Allergy Friendly Chocolate Covered Cherry Granola Bars
Ingredients:
- 2½ cups crisp rice cereal (see notes)
- 1½ cups 1 minute quick-cooking or old-fashioned oats, gluten-free (see notes)
- ½ cup Dried Cherries
- ½ cup dark chocolate chips (vegan/GF/nut safe)
- ¾ cup SunButter Natural Sunflower Seed Spread
- ¼ cup raw honey
- ¼ cup pure maple syrup
- ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
Directions:
Spray or lightly oil a 9×13″ pan. Line with parchment paper cut to fit the bottom of the pan and up the end sides. Spray or oil the paper.
Mix the cereal, oats, cherries, and chocolate chips in a large bowl.
Add the Sunbutter, honey, maple syrup, and brown sugar to a medium mixing bowl. Heat in the microwave for 1 minute on high. Remove and stir until smooth.
Add to dry mix and stir until thoroughly combined with a silicone spatula. Pack into prepared pan, pressing down evenly.
Let cool for an hour, cut with a sharp knife into bars. Wrap each bar individually. For best storage, keep it in the refrigerator or freezer until snack time.
Notes:
I have found the store brands safer on crisp rice cereal than the name brand—mostly due to the ingredient list. Does one need high fructose corn syrup in it? No. So read the labels; you might also find the generic looks better.
I don’t often keep quick oats in the house, so I take regular old-fashioned oats and run them through my mini-food chopper to blitz up a bit. This works just fine.