Best Payday Bars Recipes

PAYDAY® BARS

Steps:

• Spray the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Spread 1/2 of the peanuts into the prepared baking dish.
• Cook and stir sweetened condensed milk, peanut butter chips, and butter in a saucepan over medium heat until melted, about 5 minutes. Add marshmallows and stir until smooth. Pour mixture over peanuts and top with remaining peanuts.
• Refrigerate until chilled, 1 to 2 hours. Cut into bars.

PAYDAY BARS

Steps:

• Grease 9x13 pan.
• Pour 1/2 peanuts on bottom of pan.
• Melt margarine and chips.
• Add milk and then marshmallows (do not melt marshmallows).
• Pour over peanuts, pat down.
• Put rest of peanuts in and pat down.
• Chill.

PAYDAY® CAKE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Mix cake mix, 1/2 cup melted margarine, and egg together in a bowl; press into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Top cake with marshmallows and return to oven until marshmallows melt, about 5 minutes.
• Place 1/4 cup margarine in a large microwave-safe bowl; heat until melted, about 30 seconds. Stir corn syrup into melted margarine until smooth. Add peanut butter chips and heat in microwave until chips are melted, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Stir peanuts and rice cereal into mixture and spread on top of marshmallow layer on cake. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

HOMEMADE PAYDAY CANDY BARS

Steps:

• 1. Prepare an 8" square pan by misting it with cooking spray, lining it with parchment paper (extending over 1 inch on all sides), then misting the parchment paper with cooking spray.
• 2. Chop up half of the peanuts and spread over the bottom of the prepared pan. Chop up the rest of the peanuts & set aside for later.
• 3. In a medium pan, melt the unwrapped caramels, water, and mini marshmallows together over LOW-MEDIUM heat, stirring constantly off the bottom to keep the caramels from scorching. This will take about 8 minutes, so you might want to check out your newest cookbook or a few pages of Dogzilla with your sous chef...
• 4. ...until the caramel mixture looks like this.
• 5. Pour the melted caramel mixture over the chopped nuts...
• 6. ...and smooth out.
• 7. Top with the rest of the nuts, pressing them firmly into the caramel mixture like this. (If you use your fingers, just don't touch the hot caramel mixture! Don't ask me how I know this.)
• 8. It should look like this when you're done. Set aside for about 2 hours to cool.
• 9. Remove the candy from the pan, using the edges of the parchment paper.
• 10. Cut into bars or pieces with a really sharp knife.
• 11. Store in an airtight container, IF you have any leftovers after you share with your sous chef & any other kitchen helpers who wander in. =^..^=

PAYDAY CANDY BARS

Steps:

• In large bowl combine cereal and peanuts; set aside.
• In small saucepan combine corn syrup and sugar.
• Heat to 240 degrees (soft ball stage); stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat and immediately stir in peanut butter until smooth.
• Pour over cereal and peanuts and gently stir just until coated.
• Pat into greased 9x13-inch pan.
• Cool completely before cutting.

PAYDAY BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x13 pan with foil overhanging on each end and spray it with Pam.
• 2. Combine cake mix, 1/3 cup of softened butter and egg until combined. Press into the pan and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle the top with mini marshmallows and press them into the top of the bars.
• 3. Combine corn syrup, 1/4 butter, vanilla, peanut butter and peanut butter chips. Stir over medium heat until the chips are melted. Take off the heat and stir in the cereal and peanuts. Spoon over marshmallows and spread as quickly as possible.
• 4. Cool completely before peeling back foil and cutting into bars. You may want to cut them small because they are rich and sweet.

PAYDAY BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, baking soda, 1/2 cup butter, 1 tsp vanilla, and egg yolks. Mix at low speed until crumbly. Press firmly in bottom of greased 13" x 9" pan.
• Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove from oven; immediately sprinkle with marshmallows evenly. Return to oven. Bake an additional 1-2 minutes or until marshmallows just begin to puff. Cool while preparing topping.
• In large saucepan, combine all topping ingredients (corn syrup, butter, 2 tsp vanilla, peanut butter chips) except cereal and nuts. Heat just until chips are melted and mixture is smooth, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in cereal and nuts. Immediately pour warm topping over marshmallows; spread to cover. Refrigerate 45 minutes or until form. Cut into bars.

PAYDAY BARS

Steps:

• Place half the peanuts in an ungreased 11x7 in. baking pan.
• In a saucepan, melt butter and peanut butter chips over low heat. Add milk and marshmallows, remove from heat and stir until melted. Pour over peanuts. Sprinkle remaining peanuts on top.
• Cover and refrigerate. Cut into bars. These keep well.