So here's the recipe.
1/2 C honey
1/2 C packed brown sugar
1/3 C Peanut butter
1/4 C unsalted butter
2 C rice krispie cereal
4 C quick oats
3 tsp vanilla
Mix the rice krispies (I used the Shopper's drug mart brand and I think I prefer them to brand name. The pieces seem bigger and add more crunch) and the oats together in a bowl.
In a saucepan, combine the honey, brown sugar, peanut butter and unsalted butter. Heat over medium heat until sugar is melted. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. The first time I made these I didn't realize until I needed to add it that I was out of vanilla. I added about a teaspoon of coconut extract and it worked well.
Note: It's not a good idea to place ingredients on the stove to melt, then forget them there because the cell phone company calls to talk about your available offers for upgrades, and while you're on the phone with the cell phone company your not quite 2 year old pulls off his poopy diaper and run around the house, so you put him in the bath while you keep talking to the cell phone lady, only to remember the melting, now almost burning, sugar and butter mixture on the stove because you happen to walk back into the kitchen . My bars this time have a slightly more toasted flavour….i remembered it before it had actually burned but it definitely cooked too long. So, pay attention to your mixture!
Once it's all melted, mix hot ingredients into rice krispies and oats, until everything is combined. Press mixture into a 13"x9" casserole pan and let cool to room temperature.
The original recipe suggested cutting them into bar shapes and then either wrapping them individually or storing in plastic bags. We haven't gotten past just eating them directly out of the pan yet, but I plan on making a double or triple batch sometime in the near future and individually storing them.
If you wanted to add some chocolate chips, the original recipe suggested just pressing them into the mixture once it has been spread into the pan so that they don't get melted by the hot mixture. I might try adding some nuts or maybe dried cranberries to my next batch.
Give them a try….you won't be disappointed!
Here is the nutritional breakdown for the ENTIRE recipe. So remember to divide it based on how small you make your portions.
Calories: 2,688
Fat: 100g
Cholesterol: 122mg
Sodium: 739mg
Carbs: 740g
Fiber: 22g
Sugars: 262g
Protein: 41g
So, if you got 12 bars out of it, each one would contain 224 calories, 8g fat, 61mg sodium,
61g carbs, 2g fiber, 21g sugar, and 3g protein. They aren't the most healthy things on the planet, but they are tasty. I might try to change the oat/krispies ratio next time to 3 cups of each and see how they turn out.
