Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bars Quaker Copycat Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Spray a 8x8 pan lightly with cooking spray.
• Mix your oats and cereal together in a large bowl.
• In a small saucepan melt butter, brown sugar and honey on medium high heat until melted. Once it begins to bubble change heat to low and stir for 2 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from burner and stir in your vanilla.
• Pour your hot mixture over your oats mixture. Stir well. You want to make sure every single piece of oats and cereal is coated.
• Pour your mixture into your greased pan and push down with spatula to flatten it.
• Sprinkle chocolate chips over top evenly. Use your spatula to press them down so they are embedded in the bars.
• Cover with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator to set for at least 1 hour, or until firm.
• Take out and cut into bar sizes. Store in airtight container in refrigerator to keep them fresh.

CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP GRANOLA BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together the brown sugar, peanut butter, corn syrup, applesauce, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, stir together the oats, chocolate chips, mini marshmallows, cereal rings and wheat germ. Stir the dry ingredients into the peanut butter mixture until evenly coated. Press lightly into the prepared pan.
• Bake or 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until slightly golden. Cool in the pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars.