Skor Bars

(I apologize for the lousy cell phone pics....)

I was asked to bring a pan of bars for an event.

I was searching through my recipes and nothing was striking my fancy.

Or else I didn't have a key ingredient.

Then I remembered a recipe I had seen recently and decided to give it a whirl. It looked easy and the ingredients were very basic and I wouldn't have to make a special trip to the store. Bonus!

Grease a pan and put one sleeve of soda crackers on it.

(I had to use an additional two crackers for my 16x12 pan.)

Put ¾ cup each of brown sugar and butter in a pot.

Boil for 3 minutes.

Spread on crackers.

Bake.

Now I see why she said to rearrange the crackers after baking. And I also see it wasn't necessary to get every speck of cracker covered with the sauce.

Sprinkle a bag of chocolate chips on and spread as they melt.

I must admit. At this stage I was very doubtful of this recipe.

It looked like One. Hot. Mess.

I was wondering why oh why did I decide to try a new recipe! and figured I would be stopping to buy something at the store on the way.... Sigh....

But I persevered. And they looked much better.

I sprinkled some Heath Bar bits on.

But I was still nervous about what was lurking underneath.

Those crackers.... 

And that sauce.... 

It looked impossible and totally unappetizing.

I put the pan in the freezer to chill.

And guess what?

SKOR !!!

Amazing. Delicious. Addictive.

And I marveled. Who thought up this recipe???
How did they ever imagine it would work!

The next time I make them though, I am going to use semi-sweet chips. I only had milk chocolate chips on hand and I think a darker chocolate would harden more. They weren't soft per se, but you just didn't dare hold it in your hand for too long.

Originally saw recipe here:
 http://www.simplemoments.ca/blog/2014/easiest-recipe-ever

Then took this advice-

"Boil butter and sugar for 3 minutes" 

-from here: http://cakercooking.blogspot.com/2011/06/quick-and-easy-skor-bars_20.html
-and here: http://www.cookingcache.com/recipes/skorbars.shtml?rdid=rc1

The original recipe said 350° for 7 minutes. The second link said 400° for 6 minutes. Since I have to adjust some of my baking times/temps because we live at a slightly higher altitude, I baked mine at 375° for 7 minutes and it was perfect.