The rest of the world calls 'em Special K bars, but we make this with Rice Krispies and call it a scotcheroo. These bars are so ubiquitous around here, I can only assume everyone sees these at their local potluck dinners, but just in case I'm wrong (and I've been wrong many times), here is the recipe. This is something my mom always makes, and now I do too. Yeah yeah, turning into Mom, but if you've met my mom, you'd know it isn't a bad thing.
Scotcheroos
6 cups Rice Krispies
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
Put cereal in large bowl. Mix syrup and sugar in a saucepan and cook until it starts to boil. Remove from heat, mix in peanut butter and vanilla. Pour mixture over cereal and mix well. Press into 9x13" greased pan, cool. Melt chips together and spread over bars. Cool.
I had absolutely no idea that scotcheroos were a local phenomenon or that they were known by another name. I'm always shocked when I find out that a food I never suspected is regional. I was quite shocked when I found out taco pizza was regional. The rest of the world doesn't know what they're missing.
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