Browned butter alone can take crispy cereal bars to a whole new level, but we tripled down by adding peanuts, flaky sea salt and a drizzle of dark chocolate. And because they’re made with Rice Chex™ cereal, these treats are gluten free!
Brown Butter-Peanut Chex™ Bars
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 18
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 bag (16 oz) miniature marshmallows (8 cups)
- 10 cups Rice Chex™ cereal
- 3/4 cup chopped peanuts
- 2 tablespoons dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
- A pinch of sea salt flakes or coarse kosher salt
Instructions
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Step1Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
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Step2In 6-quart Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring constantly, until butter turns deep golden brown.
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Step3Add marshmallows; stir until completely melted and mixture is well blended, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add cereal and peanuts; mix well. Using a spatula sprayed with cooking spray, press mixture evenly into pan. Cool 15 minutes.
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Step4In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and oil uncovered on High 30 to 60 seconds. Stir until smooth. Drizzle over bars. Sprinkle with salt. Refrigerate about 45 minutes or until chocolate is set. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 3 rows.
Nutrition
260
Calories
11g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
35g
Total Carbohydrate
16g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 260
- Calories from Fat
- 100
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 18%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 28%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 7%
- Sodium
- 210mg
- 9%
- Potassium
- 80mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 35g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 16g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 30%
- 30%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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