

Pour the peanut butter mixture into the cereal mixture and, working quickly, stir to coat the cereal.After stirring for about 5 minutes, remove from the heat and quickly stir in the peanut butter until smooth. It will boil for a few minutes while you are stirring. In a heavy sauce pan, combine the sugar and corn syrup and stir to combine over medium heat.Generously butter or layer with parchment paper, a 9"x13" pan. Measure the Cheerio's and chocolate chips into a large bowl and set aside.If you're looking for an easy and really good sweet snack or dessert, I highly recommend these. I have to admit I ate one to make sure they were ready to eat, then ate another one after taking the photos. These Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cheerio's Bars are chewy, sweet and salty - all of the components I like in a dessert! I do feel like we're being a little healthy (besides the corn syrup and sugar) in that the Cheerios and chocolate are good for you and peanut butter has a lot of protein. It's quick, easy, no-bake and delicious for snacking. We were needing something sweet in the house (yes, needing) and I remembered this recipe. Since we've been driving around looking at flowers, I haven't posted too many recipes. I hope you have the time to get out for a drive before they go away (or end up trampled from people standing in them and taking pictures!). So amazed that I forgot to take photos, but I'll never forget how beautiful the flowers were this Spring. On a mini-vacation, we drove Highway 16 from Fredricksburg to Llano and I was amazed the entire drive.

Along with the bluebonnets (the state flower), this year the Indian paintbrush, buttercups and spotted beebalm (I had to look that one up) are blanketing central Texas. The wildflowers in Texas are just beautiful in the Spring.
