No Bake Peanut Butter Cereal Bars

An easy no-bake dessert recipe! These easy peanut butter cereal bars are made with cereal, peanuts, and M&Ms tossed with a sweet peanut butter sauce.

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Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 25

Servings: bars

Ingredients

4 cups cheerios
4 cups crisp rice cereal
2 cups dry roasted peanuts
2 cups M&M's
2 cups light corn syrup
1 ¾ cups sugar
2 ½ cups creamy peanut butter
1 ¾ teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

Spray a 15'' x 10'' x 1 with non stick spray. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the cereals, peanuts and M&Ms. Set aside.
In a medium sized saucepan bring the corn syrup and sugar to a boil, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla.
Pour syrup mixture over the cereal mixture in the large mixing bowl. Toss to coat evenly.
Spread mixture into prepared pan. Let sit until mixture is set.

Notes

You can either store this sweet treat in an airtight container with parchment paper between layers, or wrap them individually to store. Keep the bars at room temperature for 3-4 day or refrigerate for up to a week.

If stored in the fridge, allow each bar to sit out at room temp for a few minutes to soften before eating.

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