Chewy Chocolate Chip Cereal Bars
Looking for the perfect, easy-to-throw-together snack bar recipe? I've got you! With a layer of salty pretzel crust, topped with sweetened condensed milk, crisped rice cereal, melty chocolate and finished off with some more salty pretzels, these Chewy Chocolate Chip Cereal Bars are sure to become a staple in your house.
Servings: 24
Calories: 170kcal
Ingredients
- 10 ounces mini twist pretzels with salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips or chunks
- 1 cup crisped rice cereal such as Rice Krispies
- 1 cup mini twist pretzels with salt broken into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF (177ºC). Spray a 9x13 inch pan with nonstick cooking spray or coat with butter. Set aside
- Add pretzels to food processor and pulse into fine crumbs. You should get about 2 cups of crushed pretzels.10 ounces mini twist pretzels with salt
- Add melted butter to pretzel crumbs and mix thoroughly to coat pretzel crumbs.½ cup unsalted butter
- Press into the bottom of greased pan in an even layer.
- Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over the top of the crust.14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- Sprinkle the chocolate chunks on top of sweetened condensed milk followed by the rice cereal then top with the pretzel pieces.1 cup semisweet chocolate chips or chunks, 1 cup crisped rice cereal, 1 cup mini twist pretzels with salt
- Press toppings down firmly using your hands so pieces are held in place.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20 - 25 minutes or until top of cereal bars are just starting to brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely then cut into squares and serve
Notes
- Wrap snack bars tightly with plastic wrap and store at room temperature for up to a week. Store in the refrigerator to keep longer. These should keep for a few weeks in the fridge
- Whatever chocolate you have on hand works best (chips or chunks) and it's one less ingredient you have to run out to the store to buy. Win!
Nutrition
Serving: 1servings | Calories: 170kcal | Carbohydrates: 25.1g | Protein: 3.2g | Fat: 7.3g | Saturated Fat: 4.2g | Cholesterol: 10.7mg | Sodium: 174.9mg | Fiber: 1.8g | Sugar: 6.6g
