No-Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars
Make no-bake peanut butter pretzel bars with crispy rice cereal, oat flour, agave, and nut butter for a salty-sweet snack that chills firm without an oven.
Prep
: 10
Total
: 25 minutes
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 cup crispy rice cereal brown or white
- 1/2 cup oat flour packed; blend oats to make it if needed
- 1/4 tsp salt adjust if nut butter is salted
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 5 tbsp agave syrup pure maple syrup may be substituted
- 3 tbsp peanut butter or another nut butter; gently warm if refrigerated
- 1 handful pretzels broken into pieces
- 1 batch peanut butter magic shell optional topping
Instructions
Instructions
- Line a 7-by-5-inch dish, or a small section of an 8-by-8-inch container, with parchment or wax paper.
- Stir the rice cereal, oat flour, and salt together in a bowl.
- In a larger bowl, stir the vanilla, agave, and peanut butter into a smooth, thin paste. Warm refrigerated peanut butter briefly if needed.
- Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and stir until every piece is evenly coated. Fold in the optional broken pretzels.
- Transfer to the lined dish. Fold the extra paper over the mixture and press it down firmly, using the bottom of a glass or another heavy object to compact it.
- Chill in the refrigerator or freezer until firm, about 30 minutes, then lift out and cut into 6 bars.