![Salted Nut Roll Bars](http://images.ctfassets.net/uw7yiu2kuigc/2SCv2GBiDKYAsikEAyAKWe/bbca8ba6091df60ddafbd93d470dc286/Salted-Nut-Roll-Bars-Lead.jpg)
Desserts
Salted Nut Roll Bars
This bar covers the spectrum of tastes and textures: Crunchy, chewy, salty, sweet—they’re all in here.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a 9×13-inch baking pan with nonstick spray.
Pulse cookies for the crust in food processor until fine crumbs form. Add melted butter; process until crumbs clump together, then press into prepared pan. Bake crust until golden, about 15 minutes; remove from oven and leave oven on.
Melt peanut butter chips, corn syrup, 4 Tbsp. butter, and vanilla for the topping in saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring until smooth, about 5 minutes.
Spread ½ cup peanut butter mixture over the crust.
Top the crust with marshmallows and return pan to oven. Bake bars until marshmallows puff up, about 2 minutes, then remove from oven. Do not let the marshmallows brown or they’ll turn crunchy.
Coat peanuts and cereal with remaining peanut butter mixture, then drop spoonfuls over marshmallows; press with a spatula to even out. Cool bars completely before cutting.
![To spread cereal mixture evenly on bars, coat the back of a metal spatula with nonstick spray, then use it to press the topping onto the bars.](http://images.ctfassets.net/uw7yiu2kuigc/3ee28feb6ff48ded18db3ac560ae749decc27ca149166a843d41db978e495b83/32767246d4ac8335fdaf271cb456832e/step2.jpg?fit=crop&w=286&h=365&f=top)
To spread cereal mixture evenly on bars, coat the back of a metal spatula with nonstick spray, then use it to press the topping onto the bars.
![This peanut butter layer helps prevent the marshmallows from pulling away from the base as the bars are cut.](http://images.ctfassets.net/uw7yiu2kuigc/3ca9b1273a45e548735075654fc95b8267bf1595c5aed4ecfe791075c55c5907/cf638d117117e407242e3f0ca721dab5/step1.jpg?fit=crop&w=286&h=365&f=top)
This peanut butter layer helps prevent the marshmallows from pulling away from the base as the bars are cut.
![To spread cereal mixture evenly on bars, coat the back of a metal spatula with nonstick spray, then use it to press the topping onto the bars.](http://images.ctfassets.net/uw7yiu2kuigc/3ee28feb6ff48ded18db3ac560ae749decc27ca149166a843d41db978e495b83/32767246d4ac8335fdaf271cb456832e/step2.jpg?fit=crop&w=286&h=365&f=top)
To spread cereal mixture evenly on bars, coat the back of a metal spatula with nonstick spray, then use it to press the topping onto the bars.