1/2c nut butter (I used almond)
1/2c honey
1t vanilla extract
1/2t salt
6c rice cereal (like Rice Krispies)
1/2c chips, dried fruit, nuts &/or seeds (I used unsweetened carob chips)
Gently melt the nut butter and honey together in a large pan (large enough to be able to stir in the remaining ingredients comfortably). Remove from heat and add the vanilla and salt. Stir well. Gently fold in the rice cereal and chips/fruit/nuts. Spread into a greased 9x13 baking dish and allow to cool completely before cutting into your desired shape/size.
Our almond butter was very soft to begin with, so the rice crispy bars did not stay together as well as if it were marshmallows ... but we did not care one bit!! Also, the carob chips began to melt pretty much right away, however once again we did not care. The flavor was definitely there.
This is a keeper!
I made something like this last week. It was from the "More is Less" cookbook. Did yours ever set up? Mine did not. I'm wondering if I did something wrong. It was my first time making these.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this.
Hello Jen! No, mine did not ever set up like the marshmallow kind but they set up enough and we did not care to pinch them a little to keep them from coming apart too much :)
ReplyDeleteA regular kind of peanut butter with hydrogenated oil should help them to hold together better, however we use the natural stuff or make it fresh at home and these can be very runny. Like a lot of 'healthy alternatives' to the junk we are used to, we just have to change our minds on how they 'should be' and accept them as something a little different! (did that make sense?!)
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