Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios® Bars
Cheri Liefeld
Created Aug 13, 2012
Sunday football watching has just gotten a little sweeter thanks to these football-shaped dessert bars made with Cheerios cereal, chocolate chips, peanut butter and marshmallows.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheerios® Bars
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 15 min
- Servings 10
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 bag (11.5 oz) milk chocolate chips (2 cups)
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 bag (10.5 oz) miniature marshmallows (5 1/2 cups)
- 4 cups Chocolate Cheerios™ cereal
- 3/4 cup whipping cream
- 1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Cookie Icing white icing
Instructions
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Step1In large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add 1 cup of the chocolate chips and the peanut butter; cook and stir until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Add marshmallows; cook and stir until melted. Remove from heat; stir in cereal.
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Step2Press mixture in ungreased 13x9-inch pan. Cool 30 minutes to 1 hour.
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Step3Meanwhile, in small saucepan, heat whipping cream and remaining 1 cup chocolate chips over low heat until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Refrigerate about 30 minutes until ganache is cooled and thickened.
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Step4Line cookie sheet with waxed paper or cooking parchment paper. Cut bars with 2- to 3-inch football-shaped cookie cutter. Dip tops of bars in ganache. Place on cookie sheet; let stand until set.
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Step5With cookie icing, pipe laces on each football. Let stand until set.
Nutrition
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