Fruity Cereal Bars Recipe

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With dried apple and cranberries, these crispy cereal bars are perfect for snacks or brown-bag lunches. “Store the extras in plastic containers,” Giovanna Kranenberg recommends from Cambridge, Minnesota, “that is, if you have any left!”

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Fruity Cereal Bars Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
  • Yield: 20 Servings
20 10 30

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 package (10 ounces) large marshmallows
  • 6 cups crisp rice cereal
  • 1/2 cup chopped dried apple
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries

Directions

  • In a large saucepan, combine butter and marshmallows. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from the heat; stir in the cereal, apples and cranberries.
  • Pat into a 13-in. x 9-in. pan coated with cooking spray; cool. Cut into squares. Yield: 20 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 bar equals 105 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 5 mg cholesterol, 102 mg sodium, 22 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Fruity Cereal Bars in Light & Tasty August/September 2006, p30

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Reviewed on Sep. 06, 2010 by ellisue

They are sooo good and don't need any changes or additions.

Reviewed on May. 20, 2008 by Jeannine Savard

Love this simple recipe, all my guests have asked for this recipe

 
 
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