Darvin Graham makes the best scotcheroos in Iowa.

Those may be fighting words in certain church basements and at some school bake sales, but by decree of the Iowa State Fair — the highest of culinary judges around these parts — Graham holds this ooey gooey, chocolatey, peanut buttery title.

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A Pella native, Graham doesn't particularly enjoy baking and isn't always in the kitchen tinkering with a new recipe. He just loves scotcheroos; they’re a time machine back to his childhood, when a gathering or a club meeting or a team sport meant a batch of his favorite homemade bars.

“When someone shows up with a big plate of scotcheroos, it’s like they understood the assignment to bring a treat and to make it special,” Graham says.

“You eat one and it ju

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