Nut Goodie Bar Candy

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter to grease sheet pan
• 12 oz semi sweet chocolate chips 2 cups
• 6 oz peanut butter chips 1 cup
• 6 oz butterscotch chips 1 cup
• 2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup butter
• 8 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• ¼ cup Jello vanilla pudding Cook and Serve Pudding Mix
• 1 teaspoon maple extract flavoring
• 5 cups powder sugar
• 2 cups salted cocktail peanuts Spanish peanuts or Virginia peanuts

Steps

1. Make room in the freezer for your 12 x 16 baking sheet tray or jelly roll pan that you will make your candy on, and butter your sheet pan well.

2. Melt all 3 chips; semisweet chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and butterscotch chips with the creamy peanut butter into a heatproof safe bowl of a double boiler (or saucepan/over water pan), stirring frequently over medium-high heat for 1 minute. Turn off heat.

3. Pour mixture and then spread ½ of the melted chocolate mixture onto a buttered 12 x 16 baking sheet. Freeze for 10-15 minutes until firm.

4. In a (clean) medium saucepan, melt the butter, heavy whipping cream, Jello vanilla pudding mix, and maple flavoring. Melt and bring to a boil (the pudding mixture will separate). Remove from heat and mix using a hand mixer. Add in the confectioner's sugar, and it will come together!

5. Next, spread the maple nougat evenly over the chilled chocolate layer. Freeze for 10-15 minutes until firm.

6. Meanwhile, add the peanuts to the remaining chocolate mixture and then spread evenly over the maple nougat pudding layer.

7. Freeze for 30 minutes. Cut into ¾-1 inch squares. Serve in small mini candy/baking paper cups or store in an airtight sealed container.

8. Nut Goodie Candy will melt a bit at room temperature, and it awesome right from the freezer!

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