#3084 - Chocolate Crunch Bars

(by Becky Lynn Mohr - friend)

1/2 cup softened butter
2 eggs
3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 square Baker's unsweetened baking chocolate (melted according to box directions)
1 cup chopped nuts
1 pint Fluff marshmallow creme
1 - 6oz. bag Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bits
1 cup Jif peanut butter
1 cup rice krispies cereal

In a mixer add butter and eggs--beat. Add flour, baking powder, white sugar and salt--beat for 1 minute. Add melted chocolate and chopped nuts--beat. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Remove from oven--spread the whole jar of Fluff all over the top. Return to oven and bake for 3 more minutes. Remove from oven--spread melted marshmallow evenly all over the top until smooth. Cool completely. In a microwave safe bowl add chocolate bits and peanut butter--microwave on high in 20 second increments until melted, then stir until smooth. Add rice krispies--stir until mixed. Spread the rice krispies mixture over the cooled mixture. Cool to room temperature. Cut into bars or squares.