Chocolate Chew Granola Bars
Chocolate Chew Granola Bars
Prep Time: 15 Mins
Yields: 18 bars
Ingredients:
3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
3 cup unsweetened cereal such as puffed rice or puffed wheat
1 cup Marble Mix'ins™ Chips Ahoy
1 cup Betty Crocker® Parlor Perfect Praline Crunch
4 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/2 cup honey
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup creamy Peanut Butter
1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 325°.
2. Line a 9"x13" baking pan with a sheet of aluminum foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
3. Spread oats evenly on a sheet pan and bake until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes. Allow them to cool slightly and place them in a large bowl. Add the unsweetened puffed rice cereal, Marble Mixin's Chips Ahoy and Parlor Perfect Praline Crunch to the bowl of oats. Set aside.
4. While the oats are toasting, stir the butter, honey, brown sugar, peanut butter, and cinnamon and salt in a 2 qt sauce pot over medium heat until completed blended. Gently boil mixture for 2 minutes. Stir in vanilla extract.
5. Pour the hot mixture over the cereal-oat mixture, tossing to combine. Place the mixture in the prepared pan, spreading evenly and pressing down slightly.
6. Bake 25 minutes.
7. Cool completely and cut into 18 bars.
The bars are great as they are , but if you would like to make them a bit more decadent, decorate as desired with Betty Crocker® Chocolate or Cream Cheese Brownie Toppers, and Betty Crocker® Parlor Perfect Chocolate Sprinkles.