Cereal Squares
Description
This cereal squares recipe starts with oat and cornflake cereals, and a sweet peanut butter filling, creating crunchy bars perfect for grab-and-go.
Ingredients
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3 cups toasted oat cereal (such as Cheerios®)
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3 cups corn flake cereal
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1 cup peanuts
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1 cup brown sugar
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1/2 cup corn syrup
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1/2 cup butter
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1/2 cup peanut butter
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
1
Toss toasted oat cereal, cornflake cereal, and peanuts together in a large bowl.
2
Combine brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Off heat, stir in peanut butter and vanilla extract until smooth.
3
Pour peanut butter mixture over cereal mixture; stir to coat. Press coated cereal mixture into a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Refrigerate until set, at least 1 hour. Cut into squares.