These marshmallow cereal bars are a fun snack, breakfast on the go and great for lunch boxes. Use your favorite cereal and enjoy!
Cheerios remind me of tea parties.
Tea parties when I was a kid consisted of cheerios and water. Rather extravagant wouldn’t you agree? Back-in-the-day there was only one kind of cheerio and it came in a giant yellow box. It finally dawned on me while in the cereal section that there are a TON of different kinds of cheerios now. I mean there’s apple-cinnamon, fruity, multi-grain and CHOCOLATE! I don’t mean to sound whiny *ahem General Mills* but why couldn’t you have sported these flavors when I was a kid?
Sugar cereals were totally banned from my childhood pantry… but I bet ya fifty bucks that if it had Cheerios on the front my Mom would have bought it! The fruity Cheerios would’ve easily replaced the leaves-your-breath-smelling-like-stinky-feet yellow box for sure. Just sayin.
To Make These Marshmallow Cereal Bars You Will Need:
11 ounces cheerios (I used multi-grain with oat clusters)
1/4 cup sliced almonds
2 tablespoons salted butter
pure vanilla extract
6 ounces mini-marshmallows
I’m using 11 ounces cheerios, the multi-grain kind because they have oat clusters that I love. As I’ve said before, the fruity Cheerios would be incredible in this recipe, maybe just omit the almonds.
Add 1/4 cup of almond into the cereal and toss together with you impeccably clean fingers.
Line a 13×9 pan with some parchment paper to keep the bars from sticking to the pan. No sprays needed, promise.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large pot. I twirled the pot to get the butter up along the sides so the marshmallow would stick less.
Add in the 6 ounces of mini-marshmallows. The regular size would work but it will take a lot longer to get those suckers to melt… and who has time for THAT?
Keep on stirring.
When the marshmallows are just about completely melted add in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
If there are a few lumps it’s really no bigs. Who would cry over a lump of marshmallow in their cereal bar? Uhhhh not this girl.
Dump in the cereal and almonds.
Mix it all around until the melty-marshmallow goodness is through-out.
Transfer it into the prepared 13 x 9 pan.
I quickly greased up my fingertips with some coconut oil and pressed the cereal mound into the pan. It takes all of two seconds. You could also use wax paper to do this.
Now just sit and stare at it while it cools. Painful? yes. But totally worth it. When I’m making Rice Krispies Treats, I never EVER get it to this stage of the game. We eat it straight out of the pan while still warm.
The very moment they are cooled, remove and slice into 20 or so bars.
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This is my attempt and some pretty wrappers for the bars. Fail? Maybe. Thank you brown paper bags that I’ve had for 5 years and never seem to run out of.
The rest went into a storage container. A perfect afternoon snack or as a grown-up breakfast, now if there’s one perk to being a grown up then it’s being able to have marshmallow cereal bars for breakfast!
Enjoy! And if you give this recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!
Marshmallowy Cereal Bars
Ingredients
- 11 ounces cheerios, I used multi-grain with oat clusters
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 6 ounces mini-marshmallows
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine the cereal with the almonds and set aside.
- In a large pot melt the butter. Add in the mini-marshmallow and stir until almost completely melted. Add in the vanilla and stir. Next add in the cereal/almond mixture and fold the cereal in with the marshmallow.
- Add the cereal mixture into a parchment lined 13x9 pan.
- With lightly oiled finger tips, press the cereal into the pan. Let the cereal cool for 20-30 minutes.
- Remove and with a sharp knife, cut the cereal into 20 equal sized bars. Store in an airtight container for up to one week.
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THese totally remind me of college! I used to get the Cheerios cereal bars as dessert all the time. Might have to recreate these! 🙂
seriously, brown bags last FOR-E-VER! and these? these sound amazing!
WHY have I never thought to do this?? I can't tell you how many times I have wanted to make rice krispy bars, look in the pantry and find the only thing I'm missing is the actual rice cereal (but there's always that big yellow Cheerios box), so I sit home sulking. I am making these ASAP!
I have a box of cheerios that no-one is eating. I was just thinking I need to make some bars out of them, these look great!
This looks awesome and yummy
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GENIUS!!
fabulous idea!! i've been making fruity pebbles mallow treats recently (very very sweet) but looking for a change. these sound delicious!
Mmmm love this! I always have cheerios on hand!
These look amazing!! I love that you use cheerios!
they look awesome…I love making cereal bars, homemade bars, pans of bars using cereal, I love all the possibilities and these are fab.
Thak you for this! I may well be 40-something but my favorite Marshmallow Cereal Treat is Lucky Charms and make them extra chewy by using 7 cups of cereal to 6 cups mini marshmallows
Oooo, these are so fun. But I'd eat the whole pan!
and now my stomach is growling! toss marshmallows with just about anything and I'm happy! 🙂
This is such a great change up from your normal rice krispie treats!I thinkI'd prefer the crunch to the cherrios better too!
Excellent treat. I've already shared this recipe with my family and friends this morning.
Just found your blog, I think through Life, Cultivated if memory from last week is still correct. Love your photography, sense of humor and practical approach to simplicity.
I am not ready to give up my Oreo's and Cheez-It's forever, but I can't wait to make my first homemade cracker, french dip sandwich, and now – cheerios treats.
Your blog presents great
Yummy! I made something similar recently with the Dulce De Leche Cheerios. They were so good, pics never got taken! I love the almonds you added!
Lots of healthy stuff! Like almonds. Totally negates the marshmallow. 🙂 Love these bars!
lovely snack looks wonderful
Yum! And am I totally that mom who gives my daughter cheerios at a tea party…although we did share Smarties the other day 🙂 Balance is what I'm all about 🙂
putting sliced almonds in these is such a great idea. Love it!
wow, your blog is great – i love to follow photos when reading recipies:)
Mmmm, what a glorious treat! 🙂 I love rice krispie treats so I am sure I would adore these!
still love your blog but i dislike the reader change – i.e. only preview, no more full posts. clearly, you can do what you want. i just wanted to give you feedback that i miss the full posts in the reader! but i'll eventually get over it if you never change it back. =)
Hi Danielle~ I had to switch it in order for the feed to actually be delivered. I was getting messages that my feed wasn't getting sent to inboxes because it was too large! Until I can figure out a way to get it delivered, I'll have to keep it that way! SORRY!! But thanks for understanding!
I love love love this idea!!
So cute Laurie! I love the ones from the store … I've never even thought about making them on my own!
Oh my goodness! I love Rice Krispies Treats, so this is right up my alley!
I love your all from scratch approach to cooking. I try to cook the same way at my house. (Of course, notice I said "try". 🙂
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I just made these! I ended up using a full 10 oz. bag of mini marshmallows and about 7 cups of cereal. I didn’t have any sliced almonds, but did add in a big blop (maybe 1/3 cup) of peanut butter instead of the vanilla. I bet crunchy peanut butter would be fabulous! Rather than dirty a pan on the stove, you can put the butter and marshmallows in a big bowl in the microwave for 90 seconds. Works perfectly every time 🙂
Ooooh peanut butter… NICE!!
OMG I JUST MADE THESE, ITS SO QUICK AND THEY ARE SOO YUMMY! I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND 10/10 WILL DO AGAIN.