Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars

GaylaJ's Note:

Tasty way to satisfy those "sweet and salty" cravings. :) I found this recipe online while searching for a way to use up the rest of the Crispix cereal I had purchased for another recipe.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• 4 cups Crispix cereal
• 2 cups Cheerios toasted oat cereal
• 1 1/2 cups lightly salted peanuts
• 1 1/2 cups broken pretzels
• 1 1/2 cups M&M's plain chocolate candy
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

1. Combine cereals, peanuts, and pretzels in a large bowl.
2. Combine corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat; boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in vanilla.
3. Immediately pour sugar mixture over cereal mixture, and stir well to coat; stir in M&Ms.
4. Using a greased spatula, press mixture tightly into a greased jellyroll pan (approximately 15X10 inches) and cool at room temperature. (I spread it as evenly as I could, then covered with a sheet of non-stick aluminum foil and pressed it out firmly and evenly.).
5. Cut into bars when completely cooled.

Reviews

[missylcj]

This recipe is wonderful! I followed as planned but did not have mnm's so I used chocolate chips instead. They were great! Also, A little tip I picked up somewhere. Put your hands under cold water and use them to press the bars into the pan. Your hands will not stick....just get a little messy, but it works really well. :)

[RaeMay]

Used cranberries (instead of M&Ms) and unsalted roasted nuts. Super tasty! Thank you!