Easy, No-bake Granola Bars

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups rolled oats
• 6 cups crisp rice cereal
• 1 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 spray a large cookie sheet with cooking spray and set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine oats, cereal, raisins and coconut. stir.
• 3 in a separate, microwave safe bowl, combine the peanut butter, sugar and corn syrup.
• 4 microwave on high 2 minute and stir. microwave another 1-2 minute until mixture boils and sugar dissolves. stir in vanilla.
• 5 pour the sauce over the dry ingredients and mix well. allow it to cool long enough to not melt the chocolate chips, then stir them in also.
• 6 turn out onto the cookie sheet. wet your hands under cold water and press into the pan.
• 7 cut into bars. they can be eaten immediately, but they will set up more as they cool. store in an airtight container.
• 8 variations: can use 2 cups each of cheerios, rice krispies, and corn flakes instead of 6 cups crisp rice cereal. this is a nice taste variation but it is more crumbly.