Healthier Monster Cheerio Bars
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Okay, aren’t these silly little Healthier Monster Cheerio Bars the cutest things ever? They just make me smile every time I look at them. Particularly, the little holes that look like mouths…I didn’t even plan that. They just formed naturally!
Monster Cereal Bars
These healthier Halloween treats are so delicious and you wouldn’t know that they are healthier than a regular Halloween treat!
Since we’re not at a point where we are giving our toddler sweets, Halloween presents an obvious challenge. I wanted to create a fun Halloween treat alternative that I would feel comfortable giving my son.
Now, after several attempts with this recipe, I found that I had to add more honey than I would have liked to get the Cheerios to stick together and not crumble when I cut them into bars. So having said that, I caution that this is probably my sweetest, most “sugary” recipe yet. I am comfortable giving our son these bars, but in moderation.
What You’ll Love About These Healthier Monster Cheerio Bars
Easy to make. Just mix all the ingredients together in a pot and pour into a baking dish to let set in the refrigerator!
Super delicious! These Cheerio Bars are hard to stop eating and are such a fun Halloween treat.
Customizable. You can use any nut butter instead of almond butter. You can also add fun extra ingredients like chia seeds or chocolate chips.
How to Make Healthier Monster Cereal Bars
STEP 1
In a large pot, heat coconut oil, almond butter, honey, and vanilla and stir well. Then, add in the Cheerios and stir until combined.
STEP 2
Pour Cheerio mixture into an 8×8 baking dish lined with parchment paper, pushing the Cheerios down so it all sits evenly.
STEP 3
Using a microwave-safe dish, heat all of the glaze ingredients, expect for cocoa powder, in the microwave for 30 seconds. Add the cocoa powder to the glaze and whisk until smooth. Drizzle the glaze evenly over the Cheerio mixture and then arrange the candy eyeballs along two opposite edges of the baking dish, leaving a little room between each pair so that you can cut it into bars once it has cooled.
STEP 4
Cool in the fridge for at least one hour to firm the bars up. Cut into 10 bars and store in the refrigerator.
Fun Topping Additions
– Add almond slivers to make fangs or silly eyebrows
– Slice a dried apricot in half to look like a mouth
– Use sprinkles to create hair
– Melt chocolate chips and create silly monster faces and hair instead of the chocolate glaze
More Healthy Dessert Recipes
Healthy Halloween Peanut Butter Date Spider Cookies
Gluten-Free Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies
Healthy Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies With Coconut
Healthier Monster Cheerio Bars
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- ½ cup almond butter
- ⅓ cup honey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 cups Cheerios
- 20 candy eyeballs
- 1 ½ tablespoon chia seeds
Chocolate Almond Butter Glaze
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 3 teaspoons honey
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons almond butter
- ¼ cup + 4 tablespoons almond milk
Instructions
- In a large pot, heat coconut oil, almond butter, honey, and vanilla. Stir well.
- Add Cheerios and stir until combined.
- Line an 8×8 dish with parchment paper, pour Cheerio mixture in, spreading and patting it down so it sits evenly.
- Using a microwave-safe dish, heat all glaze ingredients, expect for cocoa powder, in the microwave for 30 seconds.
- Add cocoa powder to the glaze and whisk until smooth.
- Drizzle glaze evenly over Cheerio mixture.
- Arrange candy eyeballs along two opposite edges of the baking dish, leaving a little room between each pair so that you can cut them into bars once it has cooled.
- Cool in the fridge for at least one hour.
- Cut into 10 bars and store in the refrigerator.