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Banana Nut Cheerios® Energy Bars

Seeds and Nuts

Sunflower seeds or nuts provide vitamin E and unsaturated fats. Vitamin E acts as an antioxidant helping to protect cells and unsaturated fats can help lower blood cholesterol.

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Banana Nut Cheerios® cereal and peanut butter stir up into an easy no-bake snack bar. From eatbetteramerica.

Prep Time:20 min

Start to Finish:50 min

makes:24 bars

4	cups Banana Nut Cheerios® cereal
1	cup sweetened dried cranberries
1/3	cup slivered almonds, toasted
1/3	cup roasted unsalted sunflower nuts
1/2	cup light corn syrup
1/4	cup packed brown sugar
1/4	cup creamy peanut butter
1	teaspoon vanilla

1.	Spray 9-inch square pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix cereal, cranberries, almonds and sunflower nuts.
2.	In 2-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup, brown sugar and peanut butter to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
3.	Pour syrup mixture over cereal mixture; toss to coat. Press firmly in pan. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows.

Nutritional Information

1 Bar: Calories 110 (Calories from Fat 30); Total Fat 3 1/2g (Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 55mg; Total Carbohydrate 18g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 11g); Protein 1g % Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 2%; Calcium 4%; Iron 6% Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1
*% Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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all i can say is super yuuummm. the perfect grab n go snack. i made a few pans, wrapped individual bars in foil and placed in a bowl in the kitchen to grab as we r running out the door for swim lessons! it holds us over until we get home and i don't feel guilty for eating them like i do a candy bar. :)
Posted at 8:18 AM on March 4 2009 by springweems