Recipe: Holiday Cutout Cereal Bars (no bake, using Honey Nut Cheerios and marshmallows)

HOLIDAY CUTOUT CEREAL BARS

6 cups Honey Nut Cheerios cereal
1/3 cup margarine or butter
4 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows (or 48 large marshmallows)
Frosting for decorating (optional)
Candy decorations (optional)

Butter rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches.

Place cereal in 4-quart bowl.

Heat margarine and marshmallows in 3-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth. Pour over cereal in bowl; stir until cereal is well coated.

Press evenly in pan, using buttered back of spoon. Refrigerate about 1 hour or until firm.

Loosen edges of cereal mixture with metal spatula; remove from pan. Cut into desired shapes with about 3-inch cookie cutters that are deep enough to cut through cereal mixture. Decorate with frosting and candy decorations, if desired.

Makes 12 to 16 bars
From: Recipelink.com
Source: Recipe booklet: Glorious Holidays, Betty Crocker Creative Recipes No. 75, December 1992