If you've been on Pinterest, you are familiar with recipe names that contain the words "crack" or "white trash." "Crack" referring to the fact that it's delicious and could be considered addictive and "white trash" because it uses simple everyday ingredients that are just kind of thrown together. (If you haven't been on Pinterest, then you must be a baby or a teenage boy. Seriously, check it out. Fair warning, you may be glued to the computer for days.) I have to be honest, I really can't stand those names. It's a pet peeve of mine. Like the word "britches" or "moist." Oh, and "scrumptious." Who says that? I don't think I have ever been at a dinner table and overheard someone say, "Margaret, these mashed potatoes are just scrumptious!" I think "scrumptious" is only used in the movies. And books. And maybe at Windsor Palace.
These are called White Trash Bars. Shelly at Cookies and Cups shared this recipe last week and as soon as I read the ingredients and realized I had them all on hand, I HAD to make them. They are super easy and SO tasty. As Shelly says, "These bars are pretty crazy." I am pretty sure they are a million calories a piece, but they're absolutely worth it.
And you won't believe what is in them. Now, because I got the recipe from Shelly and am posting about them so quickly after she did I am sending you to her site to get the ingredient low down. I will tell you that because I was short on the toffee pieces by about a half a cup, I threw in that much coconut to make up the difference. If you are not a toffee fan I bet you could replace the toffee pieces with just about anything you wanted. Chocolate chips, nuts, M & M's...Oh my. The wheels are turning and I think I just might have to experiment soon.
I used some leftover vanilla bean buttercream I had on hand, hence the black flecks. And also, because I LOVE sprinkles I embellished them with some rainbow nonpareils. Sprinkles just make everything better. Mini Mac would agree. She adores sprinkles SO much that she would pick them out of dirt to eat them if she had to.
