Use-it-up Snack Bars

We had some small people visiting lately and there’s breakfast cereal that we won’t eat so I figured it would make the basis for a good snack bar.

I tend to buy bars for emergencies. But I always think about making my own.

This gave me a good opportunity to see what else was lurking in the cupboard.

So how would I do this?

I’m not a great cook and I have a habit of being too experimental.
I started by melting cashew nut butter, agave syrup and appelstroop in a pan over a low heat.

There was about 3 tbsp of agave so I found the appelstroop as well. It was about two thirds of a cup. I used about the same amount of the cashew but butter.

(Other syrup would do.)

Meanwhile I added dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl.

3 cups chocolate cereal
1/2 cup chopped unsalted cashew nuts
1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1 cup dried porridge oats
3 tablespoons chia seed

I stirred the melted mixture into the dry ingredients. It wasn’t easy but it worked in the end.

Then I pressed it into two brownie tins that I’d lined with grease proof paper.

Then I put them in the fridge.

For as long as I could stand it!

It wasn’t easy to cut it up so I broke it into chunks. It also was a bit ugly during creation so that’s why the photos are sparse.

But it was is delicious!

It won’t last long!