Peanut Butter Cereal Bars
These Peanut Butter Cereal Bars are the easiest bars ever! with only 5 simple ingredients, and no bake, you can make these in less than 20 minutes.They are sweet and salty, with crunchy cereal and creamy peanut butter, and way better than store-bought granola bars.
Servings: squares
Equipment
- 1 9x9 square baking pan
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Cheerios Plain
- 1 Cup Peanut Butter chips
- 1 Cup peanut butter smooth
- 1/2 Cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Line bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper, and spray the sides with cooking spray. (You can also use an 8-inch pan instead)
- Mix the cereal and peanut butter chips in a large bowl and set aside.4 Cups (84 g) Cheerios, 1 Cup (170 g) Peanut Butter chips
- Over a medium sized sauce pan, mix the peanut butter, light corn syrup and salt. Heat on medium heat until mixture just starts to simmer, around 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir until smooth and lightly cooled, but still creamy enough to mix with the cereal.1 Cup (258 g) peanut butter, 1/2 Cup (170.5 g) light corn syrup, 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) salt
- Pour the peanut butter mixture on top of the cereal mixture and stir until everything is well coated. Using a small piece of baking sheet, press mixture in an even layer on your prepared square pan as tightly as possible. You can also use the back of a spoon to do it.Refrigerate for 1 hour until set. Remove from the pan and cut in 9 equally sized squares and enjoy!
Notes
Here are some substitutions and Add-ins:
- Cheerios for Rice Krispies or any other dry cereal of your choice. You can even get creative and make a mix of different cereals!
- Peanut Butter chips for chocolate chips of your choice. Note: your bars could turn a darker color due to the chocolate melting when the corn syrup mixture is added
- Melted Chocolate to drizzle on top of the bars
- Honey instead of light corn syrup for a healthier version
- Sunflower seed butter instead of peanut butter, and sunflower seeds instead of peanut butter chocolate chips
- Almond butter instead of peanut butter, and chopped almonds instead of peanut butter chips
Nutrition
Serving: 1g
