Although there isn’t a chocolate coating on this version, it would be simple to melt chocolate chips and put them on top. Due to nut allergies in our family, I eliminate the peanut butter and replace it with 1/2 cup of butterscotch chips that have been melted in margarine.
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 2 dozen |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 6 cups miniature marshmallows
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 5 cups toasted oat cereal
Instructions
- Spray a 13 x 9 inch pan on bottom and sides with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl in microwave, melt margarine. Add marshmallows, stir to coat. Microwave on high 1 1/2 minutes or until smooth when stirred for 45 seconds. Stir in peanut butter.
- Add cereal all at once and stir quickly to coat. With buttered spatula, press into prepared pan. Cool and cut into squares.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 208 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 30 g |
| Cholesterol | 8 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 175 mg |
| Sugars | 16 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I just made this in a small 8×8 pan batch. Used a different type of cereal (Honey Bunches…) and halved all the ingredients. Used 20 regular size marshmallows because that’s what I had! Delicious!
I had some stale Maple Cheerios, so saw this recipe. It turned out yummy. I tweaked it though. Only added 1/4 c. of PB, and added chopped honey roasted peanuts. It tasted similar to Brach’s Maple Nut Goodies!
9×13 is too big for this recipe. Use something like a 9×9.
It was good but to much peanut butter!
These are quick and easy. I used Lucky Charms so they were especially sweet, but the peanut butter cuts through that a bit. Yummy!
Used cornflakes & added honey to make them sweeter…not as good as some butterscotch/peanut butter rice krispy treats I’ve been looking for the recipe for, but these are pretty darn good!
Excellent! I always use Cheerios and gobble them right up!
This is a yummy, quick, easy snack to make with the kids. We used corn flakes and also added a chocolate chip icing!!
I’m not crazy about the peanut butter. It sort of took away from the sweetness of the snack. I made them both with and without the peanut butter and the one’s without were definitely better, but still not as good as rice crispy treats. (just proves again, you can’t beat the real thing!)
I made these with Honey Nut Cheerios. They were good but my husband, kids, and I liked the No Bake Cereal Cookies from this site better. When using Cheerios these were a little too gooey for our taste. I have made this recipe with Rice Krispies and frosted with melted chocolate and butterscotch chips and they were very good.
I am addicted to this stuff! I always use cheerios but I’m sure just about any cereal would be great in this. I put the butter and marshmallows in a plastic bowl in the microwave and it comes right out! No mess! The spoon is a little sticky but that’s it. I have tried this with M & M’s in it but I prefer it without.
Much better than Rice Krispy treats. Good way to use up Cheerios that are getting stale because I bought too many on sale! We mixed in M&Ms, too–yum!
I generously sprayed the bowl with cooking spray before I put anything in it. It made clean up a breeze. These are delicious!
This is a good healthy snack to make to bring to work, except my husband ate most of them on the weekend.
This is a great snack, we add 1 cup of m&m’s.
This was a good recipe. I used chocolate rice crispies in stead and it complaments the peanutte butter tast so well. Love it.
I used Rice Krispies for this, and they turned out great! It was so much easier than using the corn syrup version I’ve seen other places. I also melted 1 cup of chocolate chips for ‘icing’. I would probably use 1.5 cups next time. Very quick, easy, and delicious!
Truly outstanding! I was having chocolate cravings, and all we had was a stale bag of Coco Puffs. I used that plus a little less peanut butter and a bag of mini marshmallows. Heaven. The II recipe is fine, but I found that the spatula is a lot easier to use than a spoon. Be sure to have some milk nearby!
Perfect cookie bars for a fast dessert! You can melt a bag of milk chocolate chips and spread on top. Great for pot-luck dinners or kids groups.
Yummy cross between two traditional favorites. A little more flavor than Rice Krispie bars, but peanut butter flavoring is not as overpowering as Special K bars. Can substitute corn flake style cereal for the oat cereal. Kids love a cup or two of m&m’s tossed in for a little chocolate flavor and some added color.
A 71/2×12 inch pan gave me thicker bars, which I prefer. This recepie is great for stale, leftover boxes of unused cereal! Unfortuantely, cleaning the bowl and utensils is a pain in the sink, but well worth it! lol