No-Bake Chocolate Rice Krispie Bars

These chocolate Rice Krispies treats are crowd pleasers! The secret to making them soft and chewy is bringing the sugar mixture just to a boil and then cooking for only one minute. If it boils too long, they tend to be firmer and can become crumbly. —Dawn Lowenstein, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

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  Total Time

  Prep: 20 min. + cooling
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  Makes

  4 dozen

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, cubed
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup baking cocoa
• 1/2 cup 2% milk or half-and-half cream
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 jar (13 ounces) Nutella
• 1 jar (7 ounces) marshmallow creme
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 cups Rice Krispies
• 1 cup milk chocolate English toffee bits

Directions

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add sugars, baking cocoa, milk and salt; bring to a boil. Cook and stir over medium heat for 1 minute. Remove from the heat. Stir in Nutella, marshmallow creme and extract until melted. Stir in Rice Krispies.
• Press into a greased 15x10x1-in. pan; cool slightly. Sprinkle with toffee bits; refrigerate until set. Cut into squares; store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts

1 bar: 132 calories, 6g fat (2g saturated fat), 7mg cholesterol, 74mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (17g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

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