Fruit, Honey and Coconut Energy Bars
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter (or experiment with almond butter, too)
- 1⁄2 cup honey
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄3 cup sunflower seeds
- 2⁄3 2/3 cup dried cranberries or 2/3 cup raisins (or a combination)
- 3 tablespoons sesame seeds
- 1⁄3 cup shredded coconut
- 3 cups puffed brown rice cereal
- butter, to grease pan
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Other optional ingredients
- chocolate or carob chips (optional)
- sliced almonds (other nuts are a little too oily for this) (optional)
directions
- Grease an 8x8 pan with a little butter.
- In a large bowl, mix together the peanut butter, honey and vanilla extract until well-combined.
- Add the sunflower seeds, dried fruit, sesame seeds and coconut and combine thoroughly with the peanut butter mixture.
- Gradually add the puffed brown rice cereal to this.
- This is where a child comes in handy-- this step is gooey and messy and best mixed with your hands- and kids love stuff like that.
- Firmly press the mixture into the prepared 8x8 pan; you'll need to wet your hands slightly, otherwise the mixture just sticks to them.
- Cover and refrigerate for a couple of hours, then cut and serve.
- They're very rich!
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Reviews
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These are delicious! The honey/PB combination is always a hit with me. I couldn't find brown rice cereal, so I just used regular Quaker puffed rice. I subbed chopped dates for the dried fruit in hopes that my husband would prefer it... but he doesn't care for the dates or the sunflower seeds in it. I chose to leave out the sesame seeds. Well, I'll make it again, but just for me!
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Why this recipe hasn't been rated yet is beyond me. These bars were SO good & super easy to make. The only change I did make was to add a bit more honey than called for. That is only because of my tastes. The different ways to make these are endless. I made cranberry, chocolate, & raisin bars.... Delicious. Thank you so much for a great recipe! I will be making these every week from now on!
Tweaks
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These are delicious! The honey/PB combination is always a hit with me. I couldn't find brown rice cereal, so I just used regular Quaker puffed rice. I subbed chopped dates for the dried fruit in hopes that my husband would prefer it... but he doesn't care for the dates or the sunflower seeds in it. I chose to leave out the sesame seeds. Well, I'll make it again, but just for me!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
EdsGirlAngie
LaSalle County, Illinois