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Cereal bars made with Cheerios, fruit, and chocolate chips sliced and ready to eat on a white serving tray.

Cereal Bars


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Description

These 3 ingredient cereal bars are so easy to make, taste like your favorite cereal deliciously sweetened plus your favorite add-ins!


Ingredients

Scale

Tools Needed

    • 8-inch square baking pan

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup peanut butter or other nut butter (try homemade cashew butter)
  • 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
  • 3 cups cereal of choice – I used cheerios

Optional Topping

  • 23 tablespoons toppings – try chocolate chips, freeze-dried fruit, etc.

Instructions

  1. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper or wax paper. Clear some space in the freezer for this pan—you’ll need it later. Set pan aside at room temperature.
  2. Whisk nut butter and maple syrup together in a microwave-safe bowl. Heat in 20-second increments until warm and fragrant. Whisk in between heating increments.
  3. Add cereal of choice to the sticky nut butter mixture. Stir and fold until well mixed.
  4. Pour cereal bar mixture into lined pan. Press firmly into a tightly-packed, even layer. If using, press Optional Toppings into the tops of bars.
  5. Chill cereal bars in the freezer for 1 hour. Remove from freezer and slice into 16 bars. Enjoy immediately or store in the refrigerator or freezer—the bars will set over the first day. Storing notes below.

Notes

Storing Instructions: Store cereal bars in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Bars are best the first 3 days.

Freezing Instructions: Store cereal bars in a freezer-friendly container for 1-2 months.

  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 1 minute
  • Category: Snacks, Breakfast
  • Method: No Bake