Delicious homemade snickers bars filled with layers of chocolate, nougat, peanuts and caramel. These taste like the real candy bar but are made from scratch at home!
Learn to make homemade candy recipes that are better than store-bought! Also try, homemade Twix bars, crunch bars, this toffee recipe and rocky road candy!
Table of Contents
Homemade Snickers Bars
You guys are in for a real treat today! I’m sharing the most delicious recipe for homemade snickers bars! This recipe is simply AMAZING! I’m not going to tell you how many I ate. ;)
When it comes to no-bake desserts, these bad boys have now passed up my favorite Reese’s peanut butter bars. Homemade snickers combine my two favorite food groups – caramel candy and chocolate! Add a delicious nougat filling which combines butter, sugar, marshmallow fluff AND peanut butter and it’s irresistible.
For more recipes with a chocolate and caramel combination, check out my chocolate fudge caramel brownies, caramel apple snickers pie and rolo cookies.
How to Make Snickers
The best part about this snickers bar recipe is they are super easy to make. It takes a little bit of patience waiting for the layers to harden, but it’s worth the wait!
- Make the chocolate layer. Melt the chocolate chips and peanut butter in a microwavable bowl on 50% power. Cook for 1 minute and then stir. Continue cooking in 30 second increments until melted. Then pour the chocolate into a foil-lined (and sprayed) 9×13″ pan and spread out evenly. Place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to harden.
- Combine nougat filling. Melt butter in a medium-sized pan over medium-heat. Add sugar and milk and stir until dissolved. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Add in marshmallow fluff, peanut butter and vanilla and stir until smooth. Remove pan from heat and fold in peanuts and then spread the nougat filling on top of the chocolate layer. Cool completely.
- Make caramel layer. Cook caramel and whipping cream in a small saucepan over low heat for about 10-15 minutes (or until smooth), stirring occasionally. Pour over nougat layer and allow to cool completely.
- Final chocolate layer. Pour melted chocolate on top of caramel layer and spread out evenly. Place pan in refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours, or until ready to serve. Once they have cooled, you can literally pull the whole thing out of the pan. Slowly pull the foil off the sides and ooo and ahh at the delicious caramel. Cut into bars and enjoy!
Gifting Tips
- During the holiday season I love to gift neighbors with these delicious homemade snickers bars, this Cool Whip candy recipe and copycat PayDay candy bars.
- I wrap them up in wax paper and stamp a cute message on the top (I used these stamps). You could even place them in a cute little basket and wrap it up with ribbon.
- Simply store them in the refrigerator until you’re ready to pass them out. Your friends will take one bite and love you forever!
Other easy desserts with chocolate and caramel include salted caramel chocolate chip cookies and this Twix cookies recipe!
More Delicious Bar Recipes
Browse all
HUNGRY FOR MORE? Subscribe to my newsletter and follow on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram for all the newest recipes!
Homemade Snickers
Video
Ingredients
Layer 1:
- 1 ¼ cups milk chocolate chips
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
Layer 2:
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 7 ounce jar marshmallow fluff
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup salted peanuts , roughly chopped
Layer 3:
- 14 ounce bag of caramels , I like to use the Kraft caramel bits
- ¼ cup whipping cream
Layer 4:
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
Instructions
Layer 1
- Line a 9×13" pan with foil or parchment paper and spray with non-stick cooking spray. Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in a microwavable bowl on 50% power. Cook for 1 minute and then stir. Cook in 30 second increments until melted.
- Pour chocolate into the lined pan and spread out evenly. Place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes to harden.
Layer 2
- Melt butter in a medium-sized pan over medium-heat. Add in sugar and milk, stirring until it has dissolved. Bring to a boil and let cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then add in marshmallow fluff, peanut butter and vanilla and stir until smooth.
- Remove pan from heat and fold in peanuts and then spread the nougat filling on top of the chocolate layer. Allow to cool completely.
Layer 3
- Cook caramel and cream in the microwave at 50% power for 30 seconds. Stir and then cook in 30 second increments until smooth and melted. Alternatively cook on a sauce pan over low heat until melted. Pour over nougat layer and allow to cool completely.
Layer 4
- Melt the chocolate chips and peanut butter in a microwavable bowl on 50% power. Cook for 1 minute and then stir. Cook in 30 second increments until melted. Pour chocolate into the pan and spread out evenly.
- Place pan in refrigerator for at least 1 hour or until firm. Pop the entire square out and then slowly peel away the foil and then cut into bars.
- Slice the snickers into rectangle or squares and store in a covered container up to 1 week.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
Did you make this recipe? Don’t forget to give it a star rating below!
Recipe slightly adapted from Taste of Home Cookbook
FAQs
Yes! Unless there is a nut allergy, try a different nut butter instead of peanut butter and used walnuts or another nut of choiced instead of the peanuts. For nut-free try sunflower butter and some crushed pretzels. It will taste different than Snickers but still be delicious.
Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Yes! I like to cut into squares then wrap in plastic wrap and store in a freezer safe container. Thaw in the refrigerator and enjoy.
Categorized as: American, Candy + Fudge, Chocolate, Christmas, Desserts, Freezer-Friendly, No-Bake, Vegetarian
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
Homemade Snickers Bars are the best! Your fabulous recipe did not disappoint. It was so darn awesome! Next time around I’ll be tripling this yummy recipe.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! They are always a hit around here!
These are a dessert that will win over literally anyone at a potluck or party. So good!!
I have made these several times over the last few years. My teenaged son doesn’t like Snickers, but LOVES THESE!!!! I delivered some to the front office ladies at my daughter’s elementary school and received an email about how I had “grown women swooning” over how delicious they are. If you aren’t sure about this recipe, I PROMISE you need to try it – you will NOT be disappointed!!!!!!! As my 4 yo says, “They are fantastic!!!”
I’m so glad these have been a hit for you! Even though they take a little longer than most treats, they are one of our favorites! Thanks for your comment and review Lisa. :)
Tried to sign up for web site but would not let me
Hi Sharon! Did you fill out your name and email in the subscribe box? It sometimes takes a while for a confirmation email to come to you. If you are still having problems, send me an email at community@iheartnaptime.net. Thanks!
This recipe is simply AMAZING!
Will try these soon. Sounds great
Going to make these for my husband’s birthday. So is it heavy whipping cream or whipped cream like cool whip??
Heavy cream, but not whipped. :)
I’m usually not a huge fan of overwhelming peanut butter in
desserts. I know snickers bars have peanuts in them but I didn’t
think it had actual Peanut butter. What do you think th outcome
would be if I omitted the peanut butter?
If you omitted the peanut butter all together, it may not hold its shape as well. Otherwise, it should still be delicious! :)
I think I’d like to try and make them and layer ingredients in paper cupcake liners using cupcake baking pans instead of making in one large pan and then cutting them into squares. I make coconut chocolate balls and use small candy liners and they turn out perfectly and look so professional.
I bet they will turn out lovely!
I have a nut allergy so I made these with SunButter sunflower butter — and I subbed sunflower seeds for the chopped peanuts — they turned out DELICIOUS! Cut them into roughly 2×1-inch bars and got four dozen “snickers” out of this recipe.
Your bars look So-o-o good I can’t wait to try them! I also will try your wonderful suggestions for Mason jars . Love your site !
They are amazing! Hope you enjoy them Susan! :)
These look AWESOME!. We dont have “marshmellow fluff” in South Africa, any idea on a good substitute? I really want to make them.
Thanks B
Hi Bianca! I have not used a substitute but found this substitute for marshmallow fluff on another website: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf27030552.tip.html.
Quick question…can i use the semi sweet chocolate chips?
Yes definitely! Both will work great! :)
I like those snicker recipes I would like more heathly foods that dose not have no saturated fat in it sat fat 0 grams of saturated fat less calories more protein thanks and I can post them on my Facebook page to my friends and special olympics mn
These sound delicious and will definitely try. Thanks
Hi! These look amazing!! I was wondering if you whip the cream before cooking it in a sauce pan with the caramel?? The recipie list says “whipping cream” but the instructions say whipped… so I just wanted to make sure!!
Hi Camila! You don’t need to whip the cream before mixing it with the caramel, just put it in as is. :)
Has anyone used Sunflower butter… we can’t use peanut and I love snickers.
On the recipe layer 3 how much caramels? 114 oz? that´s 3 kilos for me. I hope you can answer soon. I want to do the snickers soon! Thank you very much. Paula
It is 14 oz not 114 oz of caramels! :)