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Fruit and Nut Snack Bars

Fruit and Nut Snack Bars
Recipe Tip
Snack Attack
Plan snacks before they attack! Choose snacks made with fruits, veggies and whole-grain cereals and keep them at hand for a nutritional punch!
Did You Know?
Look for a variety of flavor combinations of dried fruit—choose your favorite for these yummy bars.

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We raised the bar on snacks with these sweet treats—great for lunch boxes, on-the-road nibbles and wrapped in a tin box as a gift! From eatbetteramerica.
Prep Time:20 min
Start to Finish:50 min
makes:36 bars
Snack Mix
4cups Honey Nut Cheerios® cereal
1cup dried tropical three-fruit mix (from 7-oz bag)
1/2cup sunflower nuts
1/2cup dry-roasted peanuts
Syrup
3/4cup packed brown sugar
1/2cup corn syrup
1/4cup peanut butter
1teaspoon vanilla
1.Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix snack mix ingredients; set aside.
2.In 2-quart saucepan, mix all syrup ingredients except vanilla. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
3.Pour syrup over snack mix, stirring until evenly coated. Press mixture firmly in pan. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows. Store tightly covered.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): No change.
Nutritional Information
1 Bar: Calories 100 (Calories from Fat 30); Total Fat 3g (Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 60mg; Total Carbohydrate 15g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 10g); Protein 2g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 2%; Iron 6% Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
 
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replacement for corn syrup
What can you use instead of corn syrup?
Posted at 4:23 PM on November 22 2011 by
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Excellent!
These bars are the perfect snack and not hard to make. They will satisfy any hunger. They are hard to cut so I just break them into pieces.
Posted at 9:22 AM on September 9 2011 by Imcoping
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i have been looking for a simple cereal bar to make for my 20 month old for a while. this is so easy and interchangeable with different cereal. i used kix and rice krispies and he loved them. so did i! and friends too..so fast and so versitile.
Posted at 9:50 AM on June 9 2010 by cylina
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Fruit & snack bars
Made Fruit & nut bars and the family ate them as fast I cut them Great healthy snack that tasted good.
Posted at 2:11 PM on April 6 2009 by tfav508
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Fruit & snack bars
Made Fruit & nut bars and the family ate them as fast I cut them Great healthy snack that tasted good.
Posted at 2:11 PM on April 6 2009 by tfav508
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