snack bars part deux

... Making a better snack bar 2! a rice, bran, peanut butter, chocolate and pistachio bar!

Have you ever noticed how many of the things we buy contain high fructose corn syrup and other nasty stuff? I won't get on my preachy hat too much... but I wanted to find a way to make some of my favorite high fiber 100 calorie-ish snack bars without the stuff that I shouldn't be eating! Well, there are a lot of do-it-yourself snack bars on the net and Laura found a few but all contained objectionable items. I suggested to Laura that we could make a quick substitution by taking out the suggested corn syrup and replacing it with honey ( that we buy at our local farmers market). The bar is the kind of high carbohydrate bar low in fats and protein that I enjoy... so we'll be doing some final tweaking before we call it a day... but here is what we have so far...
microwaving the honey and mixing the peanut butter thoroughly high fiber cereal mixing all the dry ingredients	Marshmallows 15 regular Bran cereal 1/2 cup Puffed crispie RICE 2 cup Old-fashioned oats, rolled oats 1 cup Honey :) 1/2 cup Oat bran, raw 1/4 cup Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt 2 tbsp Pistachios 1 1/4 cups mini chocolate chips 3 oz Salt, table 1/4 tsp Flaxseed 2 tbsp, whole Cinnamon, ground 1/2 tsp Wheat bran, crude 1/4 cup (58g) Preparation Toast oats in 350 degree oven for 15 mins. Combine peanut butter and honey, warm in microwave. Add oats and other dry ingredients in large bowl. Add honey and peanut butter. Add marshmallows and microwave for one min. Turn into greased 9X13 pan. Cool and cut into 24 bars. ( 6 x 4) REFORM BARS INTO TRADITIONAL AND FAMILIAR BAR SHAPE wrap & refrigerate Approximate caloric content per bar: 139
3 oz. of mini chocolate chips

cutting the marshmallows in thirds	chopping the pistachios

adding all the dry ingredients together	adding the honey and peanut butter to the dry ingredients

spread marshmallows evenly & microwave for 1 minute	stir

cutting the sections	reforming the bars

Stay tuned as we will be continuing to investigate many more fun combinations!

Preparation