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Cheerios® Cinnamon-Popcorn Snack

Cheerios® Cinnamon-Popcorn Snack
Recipe Tip
Popcorn Pops
Popcorn is a whole grain. Eating at least 3 servings of whole grain daily may help reduce blood cholesterol.
Variation
For an even lower-fat snack, increase cereal to 6 cups and omit peanuts.
A Cheerios® Challenge recipe! Cereal combined with 94% fat free popcorn and more—what a wholesome snack! From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:10 min
Start to Finish:30 min
makes:24 servings (1/2 cup each)

8cups popped 94% fat-free butter-flavor microwave popcorn (from 3-oz bag)
5cups Cheerios® cereal or Honey Nut Cheerios® cereal
1cup honey-roasted peanuts
1cup raisins
1/2cup light corn syrup
1/3cup honey
2tablespoons margarine or butter
1/4teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2teaspoon vanilla
1.Heat oven to 350°F. Remove and discard unpopped kernels from popped popcorn. In large bowl, mix popcorn, cereal, peanuts and raisins; set aside.
2.In 1-quart saucepan, heat corn syrup, honey, margarine and cinnamon to boiling. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Pour over cereal mixture; toss until evenly coated. Spread in ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan.
3.Bake 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool pan on cooling rack, stirring occasionally. Store loosely covered.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Heat oven to 375°F.

Nutritional Information
1 Serving: Calories 140 (Calories from Fat 40); Total Fat 4 1/2g (Saturated Fat 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 85mg; Total Carbohydrate 22g (Dietary Fiber 4g, Sugars 11g); Protein 2Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 2%; Iron 6Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
 
4 Reviews

 
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CINNAMON CHEERIOS SNACK MIX
Pretty tasty I must say! I used a little less corn syrup, no peanuts-dry roasted almonds & walnuts instead. Mexican vanilla also. Once out of the oven it seemed to need a little saltiness, so I added a little coarse sea salt and tossed. I want a little more sweetness though. The honey roasted peanuts probably help with that. Good anyway!
Posted at 3:48 PM on February 24 2010 by HOWMANAC
 
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This recipe is easy and great!! My kids loved it. I used what I had in the pantry, air popped popcorn, raisins, dry roasted peanuts and no cheerios. Yummo!!
Posted at 11:58 AM on May 18 2009 by Gray_C51
 
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Really easy and tasty
My teenage daughter made this (minus the raisins) for my "girls night in" movie night. It was quick and easy, and a big hit with my girlfriends! We'll definately be making this again.
Posted at 9:37 AM on February 12 2009 by barbiejeanne
 
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Delicious Snack Food
I received the recipe for the Cheerios Cinnamon-Popcorn Snack while downloading a $1.00 discount coupon from the "Lower Your Cholesterol Challenge" e-mail, and was very pleased with the snack. It was easy to prepare, tasted great, and was an excellent, delicious, and healthy treat to consume while watching football games!
Posted at 9:37 AM on October 31 2008 by cheerioseater