Snacks for kids can sometimes be a challenge when they have picky tastes. What’s great about this recipe is you can add in whatever your kids happen to like! Initially, I made these with coconut, dried cranberries and chocolate chips for add ins. Second time around I left out the chocolate chips, cause if you can believe it, one of my girls isn’t a big fan of chocolate. Gasp!
These can be made vegan by subbing the honey for agave. Make it nut-free by subbing out the peanut butter for sunflower seed butter. I find they don’t stick together into a ball (which is how I wanted to make them initially). So I put them in muffin cups and placed them in the fridge. They do harden up a little when chilled and stick together a bit better.
What I found out later, is they loved having them in these little cups. They’d just grab one out of the fridge and pick at it piece by piece.
I got these silicone muffin cups ages ago, but they are great to have around. Paper muffin cups would also work if you have those on hand too.
Cheerio Energy Snacks
Author: Kristine Fretwell
Recipe type: Snack
- 2 cups plain Cheerios
- ½ cup natural peanut butter (or almond butter, sunflower seed butter etc)
- ¼ cup honey (or agave)
- ¼ cup shredded coconut
- ¼ cup dried cranberries
- ¼ cup chocolate chips
- In a larger bowl, add in the Cheerios and add ins you’ll be using. We liked coconut, dried cranberries & chocolate chips.
- In a small microwave safe bowl, add together the peanut butter and honey. Stir until combined.
- Microwave for 30 seconds. Remove, give a stir and place back in and microwave for 30 seconds more. You want the peanut butter and honey to get a little thinner from the heat.
- Pour the peanut butter and honey mixture over the cereal and add ins, stir until evenly coated.
- Put about ¼ cup of the mixture into a muffin cup (silicone or paper cups work best).
- Place in a container and store in the fridge.
*** use whatever you like for add ins. Coconut, dried cranberries & chocolate chips are what I used, but just put in whatever your kids like.
Serving size: 1/12 of recipe Calories: 145 Fat: 8 g Saturated fat: 2.7 g Carbs: 16 g Sugar: 9.8 g Sodium: 62 mg Fiber: 2 g Protein: 4 g Cholesterol: 0 mg
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