Sweet and salty chocolate and peanut butter cheerio bars - An easy to make breakfast or snack you can keep in the cupboard all week long!
Prep Time: 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 5 minutesminutes
Total Time: 20 minutesminutes
Servings:8
Ingredients
3 1/2cupsmultigrain peanut butter cheerios
3/4cupspeanut butter
1/4cupbutter
1/3cuplight corn syrup
1cupmilk chocolate chips
1teaspoonvanilla
2cupspeanut butter chips
optional: coarse sea salt
Instructions
Place cheerios in a large bowl. Line a 8x8 or 9x9 inch pan with nonstick foil.
Combine peanut butter, butter, syrup, and chocolate chips in a medium sauce pan and stir over medium heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Pour mixture over cheerios and stir to coat well. Transfer to prepared pan and press firmly to flatten. Preheat oven to 350. Sprinkle peanut butter chips over cheerio bars. Bake 2-3 minutes. Remove pan from oven, spread melty chips evenly with a rubber spatula or the back of a spoon. Immediately sprinkle coarse sea salt over the top of the bars if you have some.
Chill 4 hours. Remove from pan, cut into bars. Store in airtight container chilled or at room temperature up to 1 week.