
Phosphorus:77.6mg
7.76%
Folate:22.97µg
5.74%
Vitamin B3:1.04mg
5.19%
Vitamin E:0.71mg
4.73%
Zinc:0.68mg
4.56%
Potassium:153.51mg
4.39%
Vitamin B1:0.06mg
4.2%
Vitamin A:185.09IU
3.7%
Selenium:2.51µg
3.59%
Calcium:31.64mg
3.16%
Vitamin B2:0.05mg
3.12%
Vitamin K:2.37µg
2.25%
Vitamin B5:0.17mg
1.7%
Vitamin B6:0.03mg
1.61%