{"id":1107,"date":"2009-09-04T16:35:01","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T16:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/wordpress\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2009-09-04T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2009-09-04T16:35:01","slug":"warning-these-bars-are-hazardous-to-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supereggplant.com\/?p=1107","title":{"rendered":"WARNING: These bars are hazardous to your health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nSpecial K Bars<\/a>, originally uploaded by super eggplant<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

\nSo I’m on twitter, and there’s Splatgirl Lara<\/a> talking about Special K Bars and how she’s craving them. I just assume she’s referring to the bars sold in the granola bar section at the grocery, but then she continues tweeting about “making” these bars, so then I get more curious. WHAT GIVES, I ask, and she tells me. Part of me wishes she hadn’t.
\nThese bars, well, they are just sugar and more sugar and peanut butter and chocolate and, of course, Special K cereal. NOTHING in these bars is particularly good for you, but holy smokes the combo is wicked. Evil, evil bars! I think the key is they are chewy, so if you like chewy, and you are a fan of chocolate and peanut butter and sugar, then you are screwed, because there is no going back.
\nI had to give away a bunch of these because I knew I would just eat them all. Even if I am super full they call to me from the kitchen, and I can’t help but sneak in a bite or two. Help me, Obi Wan.
\nSPLATGIRL’S EVIL SPECIAL K BARS: 1 cup sugar \/ 1 cup corn syrup \/ 1.5 cups peanut butter \/ 6 cups Special K cereal \/ a bag & a half or so of chocolate chips (make that 1\/2 semisweet and 1\/2 butterscotch or you can go 1\/2 semisweet and 1\/2 milk chocolate-peanut butter chips)
\nCombine the sugar and the corn syrup in a heavy pot and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat or just turn it off and stir in the peanut butter. Let it get all melty and smooth. Dump in the cereal and mix it all together. Turn the mixture out onto a sheet pan and press into a thin layer. Top with melted chocolate chips. Let cool and the chocolate layer harden. Cut into small pieces or just pick up the entire slab and start chewing.
\nPeter thinks these would benefit from some sort of crushed graham cracker layer, but I’m not sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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