Sweet And Salty Cereal Bars Recipes

Steps:

• Combine cereals, peanuts, and pretzels in a large bowl.
• 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.
• Immediately pour sugar mixture over cereal mixture, and stir well to coat; stir in M&Ms.
• 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.).
• Cut into bars when completely cooled.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 10-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan with gluten-free cooking spray. Line the pan with an overhanging piece of parchment paper to easily remove the bars.
• Place the almonds, coconut, pecans, cereal, rice syrup, molasses, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl. Stir to combine and evenly coat. Transfer the coconut mixture to the prepared pan and, using a greased piece of parchment paper, press down firmly to spread evenly. Bake until just firm, about 12 minutes. Let cool completely on a rack.
• Reduce the oven to 250 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and place a wire rack on top. Remove the coconut bar from the pan and cut evenly into 6 bars. Place, gooey-side up, on the wire rack. Bake until almost dry to the touch, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely on a rack.