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Grandma’s Scotcheroos Recipe
Tips and Tricks
Do not boil the mixture. Other recipes say to bring the sugar, peanut butter, and corn syrup to a boil. I’m not sure why you’d do that, since you risk overheating it and getting hard scotcheroos instead of chewy ones. You only need to warm the ingredients until they are melted and smooth.
Use less sugar. As stated above, you don’t need the full cup of sugar that a lot of recipes call for. My grandma was a master baker. If ⅓ cup worked for her, it’ll work for everyone.
Ingredients
Box of rice krispies cereal, bowls of corn syrup and sugar, chocolate chips and butterscotch chips. Container of peanut butter.
Rice cereal: Any brand will work.
Sugar
Corn syrup: Grandma’s recipe calls for Karo. That is a brand of corn syrup. If you are outside of the United States, it is sometimes called Golden syrup. You can also use honey in place of corn syrup, but it will give the treats a distinct honey flavor.
Peanut butter: I use creamy.
Chocolate chips and butterscotch chips: Grandma’s recipe calls for a small bag of each. I’m not sure what size bags of chocolate chips came in back then, and I don’t remember what measurements she used. I use an 11-ounce bag of each, but you can use less if you prefer.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
How To Make Scotcheroos
Sauce pan with sugar, peanut butter and corn syrup.
Step 1: Pour corn syrup, sugar, and peanut butter into a saucepan.
Saucepan of scotcheroo mixture melted and smooth.
Step 2: Heat mixture until smooth and sugar is dissolved (just heat through, no need to boil). Remove from heat.
Step 3: Pour the peanut butter and syrup mixture over 6 c. of rice cereal. Stir until completely coated.
Rubber spatula pressed down against scotcheroos in pan.
Step 4: Spread in buttered 9×13 baking dish. Pack down slightly.
tep 5: Melt chocolate chips and butterscotch chips in a double boiler or microwave.
Hand using spatula to spread chocolate over scotcheroos.
Step 6: Spread over Scotcheroos and refrigerate until set, about 30 minutes. Cut into bars.
Scotcheroos FAQs
What are Scotcheroos?
How many servings does a batch of scotcheroos make?
Can I omit corn syrup in scotcheroos?
