Cranberry-Oat Cereal Bars

Submitted by Redsie

"Fast, easy and delicious! From Everyday Food."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• nonstick cooking spray
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 (10 ounce) bag marshmallows
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 6 cups toasted oat cereal
• 1 cup dried cranberries or 1 cup raisins

directions

1. Spray a 1O-by-15-inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.
2. Line with waxed paper; spray paper with cooking spray, and set aside.
3. In a large saucepan, melt margarine over medium heat.
4. Add marshmallows and salt; cook, stirring occasionally, until marshmallows have melted, about 5 minutes.
5. Remove from heat, and stir in cereal and dried cranberries.
6. Immediately transfer mixture to prepared baking sheet.
7. Using a spatula (or your fingers) coated with cooking spray, press in quickly and firmly.
8. Let cool, about 1 hour; cut into 24 bars (3 rows lengthwise by 8 rows crosswise).
9. Store in an airtight container up to 2 days.

Reviews

[denise]

Yummy! Nice twist on rice crispy treats and a great way to use up extra cereal.

 

[sage femme]

Used honey nut cheerios, reduced the cheerios by a cup and added a cup of chopped pecans and flaked coconut. Well received at my workplace!

 

[greeneggs]

I made these for my toddler using multigrain cheerios and added dried cherries,dried pineapple, and ground flax seed. I decided to omit the salt and I didnt notice any negative effect.

 

[MsSally]

These were great. We used honey nut cherrios. DD helped make them. DH helped to pick out the cranberries while they were cooling :) Very easy and quick. I put then in the fridge to help them not be quite as sticky. But ooy gooy sweetness that is low fat. This is a wonderful thing....

 

[Mandy]

These were so good. I did a half batch with some leftovers in the cupboard. I didn't really measure the marshmallows so I didn't quite have enough to coat the mixture after melting which made it crumbly when trying to cut it. This was my fault though for not measuring not the recipes. Make sure you're quick when removing this from the heat as it solidifies really quickly & gets hard to mix. I used cheerios as the cereal and these were great. A definite keeper, simple to make with pantry staples & tastes divine. Thanks!