Salted Caramel Popcorn Bars

Ingredients

•   No-Stick Cooking Spray
• 1 bag (76.3 g each)  Salted Microwave Popcorn
• 40 small pretzel twists, coarsely broken (40 twists = 1 cup broken pieces)
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 20 caramels (from 11-oz pkg), unwrapped
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups miniature marshmallows
• 1/4 cup  Crunchy Peanut Butter

 

Directions

1. Spray large bowl, rubber spatula and 13x9-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Prepare popcorn according to package directions. Remove all unpopped kernels and place popped corn in large bowl. Add pretzel pieces to bowl.
2. Melt butter over medium heat in medium saucepan; add caramels, water and salt. Heat 5 minutes or until caramels melt completely, stirring occasionally. Add marshmallows and peanut butter; heat 1 to 2 minutes more, stirring until blended.
3. Pour caramel mixture over popcorn mixture. Toss with rubber spatula to coat. Press into baking dish; cool completely. Cut into 24 bars.