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Starting from the time my kids had them as one of their very first finger foods, Trader Joe’s O’s have remained a household favorite. Between Chloe scarfing dry fistfuls of it every morning for breakfast and Kenya slurping it down with rice milk by the bowlful, we go through a lot of O’s each week. In an effort to make food exciting for kids, I’m always trying to take ingredients they love and feature them in recipes they’ll hopefully adore even more.
This is my healthy take on the cereal bars you can buy at the grocery, but I used “O” cereal and decided to mold them into a cookie shape instead of a bar. These aren’t exactly a tough sell no matter what shape you make them into, but I find going with cookies adds to the fun visual appeal. Not to mention I sometimes feel like I could serve my kids drywall for breakfast and simply by calling it a cookie would increase its chances of being consumed tenfold.
No matter whether you decide to make cookies, bars or balls, have fun making them and be careful, they’re totally addictive. “Oh” yeah!!
Cereal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup nut butter (almond, peanut or sunflower)
- 1/2 cup rice syrup
- 4 cups O’s Cereal (you can use whatever “O”-type cereal you like: Cheerios, Trader Joe’s O’s, etc.)
Instructions
- Place the nut butter and rice syrup in a small saucepan over low to medium heat and warm for 2 minutes or until it becomes smooth and combined.
- Place the cereal in a bowl, pour the warm nut butter/rice syrup mixture into the bowl with the cereal and stir to combine.
- Shape into cookies (I used a mini ice cream scooper to scoop out each portion, but you could also use a tablespoon). You can also place the mixture into a 9 x 9 inch ungreased pan, pat down and then cut into bars. As the O’s mixture cools, it will harden.
Nutrition
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We haven’t tried freezing them since they are gone after a day or two but if you try it let me know!
Anyone tried freezing these? Will they freeze okay?
Loved them!
What kind of nut butter did you use?
What might have I screwed up with this simple recipe? I did them in a pan and flattened them hoping to cut them into little bars. It never firmed up and just all broke apart. I used the rice syrup as called for. Maybe it was the brand of O’s I used.
Just made these with the kids and they are a huge hit! We used 1 tsp. of organic vanilla extract which gave it a really nice flavor! Thanks so much and keep those yummy recipes coming!
Yes, you need to use rice syrup because of its tacky consistency and it will help the bars stay together. I’m glad everyone loves them!
I tried to use agave and my bars just fell apart while eating them. I’ll try this again using the rice syrup. Everyone loved it!
You can find Rice Syrup at Whole Foods or any health food’s store. Yes it is so much better than corn syrup!
where do you get rice syrup? any grocery store? is it better for you than corn syrup (i hope)?
thanks!
Have you looked for Rice Syrup? It should be at your local whole foods or any health foods store.
How about corn syrup? I still can’t find agave syrup here in Mexico City.
Unfortunately, Agave and Honey would not work because rice syrup has a sticky tacky texture and a neutral flavor that they do not. Also, rice syrup allows the mixture to stick together and it would not work well with agave and honey.
how about using raw honey or maple syrup? much better than agave or “rice syrup”
Oooooh, yes, will agave work? I want to make these right now! 🙂
Can I use Agave Syrup in place of Rice Syrup?