These peanut butter cheerio bars are easy and quick to make. Kids will love them for after school snack. You will love them because there is no oven involved and they are no bake! Have you ever had scotcheroos before? These kind of remind me of them but they are made with Cheerios instead of Rice Krispies. To make these more Weight Watcher friendly, I reduced the amount of sugar being used. Whenever I bake, I like to use real sugar instead of substitutes. Once, I tried making peanut butter cookies with Stevia and those turned out really bad! Hope you enjoy!
INGREDIENTS
1 cup of peanut butter - use creamy natural peanut butter 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract - As Ina Garten always says use a good pure vanilla extract. No imitation vanilla please! Vanilla extract is made by combing vodka and fresh vanilla beans to a glass jar. This has to sit for a couple of days for the vodka to smart smelling1 cup of peanuts - salted or unsalted 5 cups of Cheerios cereal or peanut butter Cheerios½ cup of white sugar - I have not tried using a sugar substitute for these but some readers below have. ½ cup of corn syrup1 scoop of vanilla protein powder(optional)2 tablespoons of mini chocolate chips (optional)
How to Make Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars
IIn a medium saucepan mix together white sugar and light corn syrup. Bring to a boil. Add peanut butter, vanilla and protein powder. Mix until smooth.Place peanut butter Cheerios and peanuts in a large mixing bowl. Pour peanut butter mixture over Cheerios and peanuts. Stir until combined.Spread Cheerio mixture in a 9 x 13 inch pan that has been greased with non-stick cooking spray.Cut into 20 pieces. Serving Size: 1 bar
Peanut Butter Cheerio Bar Tips:
Add some parchment paper to the pan to help easily get the bars out of the pan. Or you can spray the pan with non stick cooking spray. Melt the sugar, corn syrup, and peanut butter on low heat. If stove burner is on too high the recipe might not work out properly. Can I use something else other than cheerios? Instead of Cheerios you can use cornflakes, Reese’s puffs, or Rice Crispy bars. These Cheerio bars kind of remind me of Scotcheroos which are made of Rice Krispies.
MORE Great Recipes to Try
Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs Easy Air Fryer Chicken Breasts Air Fryer Scotch Eggs with Maple Aoili Air Fryer Baja Fish Tacos with Pickled Onions Air Fryer Frozen Hash Brown Patties Let Me Know What You Think! Be sure to leave a review of this recipe and give it a star rating. It lets us know how we are doing and lets others know they should try it! Are you in Pinterest? If so upload a recipe photo and share it with me. I love to see what you’re making Are you on Instagram? Follow along and tag me @wwrecipediaries. Have a Question or General Feedback? Jump down to the COMMENT section and let us know! We would love to help and also love feedback on all of our posts. I am not affiliated with WW formerly known as Weight Watchers in any way. I am just a member who likes to create WW recipes and share them with everyone. Freestyle is the name of the current program of WW and smart points are calculated for the recipes. Some blogs list them as freestyle smart points and some list them as smart points. There is no difference between the 2. Personal Points: 8 Points Plus: 4 (old plan) I used mini chocolate chips for garnish. Not included in nutrition info. WW points are calculated using the recipe builder and not the nutrition info calculator. The nutrition calculator doesn’t calculate 0 point foods correctly. WW new FREESTYLE program uses sugar to figure out their points system now and these bars didn’t use to be high in points on older plans. Some people are under the assumption that this isn’t a WW recipe.
