Frito Candy

As I previously mentioned, I went a little overboard with food for our Beirut finals. In addition to the pizza roll that I made, I also made this Frito Candy.

When you say Frito Candy, people look at you kind of funny, like what the heck is Frito Candy. But, if you have a piece in your hand to give them to try, they will love you. I have always enjoyed mixing sweet and salty together so I knew it would be a hit. I opened the candy container and this stuff was gone within 5 minutes.

Sweet Salty Frito Candy (from Cookie Madness)
2 cups pretzels
1 cup Fritos
8 mini peanut butter cups
1 stick unsalted butter (8 tablespoons)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips – I used dark chocolate chips
Optional: Chopped peanuts for the top

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

Crush pretzels. You can use a food processor to chop, or just throw them in a ziploc bag and crush with your hands or a meat tenderizer. Add Fritos to processor/bag and break them up with pretzels. Dump into pan. Unwrap peanut butter cups and throw them in the mix (I broke them in half first).

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. Pour over 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. Add chopped nuts if you would like to.

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.

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15 Responses to “Brownie Pops”

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    cassandrasmom — May 12, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    The pops are so cute!! Love the colors you used to decorate them with.

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    Jen — May 12, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    Thanks! I just wanted something springy and fun.

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    Joelen — May 12, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    Looks adorable!!

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    bakinandeggs — May 12, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    These look amazing! Great job. I don’t know if I’d have the patience 🙂

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    Jen — May 12, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    It really helped to break it out into steps. And the help from Hubby was big. If I had to do all 80 of them myself, I probably would have given up half way through…

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    Molly Jean — May 12, 2009 at 3:30 pm

    Holy cow… 80 of them?! You’re a trooper!

    Those turned out great though!

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    Kerstin — May 12, 2009 at 3:42 pm

    They’re SO cute! I love all the different sprinkles you used!

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    Julie — May 12, 2009 at 4:55 pm

    Those are just too cute…and tempting!

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    Jennifer — May 13, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    Those are incredible!!! great job!!!

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    Ingrid — May 14, 2009 at 7:49 pm

    Very pretty! I’ve seen those brownie molds. I’m waiting to grab one when I get one of those 40% off coupons.

    Glad to hear your MIL had a wonderful party.
    ~ingrid

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    Nic — May 15, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    Very cute! These look great!

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    madebymel — May 17, 2009 at 12:44 am

    What a cute idea! I love all the bright colors!

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    Wendy — May 25, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    Lovely job! Thank you for posting my link. I like your color combination and the flower pots for displaying the brownie pops. Very creative!!

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    Lisa — January 13, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    Have you ever tried to freeze them after you dipped them in chocolate? I am thinking of making some for a wedding but wouldn’t have time to dip them on the day of the event.

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    Jen — January 14, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    Lisa, I have not done that for brownie pops before. But I have frozen cake balls which are also covered in chocolate. I would assume it would work just fine. You could always make a small batch to test it out. Definitely let me know how it goes!

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