Peanut Butter Trail Mix Bars

A must for peanut butter lovers, these homemade trail mix bars are chock-full of granola, seeds, cranberries, and bran cereal.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 261 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup honey
• 1 cup dried cranberries
• 1 cup sunflower seeds
• 2 cups whole bran cereal
• 2 cups granola
• 1 cup instant nonfat dry milk
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• 1.5 cups peanut butter
• 0.5 cup brown sugar
• 0.75 cup raisins
• 0.25 cup ground flax seeds
• 0.75 cup almonds

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Mix together granola, bran cereal, dry milk, cranberries, sunflower seeds, almonds, raisins, and flax seeds in a large bowl.

Step 2

Bring honey, brown sugar, and salt to a boil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove from heat.

Step 3

Stir peanut butter and vanilla extract into the honey mixture until melted and combined.

Step 4

Add peanut butter-honey mixture to the dry ingredients and stir well to combine.

Step 5

Press mixture into a 9x13-inch baking pan lined with parchment or waxed paper.

Step 6

Refrigerate for 30 minutes before cutting into bars.