Peanut Butter Trail Mix Bars

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 30
Yield: 30 servings

Description

A must for peanut butter lovers, these homemade trail mix bars are chock-full of granola, seeds, cranberries, and bran cereal.

Ingredients

2 cups granola
2 cups whole bran cereal
1 cup instant nonfat dry milk
1 cup dried cranberries
1 cup sunflower seeds
3/4 cup almonds
3/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup ground flax seeds
1 cup honey
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1 Mix together granola, bran cereal, dry milk, cranberries, sunflower seeds, almonds, raisins, and flax seeds in a large bowl.
2 Bring honey, brown sugar, and salt to a boil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove from heat.
3 Stir peanut butter and vanilla extract into the honey mixture until melted and combined.
4 Add peanut butter-honey mixture to the dry ingredients and stir well to combine.
5 Press mixture into a 9x13-inch baking pan lined with parchment or waxed paper.
6 Refrigerate for 30 minutes before cutting into bars.