Cheerios Nuggets
"My Senior VP gave everybody a small canning jar filled with this one Christmas. I was skeptical but really loved it. Also, I found out that HE had made it--not his wife. So, I figured how hard can it be and had to get the recipe. I make it often at the holidays and leave it in a big bowl for people to grab. You can add just about anything you want to go with the Cheerios. I have used whatever M&Ms or chips/morsels I have at home."
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- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
10 cups
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup margarine
- 1⁄4 cup light corn syrup
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 6 cups Cheerios toasted oat cereal
- 1 cup salted peanuts
- 1 cup raisins (optional)
- 1 cup M&M's plain chocolate candy (any variety) (optional)
directions
- Heat oven to 250°F.
- Grease 2 9x13-inch pans or jelly roll pans.
- Heat brown sugar, margarine, corn syrup , and salt in 2 quart saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until bubbly around edges.
- Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes longer.
- Remove from heat, stir in baking soda until foamy and light colored.
- Pour over cheerios, peanuts, raisins, and M&Ms in 4 quart bowl.
- Stir until mixture is coated and spread evenly in pans.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Stir, let stand until cool, about 10 minutes.
- Loosen mixture with metal spatula and let stand until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Break into bite-size pieces.
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Reviews
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It is delicious!We loved it!My daughter and I whipped it up this morning,and couldn't wait for it to cool before we dug in!Thanks for the recipe! -
This is great!! I took this on a family road trip, and it was fantastic!! Pretty easy to make, and the Cheerios make up at least some for the not-so-healthy sugar etc. :) Thanks!! I may make this again for our family vacation starting Thursday!! -
thank you for having this recipe my grandmother made it for me growing up now i can make it and enjoy it for myself ty ty ty -
My mom got this recipe years ago and my family loves it! It is so easy to make. I've never had it with M&M's...I'll have to try that. -
I can't stop eating this stuff. It's super-easy to make and so good. Since it makes 10 cups, I'm giving it away and everyone loves it also. It's easily vegan, just use dairy-free margarine and don't add chocolate candies. It's delicious with the raisins. I'd definitely add them.
