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I made these bars today! The only 2 changes I'd made was using about 1-3\/4 cups of candy bars, chopped in my food processor. I then measured 1 cup for the batter, 1\/2 cup in cream cheese topping and balance of chopped candy bars for sprinkles! I used mini Hershey bars, mini Heath bars and Twix bars for chopping! delowenstein, Volunteer Field Editor<\/p>","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"09\/02\/2017 17:08","GUID":"d052fe7a9f4541dabf871f32b43f88ca","MemberId":3766053,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"delowenstein","SubmittedDate":"09\/02\/2017 17:08"},{"Comment":"

This is definitely a 5-star recipe. I followed the recipe with no changes. I do recommend getting all the ingredients out and prepped before beginning to make it go faster. I took them, still warm, to a class I was taking and everyone gobbled them up. I highly recommend this delicious recipe.<\/p>

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