{"id":8075,"date":"2008-04-15T12:57:15","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T19:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=8075"},"modified":"2010-06-26T12:57:51","modified_gmt":"2010-06-26T19:57:51","slug":"homemade-3-musketeers-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=8075","title":{"rendered":"Homemade 3 Musketeers Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">4 cups chocolate chips, divided (or 2 1\/2 C. chocolate chips for the nougat and chocolate candy melts for the coating)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">1 (8 oz.) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">2 tablespoons vegetable oil<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4728864086_f2a8945fa5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8076\" title=\"4728864086_f2a8945fa5\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4728864086_f2a8945fa5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4728864086_f2a8945fa5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4728864086_f2a8945fa5-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Line an 8 or 9-inch square pan with wax paper.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>In a medium bowl, melt 2 cups of chocolate chips in the microwave at fifty percent power, or use a double boiler.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat melted chocolate for about 30 seconds.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Add frozen whipped topping to melted chocolate and beat until well combined and fluffy, 30-60 seconds more.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Spread chocolate mixture evenly into prepared pan (if mixture is too stiff, press into pan with lightly dampened hands).<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Place in freezer for 30 minutes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Remove pan from freezer and turn chocolate mixture onto a cutting board; cut into one-inch squares.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Return squares to freezer for another 15-20 minutes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Meanwhile, melt additional 2 cups chocolate chips with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and stir until well combined.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Dip frozen chocolate squares into melted chocolate to coat.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Place on wax paper to set.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Keep chocolates in an airtight container in the refrigerator.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I was skeptical that these would really taste like a Three Musketeers bar, but they came awfully close.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>And the longer these sat in the refrigerator, the more they tasted like the real thing.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 cups chocolate chips, divided (or 2 1\/2 C. chocolate chips for the nougat and chocolate candy melts for the coating) 1 (8 oz.) tub frozen whipped topping, thawed 2 tablespoons vegetable oil \u00c2\u00a0 Line an 8 or 9-inch square pan with wax paper.\u00c2\u00a0 In a medium bowl, melt 2 cups of chocolate chips in the microwave at fifty percent power, or use a double boiler.\u00c2\u00a0 Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat melted chocolate for about 30 seconds.\u00c2\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=8075\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts-fruit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8078,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8075\/revisions\/8078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}