The whole family will enjoy the tasty snack that these no-bake bars make! You might choose to use another nut butter in place of the peanut butter and different nuts and seeds in place of the sunflower seeds.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 bars |
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 3 cups crispy rice cereal
- 3 cups toasted oat cereal rings (such as Cheerios®)
- 1 ½ cups raw unsalted sunflower seeds
- 1 cup raisins
- ¾ cup chocolate chips
- 1 cup honey
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 2 cups peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Mix crispy rice cereal, oat cereal rings, sunflower seeds, raisins, and chocolate chips together in a large bowl.
- Stir honey and brown sugar in a saucepan, place over high heat, and bring to a boil. Stir and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla extract until smooth and well blended.
- Pour the hot peanut butter mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until all dry ingredients are moistened.
- Press the mixture into the prepared baking dish to make an even layer.
- Let cool and cut into bars.
Reviews
Great recipe… quick and easy. I traded out some of the ingredients for my favorites and it worked out nicely. I will probably go with a little less brown sugar next time
Good but fell apart. I could tell when I mixed it up that it wasn’t going to hold. I did skip the sunflower seeds and increased the proportions of the Cheerios, raisins and chocolate chips.
Great snack!
I made 2 small changes: I used dried cranberries instead of the raisins and I used multi grain Cheerios for the cereal. These bars are wonderful. They are easy to make and are great for lunch boxes. Thank you for sharing the recipe 🙂
WOW! My family LOVED these bars. I made with chopped almonds as opposed to sunflower seeds. Truthfully, you can put anything in these bars and they are just delicious. This recipe is a keeper!
I added coconut and nutella in place of half of the peanut butter.
You saved my sanity! My four year old grand-daughter was driving me insane — we found this recipe and made it. Easy to make, and tasted great. Thank you!
Really yummy. Next time I am going to press chocolate chips on the top for extra chocolate, substitute cranberries instead of raisins, and add almonds to the mix. Thanks for the recipe!!!
So easy and fun to make!! It’s delicious! I also added some pretzels and it was so goood! Can’t wait to make more!!
This recipe is awesome! I cut back on a few things to make room for other stuff and they turned out great. For example, I substituted some of the rice cereal with oats and Shreddies, some sunflower seeds for poppy and sesame seeds, and raisins for craisins. I pressed the mixture into the pan quite a bit and they stuck together perfectly. The whole family loves them and I will be making a second batch today. Thanks for sharing!
Easy to make and taste great. Pressed them into the pan to help them hold together better. Possibly cut back a 1/2 cup of cereal next time to help them hold better!
These bars don’t hold together when they are cut – can anyone suggest what might have gone wrong?
I made one substitution–I used chopped peanuts in place of the sunflower seeds only because that was what I had on hand. The chocolate chips I used were mini and the peanut butter I used was Extra Crunchy Jif. I followed the directions exact, they were simple and right on point. These turned out great, my family loved these. I think these would be just as good if I omitted the brown sugar. I’m going to try another batch in a couple days and see if my family likes them as much as them without the extra sugar, then update my review.