Chocolate Scotchekoos

It's summertime, you're tired, it's way too hot to bake, but you're craving sweets? Trust me, I can relate. That's why I'm sharing this amazing, delicious, NO BAKE, 10 minute recipe with you today. These are sooooo good, everyone who tries them asks for the recipe. Once we had about 20 kids swimming in our backyard, and I wanted to serve them a treat. So I quickly made two batches of this and I kid you not, they were all gone in less than 5 minutes.

So I have to tell you about the book this recipe came from. It's called the "Candy Cookbook", and it was handed down to me from my grandma. Unfortunately there isn't a publishing date on it, but it was likely published in the 1950's. Anyway, it opens with this choice tidbit:
 "Candy is energy food for young and old alike. The things that candy is made of-----sugar, corn syrup, molasses, honey, butter, eggs, milk, cream, chocolate, nuts---contain the basic proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals that children and adults need in their daily diets."
I'm TOTALLY serious....it says that!! Ahhh, the good ole' days when candy was health food. Even though it wasn't, I would have loved to eat it back in the 1950's, believing it was a necessary part of a my day!!

Chocolate Scotchekoos
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1 cup Sugar
1 cup Corn Syrup (you can substitute pancake syrup, or use 1/2 cup corn syrup, 1/2 cup pancake syrup. I actually love the flavor of maple mixed in with the peanut butter, it's super yummy!!)
1 cup creamy Peanut Butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
6 cups Rice Krispies
1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

Combine sugar and corn syrup in a large saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture boils. Remove from heat, stir in peanut butter. Add vanilla. Stir in Rice Krispies. Press into a 13x9 inch pan. Immediately top with chocolate chips and cover with a cookie sheet or foil. Chocolate chips should melt after several minutes, then remove cover and spread melted chocolate over Rice Krispy mixture. (if your chocolate chips don't melt, just put pan in the oven for a few minutes, but I've never had to do that.)