These No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars are perfect for when those cravings strike. Filled with Honey Nut Cheerios, honey roasted peanuts, pretzels, and chocolate candies, these bars are the perfect combination of sweet and salty. With no oven required and minimal ingredients, you can have these bars prepped and ready to be devoured in no time!

These No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars are perfect for when those cravings strike. Filled with Honey Nut Cheerios, honey roasted peanuts, pretzels, and chocolate candies, these bars are the perfect combination of sweet and salty. With no oven required and minimal ingredients, you can have these bars prepped and ready to be devoured in no time!

Let’s talk about cereal for a minute.

Are you a cereal fanatic? Only eat it once in a while? Or left it behind in your childhood?

Let’s start with the hubster. He loves cereal, but he’s a total creature of habit. Cheerios are his cereal of choice. Not the honey nut version, not the chocolatey ones, just plain ‘ole Cheerios. For as long as I’ve known him, that’s the only cereal he eats.

Myself, on the other hand? I loooove cereal! I feel like I actually enjoy it more now as an adult than I did as a kid. And that’s probably because I loving munching on the kid-approved cereals that take me back to my childhood, such as Fruity Pebbles (my favorite!), Froot Loops, and Trix. With the occasional Special K or Honey Bunches of Oats variety thrown in for when I want to feel more adult-like.

While I don’t slurp down a bowl every day, cereal is a treat that I enjoy every now and then.

These No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars are perfect for when those cravings strike. Filled with Honey Nut Cheerios, honey roasted peanuts, pretzels, and chocolate candies, these bars are the perfect combination of sweet and salty. With no oven required and minimal ingredients, you can have these bars prepped and ready to be devoured in no time!

And I’ve decided to resurrect my love for this breakfast food by making these sweet and salty cereal bars.

These No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars are perfect for when those cravings strike. Filled with Honey Nut Cheerios, honey roasted peanuts, pretzels, and chocolate candies, these bars are the perfect combination of sweet and salty. With no oven required and minimal ingredients, you can have these bars prepped and ready to be devoured in no time!

Let’s face it, team sweet and salty wins every time. Am I right?

And you can’t get much better than this, friends. The sweetness from the Honey Nut Cheerios, pretzel M&Ms (which also doubly as salty!), and milk chocolate M&Ms pairs perfectly with the saltiness from the from the honey roasted peanuts and pretzels.

Mix that all together and you have an a deliciously sweet and salty, ooey-gooey, chewy cereal bar! Perfect for breakfast, dessert, or any time in between, these bars will definitely cure those munchies whenever they strike!

These No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars are perfect for when those cravings strike. Filled with Honey Nut Cheerios, honey roasted peanuts, pretzels, and chocolate candies, these bars are the perfect combination of sweet and salty. With no oven required and minimal ingredients, you can have these bars prepped and ready to be devoured in no time!

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  • These No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars are perfect for when those cravings strike. Filled with Honey Nut Cheerios, honey roasted peanuts, pretzels, and chocolate candies, these bars are the perfect combination of sweet and salty. With no oven required and minimal ingredients, you can have these bars prepped and ready to be devoured in no time!

    No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars

    Yield: 16 bars
    Prep Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
    These No-Bake Sweet and Salty Cereal Bars are perfect for when those cravings strike. Filled with Honey Nut Cheerios, honey roasted peanuts, pretzels, and chocolate candies, these bars are the perfect combination of sweet and salty. With no oven required and minimal ingredients, you can have these bars prepped and ready to be devoured in no time!

    Ingredients
     

    • 4 cups Honey Nut Cheerios
    • 1 cup honey roasted peanuts
    • 1 cup Pretzel M&Ms, or other M&Ms of your choice
    • 1 cup pretzel sticks, roughly chopped
    • ¾ cup milk chocolate chips
    • cup packed light brown sugar
    • ½ cup light corn syrup
    • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter

    Instructions
     

    • Line an 8x8 square baking pan with aluminum foil. Generously coat with cooking spray. Set aside.
    • In a large bowl, combine the cheerios, peanuts, M&Ms, pretzels, and chocolate chips. Set aside.
    • In a small bowl, add the brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter. Microwave on medium power until mixture is boiling and sugar is dissolved. Stir thoroughly and then set aside to cool.
    • Once sugar mixture has cooled slightly, pour over cereal mixture and toss to coat. Pour mixture into prepared pan and press down firmly.
    • Refrigerate for an hour, then cut into bars.

    Notes

    Calories: 246kcal, Carbohydrates: 35g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 11g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 5mg, Sodium: 99mg, Potassium: 112mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 26g, Vitamin A: 243IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 61mg, Iron: 3mg
    Cuisine: American
    Course: Breakfast, Dessert
    Author: Gayle
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