Chocolate Peanut Butter Cereal Bars
If you love peanut butter and chocolate, these peanut butter cereal bars are for you! These yummy bars are so easy to make that the kiddos can help.
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Crunchy and sweet, these homemade cereal bars are perfect for any time of the day. When you’re needing that extra crunch, grabbing one of these is always a great option!
For another amazing homemade breakfast, try our Cranberry Cereal Bars!
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PEANUT BUTTER CEREAL BARS
Ingredients to make cereal bars:
- 3 cups Honey Os cereal
- 1 cup rice crisps cereal
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup marshmallows
- 1/2 cup chopped peanuts
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup peanut butter
How to make cereal bars:
Line baking pan with parchment or grease with butter
In a large bowl mix all dry ingredients together; cereals, peanuts, and chocolate chips.
In a sauce pan melt honey, peanut butter and marshmallows. Stirring until melted in a med-low heat.
Once melted remove from heat and pour slowly into cereal mix. Stir until everything is coated. Pour sticky mixture into prepared pan and press down.
Let this cool for a few hours to set. The longer you let it set the firmer it will be for cutting.
Once set cut into squares or rectangle bars and enjoy!
FAQS ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER CEREAL BARS:
Q: Will the cereal lose its crunch quickly?
A: To be the freshest possible, it’s always advised to store these in an airtight container to keep them crunchy for as long as possible.
Q: Can you use a different type of cereal other than Cheerios?
A: Absolutely. You can substitute for any cereal that you’d like.
Q: Does crunchy peanut butter work well with this cereal bar recipe?
A: Yes. You may want to consider cutting down on the peanuts if you use crunchy peanut butter, but it’s entirely up to you.
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PEANUT BUTTER CEREAL BARS
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- 3 cups Honey Os cereal
- 1 cup rice crisps cereal
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup marshmallows
- ½ cup chopped peanuts
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- Line baking pan with parchment or grease with butter
- In a large bowl mix all dry ingredients together; cereals, peanuts and chocolate chips.
- In a sauce pan melt honey, peanut butter and marshmallows.
- Stirring consistently in a med-low heat.
- Once melted remove from heat and pour slowly into cereal mix.
- Stir until everything is coated.
- Pour sticky mixture into prepared pan and press down.
- Let this cool for a few hours to set.
- Once set cut into squares or rectangle bars and enjoy!
Mmm you’ve got my favorite flavors. The mornings are rough here, so having things pre made to grab and go are so helpful.
For me there is nothing better than the combination of chocolate and peanut butter! And the addition of the cereal, this looks amazing, I would love to try this.
My perfect combination… I LOVE peanut butter and chocolate and then with cereal… sounds delicious! Will be pinning this one.
These look SO DELISH! I love having snacks like this on hand, but never know what’s actually in those snack bars. I am so making these!
This looks like such a great recipe to try. I think these chocolate peanut butter cereal bars would make a great quick snack!
I dont think you can go wrong with a combination like that. It would make a great after school snack for kids!
They look delicious! Wonder how they would be with Chocolate Cheerios instead of the Honey Oats?!
I love chocolate!! These sound like amazing cereal bars, i know my boys would love them.
Yummy! Two of my favorite things – chocolate and peanut butter. I will definitely try this one.
This is a perfect snack. Want to give it a try
These look really good. The kids would love these for a snack.
This is a nice healthy snack to get a peanutbutter and chocolate craving satisfied and not feel guilty!