Made with simple ingredients from your pantry, these Homemade Granola Bars would be a great addition to your child's school lunch box. Chewy and gooey, these bars wrap up well and pack well for a school snack!
Homemade Granola Bars are perfect for an after school snack or an on the go breakfast. I love the chewy and gooey-ness of these granola bars. They can be made in minutes, then just need to set up on the counter! Talk about an easy kid friendly recipe!
What is really great about these bars is how they can be adjusted to fit anyone's tastes. Whether your family wants more chocolate or wants some peanuts in them, it is a great adaptable recipe.
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Ingredients
- marshmallows
- crispy rice cereal
- oatmeal - old fashioned or quick oats
- peanut butter - crunchy or creamy
- M&M's
- butter - margarine
Don't burn the marshmallows
When making the granola bars, here's a quick tip for you: the marshmallows/butter mixture is a lot like Rice Krispie treats. If you don't stir it, it will burn. Be sure to stir the butter and marshmallows together while they are melting.
Adaptations
- chocolate chips
- white chocolate chips
- caramel bits
- peanuts
- almonds
Just add these ingredients in when you would add the M&M's, at the end.
Use parchment paper
It isn't necessary or a must have to use parchment or wax paper, cooking spray will help the bars to keep from sticking. However, they remove from the pan so easily with the paper, I highly recommend it!
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Let cool
Be sure to let these bars cool and set up on the counter, out of sunlight, for at least 1 hour, 2 hours preferred. When they have cooled, wrap them up in plastic wrap in individual bars.
📖 Recipe
Homemade Granola Bars
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- ½ cup butter or margarine
- 16 oz mini marshmallows
- 1 ¾ cup peanut butter crunchy or creamy
- ¾ cup oatmeal old fashioned
- ½ cup M&M candies
- 5 cups crispy rice cereal
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and marshmallows over low heat stirring often.
- Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter.
- Mix in oats and crispy rice cereal into the marshmallow and peanut butter mixture. Add in M&M's.
- Press mixture into a greased jelly roll pan. I lined my pan with parchment paper.
- Use a lightly sprayed spatula (with cooking spray) to press mixture firmly in pan.
- Let it cool completely for at least 1 hours, 2 is best.
- Cut into rectangles.
- Wrap individual granola rectangles in plastic wrap and store in an airtight container on the counter, out of direct sunlight.
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