No Bake Cereal Bars

For some reason I am struggling for afterschool snacks these days. I pulled out some old but good recipes and thought this one would be good to share.

 It's highly customizable and has easy ingredients. Chocolate chips do not work well, they will melt, but any nut, dried fruit, or hard shelled candy works well. 

These are not the best for nutrition, though you can certainly boost it a bit with dried fruit and flax seeds. I can guarantee the kids will love them though and they are insanely easy.
 

No-Bake Cereal Bars

4 C. Cheerios
2 C. Rice Krispies
2 C. dry roasted peanuts
2 C. M & M's
1 C. light corn syrup
1 C. sugar
1 1/2 C. creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a large bowl, combine the first 4 ingredients, set aside. 

 In a saucepan, bring corn syrup and sugar to a boil, stirring frequently. 

Remove from heat; stir in peanut butter and vanilla.

 Pour over cereal mixture and toss to coat evenly. 

Spread into a greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Cool. 

Cut into 3x3" bars. Yield: 15 bars.

I have used a 12x17" jelly roll pan and got about 32
bars. You can use 2 9x13 pans, and make a couple  batches.

Yummy!