Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bundles

Here is a quick and easy treat. Cinnamon, peanut butter, and chocolate crunchy bundles of happiness!

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bundles

6 cups Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal

1 cup sugar

1 cup light corn syrup

1 cup peanut butter

Line a cookie sheet with parchment, wax paper, or Silat. Place cereal in large bowl. In a saucepan, combine syrup and sugar over medium heat. Bring to boil (stirring constantly) remove from heat and stir in peanut butter. Pour over cereal and gently fold until cereal in completely covered. Scoop out onto prepared cookie sheet, I use an ice cream scoop. When cool and set up, make drizzle.

Drizzle

2 Tbl peanut butter

1/2 cup milk chocolate Chips

In microwave-proof small bowl, melt together peanut butter and chocolate chips in microwave. Drizzle over each bundle.

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Nutty Chocolate Chip Banana Bran Muffins

Sometimes I’m in the mood for healthy and low calorie, that is when I bake something like Bran Muffins. Today I throw all those cares to the wind and bake a bran muffin with sugar, chocolate and lots of nuts. I fool myself with the words banana and bran, that there is some health benefit in there somewhere. My workout tonight will have to be a little longer, but that’s OK, my craving is satisfied. ;o)

3 bananas, medium, mashed
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup applesauce
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup All-Bran cereal
1¾ flour
1½ tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 400°. Coat 12 cup muffin pan with nonstick spray.
In large bowl, stirring by hand, combine banana, eggs, buttermilk, applesauce, vanilla, brown sugar, and All-Bran cereal. Let sit 5-10 minutes. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; add to banana mixture. Stir just until all is combined. Stir in chocolate chips, pecans, and walnuts. Scoop mixture into prepared muffin cups, they will be full. Sprinkle some mini chocolate chips and nut pieces on top if desired. Bake 20-22 minutes.

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Fruity Pebbles Cookies

Just for fun!

1 cup butter, softened
1¼ cups sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
2¼ cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups Fruity Pebbles cereal

Preheat oven to 375°.  In large bowl using electric mixer, cream butter and sugar.  Mix in egg and vanilla.  Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt.  Add Fruity Pebbles and mix just until combined.  Drop by scoopful onto cookie sheet. Bake for 9 minutes, pull out of oven just before they start to brown. Cool on cookie sheet about 3 minutes and transfer to cooling rack. Makes about 32 cookies.

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Coconut Almond Chex Mix

April Fools! The joke is, you make this recipe of Coconut Almond Chex Mix and you won’t be able to stop eating it! It is so very good, sweet and chewy. Oh dang it, in order to make this post I made this Chex Mix and it is sitting right here in my kitchen…I guess the joke is on me!

7 cups Rice Chex cereal
5 cups Golden Grahams cereal
1½ cups sweetened shredded coconut
1 cup sliced almonds
3/4 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup light corn syrup

In large bowl, stir together Rice Chex, Golden Grahams, coconut, and almonds. In large saucepan over medium heat, stir together butter, sugar, and corn syrup and bring to”soft ball” stage…about 235° on candy thermometer. Pour over cereal mixture and gently stir until all is well coated. If you want to add M&Ms, or other candies continue stirring until cooled enough not to melt when added. Spread mixture out onto silpat lined baking sheet to cool completely. Store in airtight container.

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