Cheerios Protein Snack Mix
My kids love Cheerios. A deep, long-lasting, buy them in bulk kind of love. We honestly go through two boxes of Multi-grain Cheerios a week. My son would eat them for all of his meal if I would let him.
I was provided Cheerios Protein and compensation in exchange for this post. Regardless, all opinions are entirely my own.
There is just something to be said about Cheerios being a comfort food. We love to eat a bowl on a hot summer day (99% of the year here in Az), the cold milk makes it the perfect light snack! Needless to say we were beyond excited to see this bright yellow box at the store the other day:
Cheerios Protein is brand new from our favorite cereal makers. These babies are made with 100% whole grain, with milk you get a whopping total of 11g of protein, 23g of whole grains, and 13 vitamins and minerals from them! Paired with crunchy granola and a drizzle of honey this cereal is so yummy! My whole family agrees too!
Anyway, we had the chance to try a few boxes and the first box was gone so quickly, I wanted to come up with a way to stretch that goodness out a little bit with our second box. We ran to the store in search of some ingredients and got started on our new favorite snack mix that is packed with taste and give my kids that little energy boost they need in the afternoon!
For this tasty recipe you will need:
1 box of Cheerios Protein Oats & Honey Cereal
1 bag of banana chips
1 bag of Mini Marshmallows
1 bag of Peanut Butter Chips
1 bag of Apple Straws
Here comes the super time consuming and involved directions:
Step 1: Pour all ingredients in a large bowl.
Step 2: Try to keep little fingers from snitching.
Step 3: Stir.
Step 4: EAT!
This stuff is so addicting and yummy! My kids have begged for it all week! I store mine in a big ol’ resealable bag. It’s a snack I can feel really good about my kids eating and if I really wanted to I could leave out the marshmallows to make it really healthy. But, a life with out marshmallows? Come on! Think picnics, park trips, after school snacks, or family movie night treats!
My family is totally in love with Cheerios Protein and I think yours will be too! If you see that giant yellow box, snatch one up, you won’t regret it!
I grew up eating Cheerios. I used to love putting sliced bananas in mine to give them more flavor.
Wow these new Cheerios goes well with making snack mixes. Gotta look for them in my area and try them out.
Mmmmm, this looks so yummy. Especially the apple straws. YUM.
This looks like a great alternative to traditional snack mixes!
We grew up on Cheerios. I haven’t seen this in my local store yet.
My kids are big Cheerios fans too. This looks like something we’d all enjoy.
I love the new Cherrios… it adds the perfect amount of sweetness and crunch for me. I never thought about making it into a mix. Great idea!
Oh wow, those sound amazing. I definitely want to try those.
I have been wanting to try the new Cheerios. Great way to use them in a trail mix!
Great snacks. This will come in handy with football season fast approaching.
This is a snack mix everyone in the family would love. Yay for Cheerios being the hero too!
I just saw this at Target today, my kids like Cheerios I will have to check it out.
They had a sampling demo of these at the Super Target last week. The kids and I just loved them and bought a box right there! They are delicious!
Oooh what a wonderful idea for a snack! I haven’t seen the Cheerios Protein cereal yet, sounds awesome!
That looks really good! I’ve never heard of apple straws. I wonder if we have them in Canada.
That snack mix looks awesome. Cheerios protein is my new favorite breakfast.
I love Cheerios so much! The protein addition is such an added bonus!
Love the idea of making my own snack mix… Cheerios are always a must have in my house, thanks for sharing
I did not know they made this kind and your recipe is off the hook for snack mix. How fun and yummy for the kids. Thanks for sharing.
YUM! What a fun a tasty mix. My kiddos would love this!
Looks like a tasty mix! I really want to try these cheerio’s! And I LOVE the apple straws, they are SO good!
I didn’t know about this added protein. I will totally buy these now.
Your snack mix looks so good! I love how easy it is to make, thank you for sharing your recipe!
Wow, we don’t have that kind of Cheerios in Canada yet, hope we get it soon!
My family loves Cheerios. That’s cool that they have Protein version. I’ll have to try making the snack mix above for them.
this would be a great mix to take to the beach. i’m going to pin it for later. and, my toddler can totally help me make it.
Love the snack mix idea. Going to try that here.
My husband loves Cheerios. I’ve never seen this kind before.
I love this recipe. Between me, my husband, and my kids, this snack mix would go fast! The extra protein from the Cheerios and fruit pieces make it a decently healthy option as well. We just have to make sure we don’t eat too much of it at once!
This snack mix looks delicious. It’s like a healthy “guilty” pleasure. I love all the ingredients, and it has just the right mix of delicious and healthful. Great.
The kids and Hubs eat cheerios with milk but I never thought about making my own snack mix. neat!