#3061 - Double Chocolate Bars

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/2 cup softened butter
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 TBSP Hershey's cocoa
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Topping: 2 cups mini marshmallows; 1 cup Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bits; 1 1/2 cups Kellogg's rice krispies cereal; 1 cup Jif peanut butter

In a mixer add white sugar and butter--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add vanilla--beat. Add baking powder, salt and cocoa--beat. Add chopped pecans--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. As soon as you take it out of the oven, spread the mini marshmallows evenly over the top. Return it to oven and bake 3-5 minutes longer or until marshmallows are melted. Remove from oven and cool to room temperature. While it's cooling, in a saucepan over low heat add chocolate bits and peanut butter--cook/stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat--add the rice krispies--stir to mix. Spread the whole rice krispies mixture over the top of the cooled mixture. Cool completely, then refrigerate until cold. Cut into bars or squares.