Frito Candy

Yeah, you read that right. Frito candy. At first, you might be saying, "Ew." But then, aren't you kind of intrigued? Then, don't you even think it sounds good actually? The aforementioned stages of thinking took me approximately 3 seconds before I got to, "I'm making this ASAP." Had to try it. Here's the verdict...it's very good. It's salty and sweet. It's packed full of different things so every bite is interesting. It's yummy and it's fun.

The creator of the recipe even updated it to include a spicy kick - check it out here.

Sweet, Salty, Frito Candy
adapted by Vivi from Cookie Madness

2 cups pretzels
1 cup Fritos
8 regular peanut butter cups, cut into smallish pieces
1 stick unsalted butter (8 tablespoons)
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tbl peanut butter (I used creamy, either will do)
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (or however many you want)
Optional: Some peanuts for the top

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 13×9 inch pan with parchment paper or no-stick (Release) foil.

Place pretzels in food processor and pulse to break, or break by hand – don’t pulverize. Add Fritos to processor and break them up with pretzels. Dump into large bowl. Unwrap peanut butter cups, dice, and set aside.
Place butter in a non-stick saucepan and melt over medium heat. When butter is melted, stir in brown sugar. Bring mixture to a full boil and boil for 1 minute, stirring once or twice. Add peanut butter. Pour over Frito mixture, stir to evenly coat, then pour into pan. Top with peanut butter cup pieces, spacing evenly over pretzel/frito mixture and bake for 8 minutes.

Remove pan from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over hot candy. Return to oven for 1 minute to soften chips. Spread softened chocolate chips over bars.

Cool at room temperature until you feel the pan is cool enough to be transferred to your refrigerator, then transfer to refrigerator to set the chocolate. When chocolate is set, lift from pan and break the candy up as you would almond toffee. You can eat it cold or let it come back down to room temp.