Chewy Trail Mix Cereal Bars
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Author: Alisa Fleming
Serves: 16
Ingredients
Trail Mix Cereal Bars
- 2½ cups crispy rice cereal
- ½ cup honey (can sub maple syrup, agave nectar or brown rice syrup)
- ¼ cup unsweetened, lightly salted sunflower seed butter*
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 6-ounce package (about 1⅓ cups) Enjoy Life Not Nuts! Seed & Fruit Mix (I use Mountain Mambo)
Optional Chocolate Drizzle
- ½ cup Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet or Dark Chocolate Chips (I used the Mini Morsels)
- ½ teaspoon coconut oil or palm oil / shortening
Instructions
To make the Trail Mix Cereal Bars
- Place the cereal in a large bowl and grease or line a 7x11-inch (or similar size) pan with parchment paper.
- Pour the honey into a very dry small saucepan over medium heat. Bring it to a bubble, insert a candy thermometer, and let it bubble until it reaches about 250ºF (give or take 5 degrees) - this takes just a few minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the seed butter, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt. Immediately pour the mixture over the cereal and stir to combine. Stir in the seed and fruit mix until just combined - any chocolate chips may melt a little, but I'm okay with that if you are.
- Firmly press the mixture into your prepared pan and let it set (you can put it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes).
- Remove the mixture to a cutting board, peeling off the parchment if used. Cut into quarters each way to create 16 bars.
For the Optional Chocolate Drizzle
- Melt the chocolate chips and oil / shortening together (I do this in the microwave for 60 to 90 seconds until JUST melted - do not overheat).
- Dip or drizzle the chocolate over the bars as desired.
Notes
*For a nut-free option, we like sunflower seed butter best in these trail mix cereal bars, but you can sub in any seed, nut, peanut, or soy butter depending on your dietary needs, tastes, and what you have on hand!
Recipe by Go Dairy Free at https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/chewy-trail-mix-cereal-bars