US Customary
Metric
▢6 tablespoons unsalted butter
▢⅔ brown sugar , packed
▢6 tbsp honey
▢3 cups rolled oats
▢1 ½ cups Rice Krispies cereal
▢½ cups graham crackers , crushed in pieces and crumbs
▢½ teaspoon Kosher salt
▢½ cup mini chocolate chips
▢½ cup cereal marshmallows
(I cut this rescipe in half time 2 and it's perfect)
Instructions
Spray an 8x8 inch pan with canola oil or baking spray and line just the bottom of the pan with some parchment paper.
In a small pot over medium heat add the butter, brown sugar and honey and whisk on medium heat until bubbling then cook exactly for 2 minutes.
In a large bowl add the oats, cereal, graham crackers and salt then pour the butter mixture over the cereal and whisk it together carefully to combine well then let it cool for 20 minutes.
Add in the marshmallows and mini chocolate chips gently then press into your pan gently but slightly packed down and let it solidify in the refrigerator before slicing for 2 hours.
Granola Bar Flavor Variations:
Oreo Granola Bars: Swap Oreo crumbs in place of the graham cracker crumbs and white chocolate chips in place of the semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Oatmeal Raisin Granola Bars: Add 1 cup raisins, 1 teaspoons cinnamon and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg in place of the chocolate chips and marshmallows.
Chocolate Chip Granola Bars: Double the chocolate chips, increase rice cereal to 2 cups and skip the marshmallows and graham cracker crumbs.
Monster Granola Bars: Swap marshmallows for ¼ mini m&ms and ¼ cup chopped peanuts.
Turtle Granola Bars: Swap marshmallows for chewy caramel bits and pretzel crumbs instead of graham cracker crumbs.
Peanut Butter Granola Bars: Add half peanut butter and half honey, swap peanut butter chips for chocolate chips and chopped peanuts for marshmallows for the ultimate peanut butter granola bars (this recipe can also be made with Almonds using almond butter and chopped almonds).
Dark Chocolate Cherry: Swap out the marshmallows for dried cherries, the semi-sweet chips for chopped dark chocolate and increase rice cereal to 2 cups and skip graham cracker crumbs.
