PEANUT BUTTER CHEERIO BARS

INGREDIENTS
3½ cups multigrain peanut butter cheerios
¾ cup creamy peanut butter
¼ cup butter
⅓ cup light corn syrup
1 cup milk chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups peanut butter chips
optional: coarse sea salt
INSTRUCTIONS:
Place cheerios in a large bowl. Line a 8x8 or 9x9 inch pan with nonstick foil.
Combine peanut butter, butter, syrup, and chocolate chips in a medium sauce pan and stir over medium heat until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Pour mixture over cheerios and stir to coat well. Transfer to prepared pan and press firmly to flatten. Preheat oven to 350. Sprinkle peanut butter chips over cheerio bars. Bake 2-3 minutes. Remove pan from oven, spread melty chips evenly with a rubber spatula or the back of a spoon. Immediately sprinkle coarse sea salt over the top of the bars if you have some.
Chill 4 hours. Remove from pan, cut into bars.



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