Now I'm not going to claim these are super duper healthy, but they are homemade so you get to see what's in them and customize for your kids' tastes. For example, you could use any nut butter, use more honey and eliminate the corn syrup, add dried fruit, change up the nuts. My kids wolf these down and brag to their buddies that "my mom makes these HOMEMADE." And isn't that the most important thing -- what other people think?
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 t vanilla
1 1/2 cup oats
1 1/2 cup crisp rice cereal
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
1/4 cup rainbow sunflower seeds
Line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper. In a saucepan over medium heat, cook butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, honey and corn syrup until smooth -- about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Meanwhile, mix up oats, cereal and nuts in a big bowl. Add your sauce to your cereal mix and stir very well. Press cereal mixture into the 8x8. Sprinkle chocolate chips and sunflower seeds on top. Then press firmly using a spatula to get a nice even pan of bars.
Refrigerate at least an hour. Then cut into 12 bars. To cut, I lift mine right out of the pan using the parchment. Wasn't that easy? Aren't we smart?
I either wrap mine in wax paper individually or put each one into a snack-sized zip-up bag. Keep refrigerated or freeze. So handy and tasty for breakfast, snack, and lunchboxes.
☠ Enjoy your poison. ☠
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