Banana Nut Cheerios® Energy Bars

By carvalhohm2

Ingredients

• 4 cups Banana Nut Cheerios® cereal
• 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
• 1/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted*
• 1/3 cup roasted unsalted sunflower nuts
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Servings 24
Cooking time 50mins
Adapted from pillsbury.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Spray 9-inch square pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix cereal, cranberries, almonds and sunflower nuts.

2 In 2-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup, brown sugar and peanut butter to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.

3 Pour syrup mixture over cereal mixture; toss to coat. Press firmly in pan. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

*To toast almonds, sprinkle in ungreased heavy skillet. Cook over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently until almonds begin to brown, then stirring constantly until almonds are light brown.