Christmas Crunch Cereal Bars

If you have around 7 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Christmas Crunch Cereal Bars might be an excellent gluten free recipe to try. For 43 cents per serving, you get a hor d'oeuvre that serves 16. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 6g of fat, and a total of 191 calories. It is brought to you by Buns in My Oven. Plenty of people made this recipe, and 344 would say it hit the spot. A mixture of butter, corn, m&m candies, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. Christmas will be even more special with this recipe. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 14%. Maple Cranberry Crunch No Bake Cereal Bars, M&M S’Mores Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal Bars, and Nutty Cereal Crunch are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 16

Preparation duration: 2 minutes

Cooking duration: 5 minutes

 

Ingredients:

¼ cup butter

6 cups Chex cereal, rice or corn variety

3/4 cup red and green m&m candies, divided

10 ounces marshmallows

2 tablespoons red and green nonpareils, divided

Equipment:

wooden spoon

baking pan

pot

wax paper

Cooking instruction summary:

In a large stock pot, heat the butter and marshmallows until melted together, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Stir in the Chex cereal, 1 tablespoon of sprinkles, and half of the m&m candies, being careful not to break the cereal too much. Press the mixture into a parchment lined 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining sprinkles and candy over the top.Use a piece of wax paper sprayed with non-stick spray to press the cereal bars tightly into the pan.Let set for 30 minutes before cutting and serving.

 

Step by step:


1. In a large stock pot, heat the butter and marshmallows until melted together, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon. Stir in the Chex cereal, 1 tablespoon of sprinkles, and half of the m&m candies, being careful not to break the cereal too much. Press the mixture into a parchment lined 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle the remaining sprinkles and candy over the top.Use a piece of wax paper sprayed with non-stick spray to press the cereal bars tightly into the pan.

2. Let set for 30 minutes before cutting and serving.


Nutrition Information:

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191k Calories
2g Protein
6g Total Fat
34g Carbs
0% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
191k
10%

Fat
6g
9%

  Saturated Fat
3g
21%

Carbohydrates
34g
11%

  Sugar
20g
22%

Cholesterol
9mg
3%

Sodium
46mg
2%

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Protein
2g
6%

Fiber
1g
7%

Vitamin A
262IU
5%

Vitamin B3
0.99mg
5%

Manganese
0.1mg
5%

Phosphorus
46mg
5%

Vitamin B5
0.46mg
5%

Vitamin B6
0.08mg
4%

Vitamin C
3mg
4%

Magnesium
15mg
4%

Potassium
127mg
4%

Vitamin B1
0.05mg
4%

Folate
13µg
3%

Zinc
0.37mg
2%

Iron
0.42mg
2%

Copper
0.05mg
2%

Vitamin B2
0.03mg
2%

Calcium
14mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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