No Bake Sweet Marie Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

cooking spray
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter
2 cups crispy rice cereal
1 cup peanuts
1 cup chocolate chips

Preparation

Prepare an 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
Cook and stir peanut butter, corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter together in a large saucepan over medium-low heat until boiling. Fold crispy rice cereal and peanuts into the peanut butter mixture; press into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over the top of the hot mixture. Let chocolate chips melt; spread chocolate over the top in an even layer.
Refrigerate until the mixture hardens, about 1 hour.