'Get Up & Go' Bars

Mirj's Note:

I found these at the Mr. Food site. My friends says they really are called Get Up and Go Bars because with all the fiber, you really will have to get up and run! Especially if you have one of these bars with your first morning cup of coffee!

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• ½ cup sugar
• 1 ½ cups light corn syrup
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 4 cups Grape-nuts cereal (wheat and barley nugget cereal)
• 1 cup rolled oat
• 1 cup sliced almonds
• 1 cup dried cranberries

Directions:

1. Line a 9" x 13" baking dish with foil and coat the foil with nonstick cooking spray.
2. (I just use parchment paper, ungreased).
3. In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, corn syrup, and peanut butter over medium-high heat.
4. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
5. Add the remaining ingredients; mix well then spread evenly into the prepared pan.
6. Let cool then cut into bars and serve, or cover until ready to serve.

Reviews

[chia]

revising this review to say that it has been requested every day since i made the first batch. not only did my daughters love them, but my coworkers did too. i had given half the pan to my boss for her 89 yr old dad, and she ate half of them on her way home. her daughter ate a bunch more. i think her dad got 1. i'll be making these often. going to try the next batch with some chocolate chips

[timhammond]

These are great. And not too hard to make. But Grape Nuts are a little expensive. Maybe raisins and more oats would suffice?

[BrittneyHope]

So the first thing that made me happy was everything was already in my pantry. I didn't have the full 4 cups for cereal so I used lots of Cheerios to cover it. I also had a little handful of chocolate chips when the mixture was still warm which just made it that much better(= The next best thing about this recipe was I was able to make it all in a glass measuring cup and I just measured the peanut butter, corn syrup and sugar and popped it in the microwave for like 45-60 seconds. Overall, fantastic recipe and I will be making it again!