The Recipe Box Swap

Randi is having a Recipe swap:  Welcome to February's Recipe Box Swap! This month's theme is Fun Foods. If you have a recipe you would like to share, simply post it on your own blog.  Everyone is invited!  I think I qualify as part of Everyone, and this recipe is certainly Fun.

These are wonderful bar cookies. When I take them to work, for the break room, they disappear before lunch.

JP's Peanut Candy Bar

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 egg
• 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2/3 cup light corn syrup
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups Reese’s Peanut Butter chips
• 2 cups salted peanuts
• 1 1/2 cups crisp rice cereal
  
  DIRECTIONS:
  
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  Mix together the cake mix, 1/3-cup butter and the egg. Press into the bottom of one 9x13 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven, pour chocolate chips evenly over top of cake. Return to oven for 2 minutes. Remove from oven and spread to cover, allow to cool.
  
  In a saucepan, over medium heat, cook corn syrup, 1/4-C. butter, vanilla and peanut butter chips until melted. Remove from heat and stir in the cereal and peanuts. Spoon mixture evenly over top of cake and spread to cover. Cool before serving. Cut into small pieces, it's very rich.