You will need:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 pkg. (2.8 oz.) OSCAR MAYER Real Bacon Recipe Pieces (Bacon Bits will work as a meatless substitute here)
4 tsp. TANG Orange Flavor Drink Mix
3 cups POST HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS Cereal, any variety
Directions:
1. MIX sugar and syrup in large saucepan. Bring just to boil on medium heat, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.
Please, learn from Adam's mistake and do not stick your finger in the sugar and corn syrup boiling mixture. It burns and will hurt you. Also, I don't recommend that you talk on the phone while cooking. Not even to say to your brother, "Hey dood! I'm making these sweet bacon tang bars!" Look at the excruciating pain Adam is suffering. Learn from him. Let him be your martyr, or something.
2. ADD peanut butter; stir until well blended. Stir in bacon pieces and drink mix. Add cereal; mix well.
Don't trust any brand called, "Nature's Promise" because nature won't promise you anything except poison ivy and peanut butter that is drippy and looks a bit like the runs. Is that what you want your food to look like?
It helps to be really excited about the food you're cooking. If you are excited your friends will be excited to eat your snack bars too.
3. PRESS evenly into greased 8-inch square pan. Cool completely before cutting into 12 bars to serve.In this case, we arranged the Honey Bunches of Oats into a J for our friend Jeffrey because they were his birthday surprise last year. Great surprise! Are Adam and I not the most stellar friends to have this side of Texas? "Indeed, Adam and Jen are the most stellar friends to have!" the masses have declared.
But, don't take my word for it. Look how much Jeffrey loves his Bacon Tang Snack Bars, Birthday Edition:
And check out these rave reviews from the users at Kraftfoods.com:"Eeee bacon and syrup?!? I would...want to try making this."
"A co-worker appealed to my bacon fixation by making two batches of these bars and bringing them into the office. THEY ARE PHENOMENAL It's only 9:30 and people are fighting for the last crumbs and threatening to lick the tin-foil serving trays !!! The BSBs start off very sweet, take a subtle salty twist as the PB and Bacon take over and then charge your senses with a wicked-awesome hit of tang to finish. MMMMMM - just can't get enough"
"OMG, these are so good, with bacon being like my favorite food, I can't think of anything better than these bacon bars. I highly suggest dipping them in gravy."
"Went together easy, but I did...like the taste of the bacon and orange tang together."
"At first, the mouth is entertained with a mellow, peanut butter flavor which is ever so slightly 'complimented' by the TANG. And just as the TANG begins to completely take over your senses, the bacon makes its debut."
So in conclusion, drink beer while you cook and try not make this face:
7 comments:
~speechless~
we're so awesome.
Jane, all I can say is: those Bacon Tang bars are probably the ickiest thing I've ever eaten.
Adam, yes we are awesome.
You say icky, yet I still have the uncontrollable desire to try making them.
Jane, if you make them, please be sure to document any and all reactions for me!
I would eat it and love it. This post is inspiring. I almost feel like making out with Adam to be closer to you.
Brad! I want to make out with Adam to be closer to you too! (I am going to make those Snack Bars and watch as you eat every single bite.)
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