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With life as busy as it is, it has been truly beneficial for us to prepare a few snack items and meals in advance. Though I am not very good when it comes to planning ahead, this is my goal for the New Year. My first experiment? Yummy, wholesome snacks.
I love my husband dearly, but when he goes grocery shopping, he typically comes home with cereal surely to rot your teeth out. Cookies and milk cereal? Chocolate infused flakes with sugar? Yeah, not in the least bit good for your chompers. So, I made a trip to Walmart and stocked up on some of Quaker’s cereal. I have always loved Quaker Life cereal and now my kids do as well. In addition to Life, I added a couple other Quaker flavors including Quaker® Oatmeal Squares, Quaker® Real Medleys, and Quaker® Simply Granola. Then, when I got back home, I decided to do something a little different with Quaker® Simply Granola.
Not only will the kids have a different option for breakfast, I thought I would whip up some snacks that would also give them nutrients…without them really knowing. I would feel better about the kiddos grabbing these instead of the pastries and crackers and cheese they normally stuff in their backpacks.
So here’s the snack I am going to try out on my kids as they gear up to go back to school after their holiday break.
Ladies and gents, I introduce to you, the Quaker Simply Granola Snack Balls.
Step 1: Melt 3 Tbsps of butter in a medium sized saucepan on low heat, along with 4 cups of mini marshmallows. Stir in 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter. Mix constantly until completely melted.
Step 2: Pour in 4-5 cups of Simply Granola cereal into the melted marshmallow mixture.
Step 3: Dump mixture onto parchment paper and form the mixture into mini granola balls.
Step 4: Let cool and enjoy!
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I make my own granola quite often to take with me when we travel. Fresh always tastes so much better than the already made up. Who knows what they put in that stuff.
I agree that these snacks are perfect for both adults and kids alike. I would love to make these for my boys.
I am going to have to make some of these for myself. My kids enjoy doing stuff like this with me.
That looks like some healthy & delicious snacks! Yum 🙂
Yum! Looks like a super yummy snack! I can see my kids just loving these. I’ll have to try this out for sure.
I love Quaker cereal1 These Granola Snack Balls sound amazing! I would love to try making these some time! Thanks for sharing!
This sounds so simple but very yummy, this is something I’d love to make!
Yum! I’m going to make this for a New Year’s Eve snack. 🙂 Looks so delicious!
These are just so fun! My son would love to help in the kitchen with these. I hope they were tasty too!
This is such a fun idea, thanks for sharing #client
This looks so good! I am going to have t try it!
I bet this tastes yummy! Chocolate anything is good and I love Quaker.
Those sound awesome. My family would love those.
This is such a great snack recipe for kids. It has such wholesome ingredients too.
Those are great, they look easy to make, healthy too!
Those look so yummy! And easy, too! That’s always a plus!
Ohh these sound good – I admit I do love a nice granola snack – however not tried making my own before.
This looks like a great recipe. I have a little boy who eats oatmeal every.single.day for breakfast.. Not even exaggerating. I wonder if he would enjoy these.
I make my own granola but I use oats instead of the cereal type. This looks like a fun and quick treat to make with the kiddo.
These sound absolutely delicious! My kids love granola so this would be a welcome treat.
These do look great. My husband is the same with cereal, he’ll get the sugary kind first, every single time. 😉
Oh I will be trying this! My kids are always asking for snacks constantly so why not something like this? Sounds perfect and delicious!
I love granola. I don’t buy granola bars anymore because I learned to make them last year and find that they are way better and I can make far more varieties when I do it myself.
What a great breakfast idea! Yummy and healthy too
We love Quaker cereal. I love this idea to make it into a snack.
I love most Quaker cereals…especially their oatmeal. This sounds like it would be delicious granola. I will have to give it a try.
We love to make our own granola too! I love the idea of making them into little snack balls. They would be perfect for lunch boxes!
I’ve never has this cereal, but it looks like something that my family would enjoy a lot.
I love Quaker’s oats and honey cereals! Never thought of making snack balls out of them though! Yum!
It’s nice to have a grab and go breakfast like this for the mornings. I am often too busy to cook breakfast.
perfect for kids and adults indeed – and healthy too.
These look really good. I am going to make some this week as they sound like the perfect after school treat for the kids.
I saw these when we went grocery shopping. I think my kids would love to try them next time we shop. 🙂