Lucky Charms Cereal Bar

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This Lucky Charms Cereal Bar recipe is a fast and easy snack perfect for St Patrick's Day! Gluten free.

This Lucky Charms Cereal Bar is a fun St. Patrick’s Day recipe! Gluten free and great for a snack or treat.

Lucky Charms Cereal Bars scattered on a wood surface with marshmallows and cereal around them

I love fun St. Patrick’s Day recipes like these marshmallow cereal bars!

I remember my sister always trying to pick out just the marshmallows and leaving the cereal. These bars get around that while still being delicious and fun!

I was not much of a cereal person but always loved the colors of these marshmallows. I wish they had the unicorn ones when I was little!

A close up of a Lucky Charms Cereal Bar

Consider these Lucky Charms Cereal Bars as a kid friendly meal prep item!

They take just minutes to put together and are a perfect snack, or even breakfast, to grab on the go.

A pile of the bars on parchment with cereal around it

Cereal Bar Ingredients

This Lucky Charms Cereal Bar is flexible for what you have on hand or prefer!

I love to use yogurt chips mixed in with the cereal. You could also use white chocolate chips, but then it turns into more of a dessert bar.

Alternatively, you can skip the chips and just add more cereal.

Peanut butter can be replaced with any favorite nut butter, like almond butter.

And I like maple syrup, especially since it uses a good amount of it in this recipe, but you could also swap it for honey, agave, or any other sticky syrup.

Several treats on parchment with cereal pieces

What are Cereal Bars?

Cereal bars are somewhat new to me that I learned about rather recently.

They are made primarily with cereal and mixed with things like nut butters, honey, and maple syrup to get them sticky enough to form into bars.

These are made with Lucky Charms Cereal which make them fun for St. Patrick’s Day as a snack, dessert, or easy breakfast.

I love how the marshmallows bring pops of color and fun marshmallow shapes to the bars!

And since Lucky Charms are gluten free, so are these treat bars!

Lucky Charms Cereal Bars scattered on a wood surface

Storing the Cereal Bars

You can keep these cereal bars in an airtight container for up to a week.

They might be a little sticky, so if desired you can wrap each in parchment paper. Or just put paper between stacked layers.

The cereal bars are best when still soft!

Close up of a Lucky Charms Cereal Bar surrounded by cereal pieces
Pin image for Lucky Charms Cereal Bar of a bar close up with title at bottom

Lucky Charms Cereal Bar

This Lucky Charms Cereal Bar recipe is a fast and easy snack perfect for St Patrick's Day! Gluten free.
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Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Gluten Free, Vegetarian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooling Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 10 bars
Calories: 216kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Line an 8×8 inch baking dish with parchment paper. Spray the parchment with nonstick spray.
  • Melt the peanut butter and maple syrup together in the microwave by heating for 30 seconds in a small bowl.
  • In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients. Stir to combine.
  • Pour the cereal mixture into the baking sheet and press into an even layer.
  • Chill for 30 minutes in the refrigerator for the bars to set.
  • Remove from the refrigerator, remove from the pan with the parchment, and cut into bars.
  • Store in an airtight container for up to a week.

Notes

You could use any nut butter in place of peanut butter.
Yogurt chips are a fun addition to these bars. White chocolate chips also work, although much sweeter, or the 1/2 cup can be replaced with additional cereal instead.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bar | Calories: 216kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 174mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 356IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 96mg | Iron: 3mg
By on January 11th, 2021

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Kim has grown up with a passion for cooking good food! You can find her in the kitchen experimenting with new recipes, making dog treats, and eating Italian food!

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