No-Bake Peanut Butter Snack Bars

Name: No-Bake Peanut Butter Snack Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 bag (10 oz) peanut butter baking chips; 2/3 cup peanut butter; 2 cups Fiber One™ Cereal Honey Clusters™

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Prep 10 min
Total 20 min
Servings 6

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Made-in-the-microwave peanut butter bars: perfect for a quick snack, delicious enough for dessert.

by: Cheeky Kitchen

Updated Mar 3, 2017

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Ingredients

1 bag (10 oz) peanut butter baking chips
2/3 cup peanut butter
2 cups Fiber One™ Cereal Honey Clusters™

Steps

1

In a microwave-safe bowl, microwave chips and peanut butter together in 30-second bursts, stirring between, until melted.
2

Stir in cereal.
3

Spread into a parchment-lined 9 x 5-inch loaf pan and press into an even layer. Refrigerate until set and cut into squares or bars with a sharp knife.

Nutrition Information

260 Calories, 16g Total Fat, 8g Protein, 22g Total Carbohydrate, 7g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 260

Calories from Fat: 140

Total Fat: 16g; 24%

Saturated Fat: 3 1/2g; 17%

Trans Fat: 0g

Cholesterol: 0mg; 0%

Sodium: 190mg; 8%

Potassium: 230mg; 6%

Total Carbohydrate: 22g; 7%

Dietary Fiber: 5g; 19%

Sugars: 7g

Protein: 8g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%; 0%

Vitamin C: 4%; 4%

Calcium: 4%; 4%

Iron: 35%; 35%

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; 1 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

1 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

My grandma used to make these “haystack cookies” which were essentially crunchy chow mein noodles stirred together with melted butterscotch chips. I never loved butterscotch chips. So when I grew up and discovered there was such thing as a peanut butter chip, I unabashedly made the switch. Truth be told, I never much liked those chow mein noodles, either. They were kind of bland tasting, there in the middle of all that melted chocolate. So I figured a bit of honey-kissed cereal would be a better stir-in. And add in a little nut butter for extra flavor and protein, and suddenly I realized I didn’t want haystack cookies at all. What I really wanted no-bake peanut butter bars. So I stirred all of these wonders together, and made some seriously yummy snacks. So good, they disappeared in a snap. And I wish I could say it was because all the kids came home from school. Nope. Just me here in the kitchen. Standing over a plate full of peanut butter bar crumbs. Which I’m sure grandma would love even better than her haystack cookies. (But I didn’t save her a smidge, so let’s not tell. Kthanksbye).