Snack Bars Recipe

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If your family likes granola bars, they're sure to love these tempting treats. Full of hearty ingredients, they're a perfect snack for taking along on picnics and bike trips or for packing in brow-bag lunches.—Carolyn Fisher, Kinzer, Pennsylvania

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Snack Bars Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + cooling

Yield: 60 Servings

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Ingredients

9 cups Rice Chex, crushed
6 cups quick-cooking oats
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
2 packages (one 16 ounces, one 10-1/2 ounces) large marshmallows
1 cup butter, cubed
1/2 cup honey
1-1/2 cups raisins or M&M's minis or miniature semisweet chocolate chips, optional

Directions

In a very large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In a Dutch oven over low heat, cook and stir marshmallows and butter until the marshmallows are melted. Add honey and mix well.
Pour over cereal mixture; stir until blended. Add the raisins, M&M's or chocolate chips if desired. Pat two-thirds into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. pan and the remaining third into a 9-in. square pan. Cool before cutting into bars. Yield: 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 137 calories, 4 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 85 mg sodium, 23 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Snack Bars in Taste of Home December/January 1996, p54