No-bake Chewy Fruit and Nut Bars

Name: No-bake Chewy Fruit and Nut Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters creamy almond butter; 59 milliliters finely chopped bittersweet chocolate; 118 milliliters brown rice syrup; 2 Tbsps About butter; 237 milliliters dried tart cherries; 158 milliliters chopped dried apricots; 2 Tbsps packed light brown sugar; 355 milliliters puffed brown rice cereal; 237 milliliters whole roasted unsalted or raw almonds; 0 teaspoons salt

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give No-bake Chewy Fruit and Nut Bars a try. This recipe makes 20 servings with 99 calories, 2g of protein, and 4g of fat each. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up apricots, butter, brown rice syrup, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 20 minutes.

Instructions

Line an 8-in. square pan with foil. Butter foil. In a large bowl, stir together cereal, cherries, almonds, apricots, and chocolate.

Ingredients you will need

Chocolate

Apricot

Cherries

Almonds

Butter

Cereal

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Bowl

Aluminum Foil

Frying Pan

Combine 2 tbsp. butter, the sugar, syrup, almond butter, and salt in a small saucepan and cook, stirring, over medium heat until butter melts and mixture is smooth. Bring to a simmer and cook 1 minute, stirring constantly to prevent scorching. Immediately pour bubbling mixture over cereal mixture and stir until well combined.

Ingredients you will need

Almond Butter

Butter

Cereal

Sugar

Syrup

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Press mixture firmly into prepared pan, using lightly buttered hands. Chill until firm, about 1 hour. Tip out of pan onto a work surface and peel off foil. Using a sharp buttered knife, quarter mixture and then cut each quarter into 5 bars.

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Knife