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!
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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!
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Homemade Snickers
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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.
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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.
Great recipe, simple instructions. We will def make this again!
I used semi sweet chocolate instead of milk to help cut the sweetness a bit. I think next time I will add 1.5-2 cups of chopped peanuts as it seemed to need more.
Glad you enjoyed the homemade snickers!
These look amazing, but I have two grandsons with extreme peanut allergies. Could them be made as the recipe states without the peanut butter added?
You could make them with an almond or sunbutter in place of the peanut butter
I’ve made this several times for family and co-workers. They are always a huge hit.
I’m so glad to hear they were a hit! One of my personal favorites!
Can I use a can of Dulce De Leche instead of making caramel sauce?
This should be just fine, Edith. Let me know what you think after you try it :)
Outstanding! Getting ready to make them for Christmas again this year.
Glad you love them! They are the perfect holiday treat :)
These are absolutely amazing…only question is, Do you ever have an issue with the top chocolate layer sticking to the caramel layer?
So glad you enjoy them :) If trying to cut cold, the chocolate can pop up a little. I usually set out about 10 minutes before cutting and that works well.
Absolutely! Only bad thing is everyone else thought it was fantastic and want more. The thing is they don’t want to make it themselves. Just got through with my 3rd batch. Can’t wait to try more of your recipes. Thank you for sharing. 😊
Yay! So glad that these were a hit with everyone!
I made these in silicone molds and they turned out perfect new family favourite!!
Great idea! I’m so glad your family loved them :)
your go cooking
It was delicious and very popular.
Yay! So glad everyone enjoyed it :)
Absolutely delicious!
Yay, I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
Omg these are soooooo good!!! Followed the instructions exactly and had no issues. They turned out perfectly and the recipe makes so many! Making more tomorrow!
Yay! I’m so happy to hear that Lindsey :) Thanks so much for your comment!
I have made these several times and they are always a hit. Super simple directions and always comes out the same each time. So good!!!
I’m so happy to hear that! Now I’m craving Snickers…mmm :)
This was the third time making these. Still delicious but I was extremely frustrated this time. The other two times I used a bag of Kraft caramels, which ended up being a few ounces less than what the recipe called for.
This time I used the full amount and omg what a mess! All of the caramel oozed out the sides. Even though I kept them in the fridge the caramel still all oozed out all over. Delicious but didn’t have any caramel lol.
I’m wondering if I can use caramel sauce in place of melting caramels? Happen to have on hand…
That should be fine if your caramel hardens while refrigerated. Carmel sauce sometimes is too thin and will make the bars really messy.
These were so delicious! I made them for my boyfriend for our anniversary and he loved them. They really do taste like Snickers, but with a bit more peanut flavor. Do you have any tips for making the chocolate solid at room temp so they don’t have to stay in the fridge? It makes them too hard to bite unless they sit out a bit. Thanks for the delicious recipe!
Taste exactly like a snickers!!!
Absolutely delicious
I’m wondering why you have 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips for the bottom layer and 1 1/4 cups for the top but the peanut butter amount is the same. I want to make these but I’m not sure if this is a typo.
Thanks!
Hi Allison! The bottom layer needs to be a little harder to hold up all the layers, so the extra chocolate helps it to do that.
Made these last year for Christmas. Easy to make and everybody raved about how good the are. More requests to make them again this year.
Would absolutely recommend these.
I’m so glad you loved them!