These no bake OMG Honey Chex Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are outrageously yummy sweet treats and easy to make! They're delicious, crunchy bars made with a peanut butter and honey based layer and honey sweetened Chex cereal, then it's topped with a rich milk chocolate peanut butter ganache. Gluten-free too!
And I like to call them a.k.a "can't resist bars", because eating more than just one will not happen, when you take that first unforgiving bite.
Been there, done that...can't resist!
The melted peanut butter, salt and honey gets all intertwined in all those little crevices of the honey Chex. YUM!
These aren't made with corn syrup, like a lot of no-bake recipes use. Normally corn syrup is a preferred glue to keep the bars together, (and you can use corn syrup, if you wish in this recipe) but your favorite local honey does the trick very well indeed and I prefer using any healthier alternatives to corn syrup wherever I can.
I just used ½ the amount from the original recipe called for and the bars held together well and we've cut out a lot of sugar by reducing the sugar by a ½ cup, so how about that? That always makes me feel a little better after the fact. *LOL*
Also adding peanut butter to the milk chocolate ganache gives it a nice touch. The bars are great without the chocolate peanut butter ganache, if you want to leave it off. It's just a preference, right? But I'm all about the chocolate peanut butter ganache on top!
These Chex Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars are perfect portable treats for travel, kid snacking and parties when you want to please a crowd. Utter deliciousness & gluten-free! You're welcome!
If you are a no-bake lover, you'll love these desserts!
- No Bake Chocolate Caramel Nutty Crunch Bars
- Easy Oreo Pie
- Yummy Chocolate Granola Oat Bar Bites – Healthy & No Bake too!
- OREO Cheesecake No Bake Bars
- Butterfinger® Peanut Butter Cup Skulls Tombstone Treats
- ‘Awesome’ Peanut Butter Buckeye Rice Krispies
OMG Honey Chex Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Honey Chex Bars
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ to ½ teaspoon salt If you like saltier, use ½ teaspoon
- 5 ½ cups Honey Nut Chex™ cereal
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ganache
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips or 1 bag of milk chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons butter either unsalted or salted can be used
Instructions
- Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. Can also line with parchment paper or tin foil for easy removal and easier cutting into bars, spry with cooking spray.
- Peanut Butter Honey Chex Bars
- Using large microwaveable bowl, mix together the honey and sugar on High 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until mixture just begins to boil.
- Add in peanut butter and salt and mix well.
- Stir in cereal until evenly coated. Pour mixture into prepared pan and press mixture firmly into pan to even them out as much as possible.
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Ganache
- In medium microwavable bowl, microwave milk chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter on High 1 minute and mix until mixture is smooth and pourable. Spread evenly on top of bars.
- Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until chocolate is set.
- Cut into 32 bars.
Kim Lange says
Yes you can! Any chocolate that melts well is good! Enjoy Sharon!!
Sharon says
Hi there, Your recipe looks amazing and I can’t wait to make it. Quick question. Can I use semi sweet chocolate baking chips in this recipe? Thanks so very much! Sharon
Kim Lange says
Yay! I'm so glad you approve! Thank you so much Kennan!! xo
Kennan says
I made these Honey Chex Bars and they are FANTASTIC!!! They are quick and easy to make and I usually have most of the ingredients for this recipe on hand. I will definitely make this recipe again.
Kim Lange says
Yay! I hope you enjoy Shari! Miss you!! xo
Kim Lange says
Thanks Kelly! These were so fun and yummy to make and
Shari says
Hi Kim!!! These bars look sooo.. dang good, and easy!!:) I am making these babies today!!:) 🙂 🙂 thank you!!!
Laura says
If it has cereal, I can have it for breakfast too, right??? ??? These bars look AMAZING!!!!
Laura
Black Coffee Beautiful
Valentina says
These would be gone in a flash around me. Seriously, they would not be safe! YUM, YUM, YUM!
Kelly @ Kelly Lynns Sweets and Treats says
You are reading my mind with these! I just made something similar. Totally have to try your recipe now!
Kim Lange says
Thank you so much Catherine! They are super yummy without the corn syrup! xo
Catherine says
These look so incredible, there's no way I could resist them!! I love that you use honey instead of corn syrup, such a wonderful recipe, going to pin this right now!! 😀
Kim Lange says
Yay! Can't believe it's that time of year already! Thanks Annie!
annie@ciaochowbambina says
Yes, please!! We have our first tailgate of the season coming up...I know what I'm bringing!! YUM!
Laura says
Love a “not-too-sweet” treat, and this one looked perfect! Chex are the best for baking, aren’t they?