Pumpkin Peanut Butter Cereal Bars
These pumpkin peanut butter cereal bars are all your favorite fall flavors in a deliciously fun package of Cheerios, peanut butter, honey, and pumpkin puree.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- ½ cup all-natural drippy peanut butter
- ½ cup honey
- 1.5 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened pumpkin puree
- 3.5 cups plain Cheerios
Instructions
- Line an 8x8-inch pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Add the peanut butter, honey, pumpkin pie spice, and pumpkin puree to a small saucepan. Stir the ingredients until combined. Heat over medium heat until the ingredients melt together and become glossy, stirring constantly, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Add the Cheerios and the melted peanut butter mixture to a large mixing bowl. Stir all of the ingredients together until the Cheerios are coated.
- Pour the mixture into the lined 8x8-inch pan. Place a piece of parchment over the top of the mixture and press the Cheerios firmly to the bottom of the pan. Be sure the mixture is pressed down firmly so the cereal bars do not fall apart when cutting them later.
- Place the cereal bars in the freezer for at least 1 hour until firm.
- Lift the parchment paper out of the pan and onto a cutting board and cut the bars into rectangles or squares.
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Notes
- It is very important that you warm up the peanut butter mixture before mixing it with the Cheerios. Melting the ingredients down first allows them to homogenize and then harden when they cool, allowing the cereal bars to stay together.
- We used plain Cheerios because the peanut butter mixture is already sweet. However, feel free to use cinnamon or pumpkin Cheerios.
- You can substitute another nut butter for the peanut butter, but it will change the flavor substantially.
Nutrition
Calories: 132kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g