Cereal Bars

Name: Cereal Bars
Yield: 24 servings
Ingredients: 0.5 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter; 2 package (10 ounces each) mini marshmallows; 2 tsp McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract; 0.5 tsp McCormick® Ground Cinnamon; 0.25 tsp Salt; 9 cup Cheerios® cereal; 0.75 cup crushed freeze-dried strawberries, lightly; 0.75 cup dried blueberries; McCormick® Mixed Berry Finishing Sugar, if desired, for sprinkling

These chewy, fruity cereal bars come together in minutes with melted marshmallows, butter, and a boost of warm flavor from McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract and McCormick® Ground Cinnamon. Tossed with Cheerios®, freeze dried strawberries, and blueberries, this homemade cereal bars recipe delivers the perfect mix of sweet, crunchy, and nostalgic. Press, cool, slice and enjoy a simple no bake treat for snacks, lunchboxes, or sharing.

Brooke1999

Servings24

Difficultyeasy

Ingredients

0.5 cup(1 stick) unsalted butter
2 package(10 ounces each) mini marshmallows
2 tspMcCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
0.5 tspMcCormick® Ground Cinnamon
0.25 tspSalt
9 cupCheerios® cereal
0.75 cupcrushed freeze-dried strawberries, lightly
0.75 cupdried blueberries
McCormick® Mixed Berry Finishing Sugar, if desired, for sprinkling

Instructions

1
Line 13x9-inch baking pan with foil. Spray with no stick cooking spray; set aside. Melt butter in large saucepan or Dutch oven on medium-low heat. Add marshmallows. Cook, stirring constantly until marshmallows are melted. Stir in Vanilla Extract, cinnamon and salt. Remove from heat.
2
Immediately add cereal, strawberries and blueberries to marshmallow mixture, stirring until well mixed and cereal is completely coated.
3
Press mixture evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with Mixed Berry Finishing Sugar, if desired. Cool completely. Cut into 16 (2-x3-inch)rectangular bars to serve. Wrap leftovers individually with plastic wrap and store in an airtight container.