Name: Mock Nutrigrain Bars
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 18 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 (18 ounce) package yellow cake mix; 2 1/2 cups oatmeal; 3/4 cup margarine or 3/4 cup butter, melted; 12 ounces jam or 12 ounces fruit preserves; 1 -2 tablespoon water

6

Recipe by Debs Recipes

7

People talking

Join In Now Join the conversation!

Mock Nutrigrain Bars created by Debs Recipes

Wrapped individually, these easy to make cereal bars are a great breakfast-on-the-go. Their filling layer can be made using apricot, raspberry, strawberry, or any other flavor of jam that you enjoy. A recipe found on the internet.

Ready In:: 25mins
Serves:
Units:

7

People talking

Join In Now Join the conversation!

ingredients

1 (18 ounce) package yellow cake mix
2 ¹⁄₂ cups oatmeal
³⁄₄ cup margarine or 3/4 cup butter, melted
12 ounces jam or 12 ounces fruit preserves
1 -2 tablespoon water

directions

Combine cake mix, oatmeal, and melted margarine; cover the bottom of a 9x13" baking pan with half of this mixture and press firmly into place.
Combine jam and water; spoon evenly over mixture in pan.
Crumble remaining mixture evenly over jam layer and press lightly into place.
Bake at 375° for 20 minutes, or until lightly browned on top; cool completely before cutting into bars.

Submit a Recipe Correction

Add a Note

RECIPE MADE WITH LOVE BY

@Debs Recipes

Contributor

@Debs Recipes

Contributor

"Wrapped individually, these easy to make cereal bars are a great breakfast-on-the-go. Their filling layer can be made using apricot, raspberry, strawberry, or any other flavor of jam that you enjoy. A recipe found on the internet."

JOIN THE CONVERSATION

upload

review

tweak

ask

all

reviews

tweaks

q&a

sort by:

review by boheme-anne

8/5/2010

I liked these very much but I added the egg as suggested. I feel it helped a great deal. Also, because we are tring to eliminate corn syrpe from our diets-I think I'm going to use a homemade preserves next time I make these. I'm sure a homemade pie filling would be lovely in these too but I didn't have any fresh fruit at the time to try that. My next plan of attack is to make my own "yellow cake mix" to have on standby for when I need it in a pinch like this. You would be surpised the unknown crap that is in our ready made convience foods. I have my own version of bisquick already! All in all, this is a great allternative to boxed cereal bars!

Reply
review by Elaniemay

7/10/2010

Great flavor. I also took the advice of chef 382088 and added an egg. They held up nicely. They will go great in school lunches. Thanks for sharing!

Reply
review by aprils0909

11/28/2008

OK, so I played around a bit. I used reduced sugar cake mix for personal preference. I also mixed up the butter/mix/oatmeal and separated about 2/3 and 1/3 I put aside. The 2/3 I added one egg and pressed into a 9x9" pan. Then I made the jam mix and heated it about 30 seconds to better mix and spread. Then I put the 1/3 oatmeal mix on top. This eliminated the crumbly issue my fellow bakers had. Might help you in the future.... :)

Reply
review by luvinmykids

1/10/2008

This was GRRRR-REAT! I used cherry preserves and made exactly as directed. Great taste, though I do wish it weren't so crumbly...only because my 18-month-old can manage to make a mess with cheerios. :-) Wonderful streusel-like bar! Next, I plan on trying this with peach preserves and maybe figure out a way to get it to stay together better so I can give it to the mess on two legs without going behind him with a dust-buster. :-)

Reply
review by puppitypup

1/1/2007

These were yummy but crummy! In other words, you definitely can't eat them on the run as they are very crumbly. Still worth making though. Thanks Deb.

Reply