Peanut Butter Cereal Bars Recipe

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“I got this recipe from my mother, and it’s now part of my yearly Christmas baking,” writes Denise Moore from Nepean, Ontario. “For variety, I sometimes form the mixture into balls with chocolate caps. One batch is never enough!”

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Peanut Butter Cereal Bars Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup light corn syrup
2-1/2 teaspoons butter, divided
1 cup crisp rice cereal
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, peanut butter, corn syrup and 1-1/2 teaspoons butter. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in the cereal and pecans. Press into a 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray.
In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and remaining butter; stir until smooth. Spread over cereal mixture; cool. Cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 8 bars.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 bar equals 201 calories, 11 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 3 mg cholesterol, 98 mg sodium, 26 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Peanut Butter Cereal Bars in Cooking for 2 Winter 2006, p27

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Reviewed on Oct. 23, 2012 by 2tall4ya

These are amazing! Gooey and candy bar-like. I made them with white chocolate chips since my mom doesn't eat chocolate and they were still really good. I think I need to double the recipe next time, these went too fast!