New recipe--Movie Night Bars

I have two potlucks today, so a great excuse to try another new recipe. This recipe I call:

Movie Night Bars

1 chocolate cake mix
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup of Hershey's Syrup
1 cup of broken (not crushed) pretzels
about 1 1/2 cups of popped popcorn
about 1/2 cup Milk Duds candy

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Melt the stick of butter and mix it with the cake mix. It'll be dry and crumbly. Press the mixture into a greased 13 x 9 pan. Add the Hershey's Syrup, spreading evenly-ish over the mixture.




Then add the popcorn and pretzels evenly over the mix. The MilkDuds' placement is key because they will melt and hold the pretzels and popcorn to the bar when it is complete, so place them evenly across the whole mess, trying to sit them kind of on top of or right up against the pretzels and popcorn.

Bake for 18 - 20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Let cool almost completely before removing from pan. These need to set up before they will act like a bar. If you try to eat them warm, you'll have to use a spoon, they won't hold their own weight.

So now the dilemma, which potluck do I take them to...
Well, I have a chocolate potluck at work today at 3pm, and an Odd Tuesday potluck tonight (friends have a potluck at their house every Tuesday that is an odd number date). I brought some Truffles and other chocolates that I got for Christmas that I don't want in the house for the 3pm one today. I think I'll save the bars for tonight. I'll let you know how they are received.