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Easy ways to use the cereal box — Yummy cereal bars, Fruity Pebbles Cereal Treats, Cereal O'clock Bars, and homemade granola for after-school snacks.
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snackYummy cereal bars
I used peanut butter cups but you can substitute for any chocolate or candy bar!
Marah SaundersIngredients
- 1.5 cups Oats
- 1.5 cups Cereal of your choice
- 6tbsp Butter
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar
- 2tbsp Vanilla
- 1/4 cup Chocolate chips
- 1/4 cups White chocolate
- 1/4 cup Trader Joe’s mini peanut butter cups
Instructions
- 1Line an 8x8 deep baking dish with foil
- 2Mix oats and cereal in a bowl. I used oat clusters and cheerios
- 3Brown 4tbs of butter, add brown sugar, bring to boil, reduce to simmer and remove from heat. Stir for two minutes then add vanilla.
- 4Pour butter mixture over cereal and mix
- 5Pour mixed cereal into the prepared pan
- 6Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top
- 7Melt remaining butter and white chocolate to drizzle on top of bars
- 8Drizzle white chocolate then top with mini peanut butter cups
- 9Let set in fridge for at least an hour then cut into squares and eat up!😋
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There's almost always a half-empty box of cereal in the pantry, and it's good for a lot more than breakfast. Melt a little butter and marshmallow, stir in whatever you've got, and you've got a pan of bars before the kids finish their homework.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection when they need a snack in under 20 minutes, a treat to send to a bake sale, or something to do with the last two cups in the bag.
Every recipe here uses cereal as the main event — Yummy cereal bars with oats and butter, Fruity Pebbles Cereal Treats, Cereal O'clock Bars with Cheerios and peanut butter, Butterscotch and Peanut Butter Cereal Nests with corn flakes, plus Honey Almond Cranberry Cereal Granola and Strawberries and Cream Homemade Cereal for the morning.
Quick Tips
- 1
Melt butter on low
Keep the heat low and stir the butter and marshmallows for 3 to 5 minutes until just smooth. High heat makes the bars hard once they cool.
- 2
Grease your hands first
Butter your palms or the back of a spoon before pressing the mixture into the pan. Press just firmly enough to hold together, or the bars turn dense.
- 3
Warm the peanut butter
For no-bake bars, heat peanut butter and honey together about 1 minute until pourable. It coats every piece of cereal instead of clumping.
- 4
Cool before slicing
Let bars set at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before cutting. Slice with a long knife wiped clean between cuts for neat squares.
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