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Does your family go through “stage eating” like our family? By that I mean those weeks (or months) where you get hooked on a certain food or dish and it’s essentially all you want to eat or can think about making when it comes to mealtime? For instance, my kids will go through weeks where all they want for breakfast are Crepes or Waffle French Toast. Everyday. Most recently they’ve become hooked on cereal. My husband has been loyal to his healthy heritage flakes cereal for years and while my kids enjoy them too, I wanted to take advantage of their current cereal jones to introduce them to something new. That’s when I happened upon Bitsy’s Brainfood.
Cereal was my hands down favorite breakfast food as a kid and so, never wanting to deprive my kids of something I totally enjoyed, I always keep my eyes open for healthy cereal options. The story of how Bitsy’s Brainfood came to be got me totally inspired. The brand was founded by two moms who had started the first federally funded after school program to combat childhood obesity. They believe healthy bodies and healthy minds are connected and I love their mission to empower kids with the knowledge that fruits and veggies can be good for you and fun at the same time! Having realized that grocery stores were lacking healthy foods that were actually fun for kids too, they started Bitsy’s Brainfood.
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Bitsy’s Brainfood is made with organic fruits, veggies and whole grains in a peanut-free facility (with so many schools being nut-free these days there’s no worries about packing their products in the lunch box). And their packaging couldn’t be more kid friendly featuring fun “veggie facts” and word scrambles on the back, not to mention images of cereal that make you want to rip the package open and start eating it immediately.
After a few days of munching incessantly on their Green Berry Blast cereal I came up with my own version of nut-free cereal treats which I’m calling — naturally — Green Berry Blast Treats. Packed with protein from the addition of sunflower butter, these treats also have major visual appeal with their bright color and space shapes from the cereal. I think they’re absolutely addictive! If you’ve never made treats like this before you can watch this quick video to get a few great tips and tricks for success, but honestly, they’re really easy to make.
Green Berry Blast Treats
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup brown rice syrup
- 2/3 cup sunflower butter
- 4 cups Bitsy’s Brainfood Green Berry Blast Treats
Instructions
- In a large sauce pan, heat brown rice syrup and sunflower butter over low heat and whisk until melted and combined, about 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and pour over the cereal in a large bowl.
- Stir gently with a plastic spatula until completely combined.
- Pour into a greased 8 x 8 inch pan and press down to flatten the top (sometimes I put a zip lock bag on my hand like a glove, to press into the pan and flatten the treats).
- Cool for 5 minutes and cut into bars.
I would love to try out this recipe!!
We bought the cookies this week and I couldn’t believe they ate those beet cookies win win win!
My daughter loves their cereals! The only one she will eat in the morning!
Thanks for sharing this and all your recipes. All the ones I have tried, my kids love. (And my husband and I as well.)
I’ll have to look for these at Target to try them.
I’ve seen this line at Target and wondered how it is. Guess I’ll have to try it!
My kids and I love Bitsy’s Brainfood! I used to order it online but got excited when I found it at Target. I would love to win some of their products!
How cool! Looks great..will definitely be looking for this!!
Wow – didn’t know these were at Target. Thanks for the tip & recipe!
My family does get hooked on one food type for breakfast especially! Love these recipes.
These sound very interesting and I would be very interested in trying these at some point. 🙂
Looks interesting. I have never heard of these before, but looks great!
Love trying out new products, and this one looks so yummy! Thanks got sharing! And, for the giveaway!
Never heard of this cerebral. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Appreciate that it is manufactured in peanut-free facility. Love that these cereal bars are bound without marshmallows, which most have corn syrup. Thank you!
I’m going to Target this morning and I have to pickup some of these yummy goodies! Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
I can’t wait to try this recipe! Will be making a trip to Target soon.