Nutter Butter Cereal Bars Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER-CEREAL BARS

Steps:

• Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix cereals; set aside.
• In 2-quart saucepan, cook remaining ingredients over low heat, stirring constantly, until marshmallows are melted. Pour over cereal mixture; mix well.
• Using sprayed rubber scraper, press mixture into pan. Cool slightly. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER-CEREAL BARS

Steps:

• Line bottom and sides of 8-inch square pan with foil or parchment paper. Spray foil with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix cereal, peanuts and peanut butter chips; set aside.
• In large microwavable bowl, microwave peanut butter, honey and butter uncovered on High 2 to 3 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until mixture is boiling and slightly thickened.
• Pour over cereal mixture in bowl; stir until evenly coated. Using buttered back of spoon, press mixture very firmly in pan. Refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm enough to cut.
• For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store covered at room temperature up to 1 week.

BROWNED BUTTER CEREAL BARS

Steps:

• Line a 15x10x1-in. pan with parchment, letting ends extend over sides; set aside. Freeze pretzels, miniature marshmallows and baking chips 1 hour., Remove pretzels, marshmallows and baking chips from freezer; combine in a large bowl. In a Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Heat 10-13 minutes or until golden brown, stirring constantly. Add large marshmallows; cook and stir until blended. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and salt., Stir in cereal until coated. Stir in pretzel mixture; transfer to prepared pan, pressing evenly with a buttered spatula. Cool completely., Lifting with parchment, remove cereal mixture from pan. Cut into bars. Store in airtight containers.

NUTTER BUTTER BARS

Steps:

• Grease an 8-inch square pan and a large mixing bowl with butter or baking spray.
• Pour the cereal and about 12 Nutter Butter Cookies (broken into pieces) into the bowl, then set aside.
• Cut the butter into small pieces and place them in a medium-large saucepan.
• Set the pan over LOW heat and allow the butter to begin melting.
• Add the marshmallows to the pan and let them begin to melt.
• Stir the marshmallows and butter occasionally until about 75% melted.
• Remove the pan from the heat and stir until all the marshmallows melt.
• Pour over the bowl of cereal and cookie pieces.
• Stir until well blended.
• Spread into the greased pan.
• Do not pack the cereal treats down too firmly. Just spread into an even layer.
• Heat the creamy peanut butter in the microwave for 15-30 seconds until melted.
• Drizzle the peanut butter over the Nutter Butter Bars.
• Set the bars aside for about an hour so they can cool before cutting into 16 squares.

PEANUT BUTTER CEREAL BARS

Steps:

• Measure cereal into large bowl. Set aside.
• Boil corn syrup in microwave. Add white sugar and stir well. Return to microwave and reheat until boiling.
• Add peanut butter to sugar/syrup mixture and stir well.
• Quickly pour peanut butter/syrup/sugar mixture into mixing bowl with cereal. Stir well (but fast!) and then transfer to a pan or baking sheet. *NOTE: This step, and the one following, must be done as quickly as possible because as the corn syrup cools the cereal mixture becomes harder to spread.*.
• Form mixture into one big rectangle about 3/4 inch thick. Cool in fridge for 1 hour.
• After its cooled the cereal rectangle may be cut into bars or squares. An alternative is to break the rectangle up by hand into pieces.
• Please note that cheerios should not make up more than 1/3rd of the mix as they absorb the corn syrup. If you need to use more cheerios (or other absorbent cereal) then add a bit more corn syrup.

CEREAL-PEANUT BUTTER BARS

Steps:

• Butter bottom and sides of 9- or 8-inch square pan.
• In 3-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup and sugar just to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• Stir in peanut butter. Gently stir in cereal and peanuts until evenly coated. Press firmly in pan. Let stand at least 1 hour until firm. For bars, cut into 3 rows by 4 rows. Store loosely covered.