Recipe: No Bake Granola Bars

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Recipe(tried): No-Bake Granola Bars
Posted By: Jeanette, Wisc :)
Date: November 1st 1998
Board: recipelink.com Cooking Club

2 1/2 cups Rice Krispies
2 cups quick cooking oats
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Combine cereal, oats and raisins in a large bowl. In a small saucepan, heat the corn syrup and brown sugar to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in the peanut butter and vanilla extract and blend until smooth. Pour this over the cereal mixture and mix well. Add chocolate chips (optional) and mix thoroughly. Press into an ungreased 13 by 9 inch baking dish. Cool. Cut into bars.

Note: Any type of unsweetened cereal may be used in place of rice cereal (but both my mother and I considered the version she made with Cheerios inferior to the Rice Krispies version. Dad disagrees :-).

The chocolate chips may be omitted, if desired.