Nibble, nibble, CRUNCH!

One of my preschool mom's sent this snack to school today. I asked her where she got it, she said it was from a Taste of Home spin off.....Tasteful something or other. I looked on my lunch hour for the Nov/Dec issue at HyVee, Hastings (our video/book store) and no luck. I looked online at school and it told me I had to have a special number to see the recipes, then I came home and typed in tasteofhome.com and what picture showed up immediately??? Chocolate and Caramel Crunch! I didn't know the name, but I did recognize the yummy picture. So without further adieu, here you go. It's gooooooood.

Chocolate Chex® Caramel Crunch

SUBMITTED BY: Chex® Cereal

"Plain brown sugar and butter turns into caramelly goodness that surrounds chocolate cereal squares for a scrumptious crunchy snack."

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PREP TIME	15 Min
READY IN	15 Min

INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

• 8 cups Chocolate Chex® cereal
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 6 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 3 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup vanilla baking chips

• DIRECTIONS
• 1. Into large microwavable bowl, measure cereal; set aside. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper.
  2. In 2-cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave brown sugar, butter and corn syrup uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until melted and smooth. Stir in baking soda until dissolved. Pour over cereal, stirring until evenly coated. Microwave on High 3 minutes, stirring every minute. Spread on cookie sheet. Cool 10 minutes. Break into bite-size pieces.
  3. In small microwavable bowl, microwave vanilla baking chips uncovered on High about 1 minute 30 seconds or until chips can be stirred smooth (bowl will be hot). Drizzle over snack. Refrigerate until set. Store in tightly covered container.