Pinterest Wednesday

I recently joined Pinterest and I'm kind of addicted, seriously. My sister-in-law, Kathy, is to blame. She invited me to join. I am holding Kathy personally responsible for all of the time that passes while I find fun stuff on Pinterest instead of doing the 100 other things I should be doing. Anyway, I was reviewing my boards, and it occurred to me that my "Recipes I Want to Try" board was overflowing. "Hmmm," I thought, " Why don't I try one recipe a week and, if I like it, move it to my 'I Tried It, I Like It' board?" Then, I can share my weekly Pinterest recipes here, with you, and let you know if I liked them. Maybe I will even rate them from 1 to 5, with 5 being the best, in my humble opinion.

For this first week of Pinterest Wednesday, I selected Crunchers. It is billed a "one of the most popular recipes on Pinterest." It comes to us from "Twirl and Taste," and offers an intriguing combination of crackers and chocolate. Sounds like a good place to start to me.

Here we go:

Crunchers
80 club crackers
1 cup butter
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1/2 cup butterscotch morsels

Line an ungreased 9 X 13-inch baking pan with foil, leaving an extension of foil on either end. Line the foil with 1 layer of club crackers, cutting to fit if necessary.

In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.

Add graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, milk , and sugar.

Bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly (begin timing 5 minutes from when you see the first bubbles).

Remove from heat and spread half of butter mixture evenly over crackers. Place another single layer of crackers evenly over butter mixture, cutting to fit if necessary. Spread remaining butter mixture evenly over crackers. Top evenly with remaining crackers. In a small saucepan, combine peanut butter, chocolate morsels, and butterscotch morsels.

Melt over medium-low heat, stirring constantly.

Spread evenly over top of crackers.

Cover, and chill for at least 1 hour. Lift foil overhang and remove bars from pan. Cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator.

These are delicious. They've got that salty/sweet, crunchy/smooth, chocolatey/caramelly thing going on. What more can you ask for? I am moving them to my "I Tried It, I Like It" board.