Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal Bars
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Creamy and crunchy with the perfect blend of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal and marshmallows creates this easy cereal bar recipe.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bars are always popular at potlucks and the kids love them as an after school snack.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bars Recipe
Growing up my mom made cereal bars for all of our classroom parties and get togethers with lots of kids. She uses one box of cereal with one bag of mini marshmallows and half a stick of butter.
This combination works perfectly in our Captain Crunch Cereal Bars and Valentine’s Treats!
After testing our Cocoa Puffs Bars and Unicorn Cereal Treats with marshmallow creme we learned that the ingredients really depend on the cereal.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch is a sweeter cereal to start with, so we suspected that mini marshmallows alone would work best. Here are the results of three variations and our comments on each option.
Testing Combinations of Marshmallows and Marshmallow Creme
We experimented with three versions of this recipe and like the first option the best!
1 – A box of cereal, a bag of mini marshmallows and about half a stick of butter creates the perfect consistency to hold together and is a bit gooey.
2 – A box of cereal, half a bag of mini marshmallows and half a can of marshmallow creme with half a stick of butter. This option is less gooey and the pieces fell apart more easily.
3 – A bit more than a box of cereal, a bag of mini marshmallows plus half a can of marshmallow creme with half a stick of butter. Very gooey and almost too sweet in our opinion.
Ingredients Needed
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch – a regular size box works great and is 12 ounces.
- Mini Marshmallows – a small sized bag is 10 ounces.
- Butter – margarine can work, but we always use butter out of principal.
Adding peanut butter to the melted marshmallows is dreamy in our Reese’s Puffs Cereal Bars and is a great way to add protein.
Step By Step Instructions
Have box of cereal open and ready to pour. Lightly coat a 9 x 13″ pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Using a dutch oven melt butter over medium heat for about 4 to 5 minutes.
When butter is nearly melted add mini marshmallows.
Stir often until the marshmallows are almost not recognizable.
Just before they are finished melting remove from the burner as the residual heat will finish melting them.
Quickly add the cereal and stir into the marshmallows.
Pour into the pan and with clean hands that are wet pat the top until level. Be quick, confident and pat firmly. Keep hands wet.
Let marshmallows set up for about 30 minutes before cutting and serving.
Recipe Tips and Tricks
- There are 9 cups of cereal in a 12 ounce box.
- Have ingredients and pan laid out and sprayed before starting the recipe.
- Store in an airtight container or use a 9 x 13″ pan with a tight fitting lid.
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Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal Bars
Author: JenniferIngredients
- 12 ounce box Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 10 ounce bag mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Coat a 9 x 13" pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Melt butter in a pot over medium heat.6 tablespoons butter
- When butter is mostly melted add mini marshmallows and stir often until nearly melted.10 ounce bag mini marshmallows
- Remove pan from heat and stir in cereal.12 ounce box Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal
- Quickly pour in pan and using clean, wet hands pat the top smooth.
- Let set up for about an hour then cut into squares and serve.