Cheerios Energy Bars

Name: Cheerios Energy Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 4 cups (1 L) Honey Nut Cheerios* cereal; 1 cup (250 mL) sweetened dried cranberries; 1/3 cup (75 mL) slivered almonds, toasted*; 1/3 cup (75 mL) roasted unsalted sunflower nuts; 1/2 cup (125 mL) light corn syrup; 1/4 cup (50 mL) packed brown sugar; 1/4 cup (50 mL) creamy peanut butter; 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla

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Prep 20 min
Total 50 min
Servings 24

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Cheerios* cereal and peanut butter stir up into an easy no-bake snack bar.

Jul 9, 2010

Ingredients

4 cups (1 L) Honey Nut Cheerios* cereal
1 cup (250 mL) sweetened dried cranberries
1/3 cup (75 mL) slivered almonds, toasted*
1/3 cup (75 mL) roasted unsalted sunflower nuts
1/2 cup (125 mL) light corn syrup
1/4 cup (50 mL) packed brown sugar
1/4 cup (50 mL) creamy peanut butter
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla

Steps

1

Spray 9-inch square pan with nonstick cooking spray. In large bowl, mix cereal, cranberries, almonds and sunflower nuts.
2

In 2-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup, brown sugar and peanut butter to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
3

Pour syrup mixture over cereal mixture; toss to coat. Press firmly in pan. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.