Ingredients

1 package (14 oz.) vanilla caramels
1/4 cup milk
4 cups crisp rice cereal
1 cup salted peanuts
Shortening

Directions

Combine caramels with milk in a heavy 3-quart saucepan. Cook over low heat until caramels melt, about 15 minutes. Add cereal and peanuts.

Lightly grease a 8-inch square pan; spoon cereal mixture into prepared pan. When cooled, cut into squares and insert popsicle or sucker sticks. Makes 16 pops.

Each serving contains 158 calories; 8 gm fat; 191 mg sodium; 0 mg cholesterol.