I might make my own caramel from scratch, if time permits. I will make these again for the holidays and try milk chocolate as well. Select Take 5 products are available for same day pick up at most. At first I was concerned about the caramel, it had hardened so much that it made the candies almost unedible, but the next day (I just kept these on the counter at room temp) the caramel had somewhat softened a bit and actually have the consistency of the real candy bar. Reeses Take 5 Pretzel, Caramel, Peanut Butter, Peanuts, & Chocolate Candy Bar, 1.5 OZ. Half way through dipping in chocolate, I thought white vanilla almond bark might be good also so I dipped the other half of the pretzels in that. I used a regular bag of semisweet chocolate chips melted with a tablespoon of shortening. I ended up using two baby spoons to drop globs of it on top of the peanut butter. Sprinkle some of the nuts onto the peanut buttered pretzel. Let the little hands use the food chopper (because they think it is so cool) to chop up some of the unsalted peanuts. I found the caramel pretty tricky to work with. It takes all of the awesome elements found in a Take 5 candy bar (pretzels, caramel, peanut butter, peanuts, and chocolate) and throws them all together into a pie. Lightly spread peanut butter onto your pretzels being careful not to smoosh it through where it is oozing out the other side. I didn't use nearly the entire jar, in fact I had some PB left in the bag and squirted it back into the jar. To apply the peanut butter, I cut the corner off a freezer bag and loaded a couple of big spoonfuls of PB in it and "piped" a teaspoon or so on each pretzel. I used about 3 cups of pretzels to start with. Microwave on high for 1 minute so that mixture is smooth. Meanwhile, combine peanut butter, powdered sugar & salt. Combine pretzels & butter in the bottom of a 9X13 non stick pan & bake for 9 minutes (or until pretzels begin to brown slightly). These are good candies and would be great for holiday cookie platters. How to make it Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
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