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Two Take 5 Bites stacked on a parchment lined baking tray.

Take 5 Candy Bar Bites

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  • Author: The BakerMama
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 24 bites

Description

Take 5 Candy Bar Bites combine layers of chocolate, caramel, peanuts, peanut butter, and pretzels in mouth-watering two-bite candies.


Ingredients

  • 24 square shaped pretzels
  • 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup roasted salted peanuts, halved or lightly chopped
  • 24 caramel squares
  • 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Flaky sea salt, for garnishing, if desired

Instructions

  1. Arrange the pretzels on a small parchment-lined sheet pan that will fit in your freezer.
  2. Spread each pretzel with about 3/4 teaspoon of the peanut butter.
  3. Press 5-6 peanut halves into the peanut butter on each pretzel.
  4. Preheat the oven to 250°F. Unwrap and place the caramels a few inches apart on another parchment-lined baking sheet. Place the baking sheet on the middle rack of the preheated oven for 5 minutes to soften the caramels. They should not melt. They should just soften so that you can reshape them.
  5. Remove the caramels from the oven and while they’re still warm slightly flatten each caramel into a square shape that will fit the size of the pretzel. Place the flattened caramel over the chopped peanuts on each pretzel.
  6. Place the sheet pan of pretzel bites in the freezer for 15 minutes to flash freeze them.
  7. When you’re ready to coat the pretzels in chocolate, place 1 cup of the chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30 seconds intervals until melted and smooth, stirring between each interval.
  8. Remove half of the flash frozen pretzel bites from the freezer. Using a fork, dip and coat each bite completely in the melted chocolate, letting any excess chocolate drip back into the bowl before transferring the coated bite to a parchment-lined sheet pan. Sprinkle each bite with a little flaky sea salt, if desired.
  9. Repeat with the remaining 1 cup of chocolate chips and remaining bites that are in the freezer.
  10. Let the bites set at room temperature until the chocolate is completely set. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.