M&M Granola Bars are crunchy, delicious gooey bars made by cooking oats, M&M cookies, butter, flavours & nuts and shaped into bars. M&M Granola Bars are tasty & healthy way of relishing as breakfast & snacks when on diet & normal course. M&M Granola Bars makes the family crave for more.
Granola Bars are my favorite, yes I go crazy after any such energy bars with oats and Nature Valley is my favorite.This recipe is a nobake version and its very easy to put together.Hubby bought M and M candies so wanted to try few recipes with it and here is my first try.
Granola bars are not only my favorite, its our family favorite, nowadays even mittu likes it but for her sake I am adding powdered nuts else she will reject it.These M and M candies added such a nice twist in taste to these usual granola bars,Do try it and enjoy!
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M&M Granola Bars
Ingredients
- 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1/2 cup rice krispies
- 1/4 cup M and M candies
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 heaped tbsp peanut butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp mixed nuts I used almonds and pistachios
Instructions
- Take rolled oats in a pan, toast it for 5mins in low flame.
- Transfer to a mixing bowl. Add rice krispies to it.
- Crush the M and M candies and add to it (Reserve few for topping). I crushed using my chapathi roller. Give a quick mix and set aside.
- Take butter in a pan, add brown sugar to it.
- Add honey, then add peanut butter to it.
- Heat it up until it melts. Cook in low flame until it bubbles up now add oats mixture to it.
- I forgot to add vanilla essence so added it now. Give a quick stir, add chopped nuts.
- Mix well until everything is combined well. Transfer the mixture to a tin, level it using the back of a spoon.
- Sprinkle the remaining m and m candies and press it. Refrigerate it for at least 30mins.I used aluminum foil on the baking tray for easy demolding. Carefully remove it from the tin.
- Cut into small bars and enjoy M&M Granola Bars.
Notes
- You can replace M and M candies with gems.
- You can add the candies as such if you are using mini ones. I crushed and added the candies so it gets blended well with the bars.
- I placed the candies inside a zip lock bag and crushed it using a chapathi roller.
- Refrigerate until serving time. Keeps well even for about a week in fridge.
- I have used cane sugar and you can follow the recipe with regular sugar.
M&M Granola Bars Recipe Step by Step
- Take rolled oats in a pan, toast it for 5mins in low flame.Transfer to a mixing bowl.Add rice krispies to it.
- Crush the M and M candies and add to it(Reserve few for topping).I crushed using my chapathi roller.
- Give a quick mix and set aside.Take butter in a pan,add brown sugar to it.
- Add honey,then add peanut butter to it.
- Heat it up until it melts.Cook in low flame until it bubbles up, now add oats mixture to it.
- I forgot to add vanilla essence so added it at this stage.Give a quick stir,add chopped nuts.
- Mix well until everything is combined well.Transfer the mixture to a tin,Level it using the back of a spoon.
- Sprinkle the remaining m and m candies and press it.Refrigerate it for atleast 30mins.I used aluminum foil for easy demoulding.Carefully remove it from the tin.Cut into small bars and enjoy.
Serve as a snack or breakfast bar.
Refrigerate it and Serve as a snack or as a breakfast bar.
These bars look so colorful that kids will love it for their look itself!
Expert Tips
- You can replace M and M candies with gems.
- You can add the candies as such if you are using mini ones. I crushed and added the candies so it gets blended well with the bars.
- I placed the candies inside a zip lock bag and crushed it using a chapathi roller.
- Refrigerate until serving time. Keeps well even for about a week in fridge.
- I have used cane sugar and you can follow the recipe with regular sugar.
sweta
i couldn’t find rolled oats at my place can i replace with regular one? can i use Gems instead of M & M as we find Gems only at my place
Sharmilee J
Yes you can use quick cooking oats itself…Yes gems can be replaced
sweta
can i use demerara sugar as i ran out of brown sugar
Sharmilee J
Yes you can!
Jayasree Natarajan
Looks very appetizing.A small suggestion honey shouldn’t be cooked you lose all the important nutrients when cooking honey and it releases toxins when cooking.
Sharmilee J
Thank you for letting me know…But this is just heated up till it melts not cooked for more time
Annapoorni
Hi Sharmi,
My son does not like peanut butter.. what else can I use as its substitute? Can I use normal sugar in place of brown sugar?
Sharmilee J
You can skip peanut butter.Yes you can use normal sugar also
Sangeetha
Hi sharmi.. Its so attractive and tempting to try soon