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PB & J Caramel Chewies

By Sherry K on April 11th, 2013
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Once again, the fine folks of Southside Christian Church have served as worthy taste testers for my latest recipe.  In this case, I placed a couple of plastic containers full of these little gems in the narthex.  I share my concoctions there for 2 reasons:

1. My S.O. and I don’t need the extra calories attached to our behinds.

2. The one thing I can count on with the fine folks of Southside Christian Church is a definite opinion!

By the time I finished my postlude and reached the narthex area, the plastic containers were completely void of content.  When I asked for opinions, all I got was the sound of licked fingers and smacked lips.  I took that as taste tester code for success.

So what are PB & J Caramel Chewies?  Well, I started with the basic recipe that I use for my Christmas Wreaths and Easter Egg Nests, and added some pretzels.

Why pretzels?

I included them because the 2 ingredients for our Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge this month are pretzels and caramel. So of course Chewies came to mind!  I figured the pretzels would be just enough salt and crunch to complement the chewy peanut butter caramel.  And I had been thinking about doing some kind of PB & J variation of them here lately anyway.  But I didn’t want to put any ol’ jelly in the middle; I wanted a fresh strawberry jammy-like filling.

The next quandary was the shape.  I wanted it to be small enough for a person to pop in their mouth in one bite; but it had to be a vessel that could house some of that beautiful ruby jeweled jam.  When I tried to create the cups free-form on a cookie sheet, it was a slow process.  Time is of the essence when it comes to making Chewies, because the mixture sets up rather quickly.  So I grabbed a mini muffin pan, threw a hunk of the caramel mixture into each cup and gave it a quick dimple with the handle of my wooden spoon.  It worked!  After letting them set for about 30 minutes, I was able to fill each cup with the strawberries.  The only thing left was to wait for the test results at church.

Hallelujah, they passed the test!

4.9 from 7 reviews
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Crunchy Special K cereal and pretzels, drenched in a chewy peanut butter caramel coating and shaped into a cup that is filled with fresh strawberry jam.
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • ½ tablespoon cornstarch
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar, divided
  • 1 cup fresh or frozen (and thawed) diced strawberries
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • ½ cup corn syrup
  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 2 cups Special K cereal
  • ½ cup pretzels sticks that have been broken into thirds
Instructions
  1. In a medium saucepan, combine cornstarch and ¼ cup sugar. Add strawberries and lemon juice. Combine well. Bring mixture to a boil and cook a few minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Remove from heat and set aside to cool (mixture will thicken more as it cools).
  2. In another medium saucepan, heat remaining ½ cup sugar and corn syrup over medium high heat. Stir with a wooden spoon until mixture comes to a rolling boil. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter. Add cereal and pretzels and mix until well coated. Press by tablespoonfuls into the cups of a 24-cup nonstick mini muffin pan. Using the handle of the wooden spoon, make an indentation in the middle of each cup, being careful to not create a hole at the bottom. Let cool in the mini muffin pan for about a ½ hour until cups are firm. Then remove the cups from the pan and fill with strawberry jam. Serve immediately.
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April 11th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Candy, Desserts, Fruit, No-Bake, Peanut Butter, Strawberries | Email This Post | Print This Post Print This Post

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