No-bake Crispy Chocolatey Cereal Bars

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups cheerios toasted oat cereal
• 2 cups rice krispies
• 2 cups m&m's plain chocolate candy
• 2 cups dry roasted peanuts
• 1 cup light corn syrup (karo)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl and set aside.
• 2 bring corn syrup and sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring frequently.
• 3 remove from heat and stir in vanilla and peanut butter.
• 4 pour over cereal mixture and stir well to coat evenly.
• 5 spread in greased cookie sheet or 9 x 13 baking dish, depending on how thick you want them.
• 6 press down with buttered palm if mixture is hard to spread evenly in pan.
• 7 allow to cool completely and cut into squares.