Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal Bars with Chocolate Chips

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Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal Bars with Chocolate Chips bring together peanut butter crunch cereal, marshmallows, butter, and chocolate chips in a pan of cuttable bars. Created by cookingwithcj, this recipe follows a simple melt, mix, pour, sprinkle, cool, and cut process.

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Watch How to Make It

The bars are made in a greased 9×13 dish, then cooled for 30 minutes before cutting. Chocolate chips are sprinkled over the top after the cereal is added to the dish.

A box of Capn Crunchs Peanut Butter Crunch cereal is being poured into a large pot on a stove, with a spoon inside the pot.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

This recipe uses peanut butter crunch cereal as the base, with melted butter and marshmallows holding the cereal together. The chocolate chips are added at the end of the assembly process, over the top of the bars.

The method is direct from start to finish. Once the butter and marshmallows are melted, the cereal is mixed in, transferred to the dish, topped with chocolate chips, and left to cool before serving.

A hand stirs large white marshmallows melting in a metal pot on a stove, with a black and white towel nearby on a wooden countertop.

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Ingredients You'll Need

Peanut butter crunch cereal is mixed into the melted butter and marshmallows. The recipe uses 4 cups of cereal, 3 ounces of butter, and 3 cups of marshmallows.

Chocolate chips are sprinkled over the assembled cereal bars. Use 1 cup of chocolate chips for the top.

A hand holding a towel grips a pot handle as a spoon stirs cereal and melted marshmallows in a metal pot on a stovetop.

How To Make It

Melt the butter and marshmallows together. Mix in the peanut butter crunch.

Pour into a greased 9×13 dish. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top.

A glass baking dish filled with a cereal and marshmallow mixture sits on a wooden surface, with a container of chocolate chips in the background.

Let cool for 30 minutes. Cut into bars, serve and enjoy. Serving & Variations

A spatula scrapes a sticky mixture of marshmallows and cereal from a pot into a glass baking dish on a wooden surface.

Serve the bars after they have cooled for 30 minutes and been cut. The chocolate chips remain sprinkled over the top from the assembly step.

A metal pot filled with thick white liquid being stirred with a white spatula, sitting on a stovetop with a wooden countertop in the background.

For the most straightforward process, keep the chocolate chips for the top rather than mixing them into the cereal. That follows cookingwithcj's order of adding the cereal to the dish first, then sprinkling the chocolate chips over it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What size dish should I use for Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal Bars?

Use a greased 9x13 dish.

When do I add the chocolate chips?

Sprinkle the chocolate chips over the top after pouring the mixture into the greased dish.

How long should the bars cool before cutting?

Let the bars cool for 30 minutes before cutting them into bars.

How many servings does this recipe make?

This recipe makes 10 servings.

Wrapping Up

These Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal Bars with Chocolate Chips use a melted butter and marshmallow base, peanut butter crunch cereal, and a chocolate chip topping. Cool, cut, serve, and enjoy. Recipe created by cookingwithcj for Trust Me Try It.