Grandma Chris’s Cherry Mountain Bars

Ingredients

Cherry Layer
  • 1/2 butter
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup evaporated milk
  • 12 large marshmallows
  • 5 t Watkins cherry flavoring
  • 6oz White chocolate chips
  • 1 t vanilla
  • Red food coloring
Chocolate Layer
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 chopped peanuts (cocktail preferred)
  • 1 t vanilla
  • 12oz milk chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter

Directions

  1. Grease a 9×13 pan with butter.
  2. For the first layer: Combine butter, sugar, evap milk, and marshmallows in a medium sauce pan. Heat to gentle boil for 5 mins. Remove from heat add white choc chips, mix until melted add a few drops of red food coloring. Mix in cherry flavoring and vanilla. Pour into Refrigerate until set.
  3. For the second layer: In a medium sauce pan (or double boiler) melt the butter. Add chocolate, peanut butter and vanilla, stir constantly until melted and combined. Stir in peanuts. Pour on cherry layer and refrigerate until set.