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Monday, April 18, 2011

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oat Bites

I love love love chocolate, peanut butter, & oats combined, I just think it is one of the best combos ever. So I was SO excited when I saw this recipe in All You magazine. I only had a to make a couple changes to make them gluten free. Our whole family loved these and we decided they were practically the same as a breakfast bar, I even ate one before a run the other day to give me a little extra energy;) 

Ingredients: 
  • 2 tbsp butter (I used Earth Balance)
  • 2/3 cup peanut butter (make sure it's gluten free, all natural is best)
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1 tsp gluten free vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cup crushed Rice Chex cereal
  • 1 cup gluten free oats
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips (I use Nestle Semi Sweet)
Directions:
  1. Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. 
  2. Remove pan from heat and stir in peanut butter, sugar, honey, & vanilla. (I had to keep it on low heat to get this to melt completely)
  3. Stir in oats & Rice Chex. Allow mixture to cool. (I didn't wait long enough and the chocolate chips melted, not really a big deal, just depends on if you want the chocolate chips whole or melted I guess). 
  4. Stir in chocolate chips . 
  5. Form into 1 inch balls and set on cookie sheet in refrigerator to harden. I stored mine in the a sealed container in the refrigerator but the actual recipe does not say you have to. 
Enjoy! 

1 comment:

  1. We used to make a similar version when I was growing up! May have to revisit these, they look so good. ~ Courtney

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