Kit Kat Bars
Info
INGREDIENTS
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1
Box
Club or Waverly's crackers (a square butter cracker)
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1
cup
butter
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2
cups
graham cracker crumbs
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1
cup
firmly packed brown sugar
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1/2
cup
white sugar
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1/2
cup
whole milk
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2 1/4
cups
cups milk chocolate
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1 1/2
cup
butterscotch chips
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1
cup
peanut butter chips
INSTRUCTIONS
- Spray a 9x13 pan with cooking oil.
- Optional: Pour a layer of the chocolate coating into the pan before adding the first layer of crackers.
- Lay crackers edge-to-edge along the bottom.
- Melt the butter in a pan and stir in the milk. Add the sugars and bring to a boil. Stir in the graham cracker crumbs and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Pour about half of the filling over your layer of crackers. Make another layer of crackers in the same orientation as the first. Pour the rest of the filling over your crackers.
- Make a third layer of crackers on top. Cover with cling wrap and put in the fridge to firm up.
- Melt the chips toegether in a double boiler (or microwave) until all smooth and creamy. The melting process will take some active participation on your part, as the butterscotch chips don't like to play friendly and need some coaxing to melt smoothly into the mixture.
- Coat the bars in another layer of chocolate, making sure to cover the tops and sides.
NOTES
I would:
1. Use butterscotch extract instead of chips. Possibly peanut butter extract as well. I think this would allow the chocolate to become even meltier than it did (yes, that's a technical term I learned in chef school), and allow for more even pouring.
2. Don't try and mess with the three-bar iconic image of a Kit Kat. These taste good and don't need any extra fancifying (another technical term). The fancier I got, the worse they looked.
3. Pour a layer of the candy coating into the pan before adding the first layer of crackers. Chocolate on top and bottom of these (and not bothering with the sides) makes for a nice sweetness ratio.