No baking's needed with this quick stove-top prep for a bar packed with whole grain and fruit goodness.
Fruit and Nut Cereal Bars
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 50 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 4 cups Total® Cranberry Crunch cereal
- 1 cup diced dried mixed fruit or dried fruit and raisin mixture (from 7- or 8-oz bag)
- 1/2 cup roasted unsalted sunflower nuts
- 1/2 cup dry-roasted peanuts
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup corn syrup
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
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Step1Spray 9-inch square pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix cereal, dried fruit, sunflower nuts and peanuts.
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Step2In 2-quart saucepan, heat brown sugar, corn syrup and peanut butter to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
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Step3Pour syrup over snack mix; toss to coat. Press firmly in pan. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.
Nutrition
150
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
24g
Total Carbohydrate
15g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Bar
- Calories
- 150
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 1/2g
- 3%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 75mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 125mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 24g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 15g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 15%
- 15%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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