Most kids love playing with food. This no-bake Cheerio bar recipe is so much fun to make with your littles: there’s mushing around with corn syrup, flattening the mixture into the pan, Jackson-Pollock chocolate dripping…and of course the yummy eating. Enjoy!
No Bake Cheerio Bars Recipe
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No Bake Cheerio Bars
Description
These no-bake Cheerio bars are a fun, kid-friendly treat packed with Banana Nut Cheerios, pistachios, coconut, raisins, and apricots, all bound together with a sweet spiced syrup. Finished with a playful drizzle of melted chocolate, they’re chewy, crunchy, and perfect for little hands to help make and enjoy.
Ingredients
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- 4 cups Banana Nut Cheerios
- 1/2 cup pistachio nuts, crushed
- 3/4 cup coconut flakes (sweetened or unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1/2 cup dried apricots, chopped
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 dash nutmeg
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar (packed…dark is ok too!)
- 1/2 cup dark brown corn syrup
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup Semisweet chocolate chips (or a chunk of Callebaut chocolate)
Instructions
- Line an 8×8 such baking can with foil. Spray with nonstick spray, or wipe with 1/2 canola oil and a paper towel.
- In a large bowl, mix cheerios, pistachios, dried fruit, and coconut flakes.
- In a saucepan, heat corn syrup, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg. Once it boils for a minute, pour over the cheerios mixture until everything is coated evenly.
- Pour all into the baking sheet and press firmly until evenly distributed.
- Melt the chocolate in microwave for a minute. Remove and stir. You’ll probably need to repeat for another 30 seconds. Use a small teaspoon to drizzle the chocolate over the contents of the baking pan.
- Refrigerate for an hour. Remove. Cut into squares.
Recipe and Styling by Keith Recker
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