Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars

Tasty way to satisfy those "sweet and salty" cravings. :) I found this recipe online while searching for a way to use up the rest of the Crispix cereal I had purchased for another recipe.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 4  cups  Crispix cereal
• 2  cups  Cheerios toasted oat cereal
• 1 1⁄2 cups  lightly salted peanuts
• 1 1⁄2 cups  broken pretzels
• 1 1⁄2 cups  M&M's plain chocolate candy
• 1  cup light corn syrup
• 1  cup  packed brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Combine cereals, peanuts, and pretzels in a large bowl.
2. Combine corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat; boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in vanilla.
3. Immediately pour sugar mixture over cereal mixture, and stir well to coat; stir in M&Ms.
4. Using a greased spatula, press mixture tightly into a greased jellyroll pan (approximately 15X10 inches) and cool at room temperature. (I spread it as evenly as I could, then covered with a sheet of non-stick aluminum foil and pressed it out firmly and evenly.).
5. Cut into bars when completely cooled.