Valentine's Crunch Bars

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Valentine's Crunch Bars a try. One serving contains 264 calories, 2g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe serves 12. For 61 cents per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a very budget friendly recipe for fans of European food. This recipe from Buns in My Oven has 235 fans. If you have butter, chex corn cereal, m&m candies, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a rather bad spoonacular score of 38%. Valentine's M&M Cookie Bars, Valentine’s LoftHouse Cookie Bars, and Crunch "Bars are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 12

 

Ingredients:

4 tablespoons butter

6 cups Rice or Corn Chex cereal

1 cup m&m candies

10 ounces marshmallows

3 tablespoons sprinkles

Equipment:

pot

baking pan

Cooking instruction summary:

Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add the butter and melt. When the butter has melted, stir in the marshmallows. Continue stirring, until marshmallows have just melted. Remove from the heat. Stir in the cereal until mostly coated in marshmallows. Add the sprinkles and most of the m&m candies. Reserve a handful of m&m's for sprinkling over the tops of the bars. Stir the mixture together. Press the mixture into a greased 9x13 baking dish. Press the remaining m&m's onto the top of the bars. Let cool 10 minutes before cutting and serving.

 

Step by step:


1. Heat a large pot over medium heat.

2. Add the butter and melt.

3. When the butter has melted, stir in the marshmallows. Continue stirring, until marshmallows have just melted.

4. Remove from the heat.

5. Stir in the cereal until mostly coated in marshmallows.

6. Add the sprinkles and most of the m&m candies. Reserve a handful of m&m's for sprinkling over the tops of the bars. Stir the mixture together.

7. Press the mixture into a greased 9x13 baking dish. Press the remaining m&m's onto the top of the bars.

8. Let cool 10 minutes before cutting and serving.


Nutrition Information:

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263k Calories
2g Protein
8g Total Fat
46g Carbs
3% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
263k
13%

Fat
8g
13%

  Saturated Fat
5g
32%

Carbohydrates
46g
16%

  Sugar
28g
32%

Cholesterol
12mg
4%

Sodium
181mg
8%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
2g
5%

Iron
4mg
26%

Folate
100µg
25%

Vitamin B1
0.37mg
25%

Vitamin B12
1µg
20%

Vitamin B6
0.3mg
15%

Vitamin B2
0.25mg
15%

Vitamin A
655IU
13%

Zinc
1mg
13%

Vitamin B3
2mg
13%

Calcium
72mg
7%

Vitamin C
4mg
6%

Fiber
1g
5%

Vitamin D
0.81µg
5%

Selenium
1µg
3%

Manganese
0.05mg
3%

Copper
0.05mg
2%

Phosphorus
23mg
2%

Magnesium
4mg
1%

Vitamin E
0.15mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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