No Bake Chocolate Cereal Bars

Sweet chocolate and rich peanut butter are mixed with crunchy cereal to make these super easy no-bake treats. When I was very young, I went camping with the Girl Scouts and our counselor taught us to make what she called Babe Ruth Bars. The ingredients (featuring primarily Karo syrup) were stirred together, then rolled into a log, chilled and sliced. She wrote out the recipe for me and I took it home.

My grandmother was sweet enough to save that recipe for me and over the following years, we would make those bars on special occasions. I remembered the recipe a while back and I dug it out of my old cookbook. I read it several times and then made a trip to the store, just to look at the ingredients in an actual Babe Ruth bar. Uhm, there is no similarity at all. I have no idea why she called these Babe Ruth Bars and the name now makes me laugh. I've since swapped out half the ingredients, so they are likely to be even farther from the original. Whatever you decide to call them, these bars have now been added to our list of favorite^[1] no-bake^[2] treats^[3]!

I made these for my family last time I was headed out of town. When I got back home, my three year old proudly informed me that he ate ALL the candy bars. Apparently, he thought he was really getting away with something. The whole family really enjoyed these and they have already been requested again.

No Bake Chocolate Cereal Bars
Yield: 12 bars or 36 bite size pieces
(printable recipe)
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1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup honey
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter or almond butter
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups corn flakes

Combine the sugar, honey and peanut butter in a large glass bowl and microwave for about 2 minutes, stirring after every thirty seconds until it is smooth and liquefied. Add the chocolate and stir again until melted.  (If the chocolate doesn't melt into the liquid completely, just warm it another 30 seconds and stir again.) Add the cereal and stir to coat completely.

Transfer to a well-greased or parchment lined 6 square or 8 x 3 bread pan. (This is a small batch, so you really do need a small pan.) Press the mixture evenly into the bottom of the pan. Chill in the refrigerator until firm, about 2-3 hours. Slice into bars or cubes and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Enjoy!

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