No-Bake Butterscotch Snack Bites
Do your kids need a delicious energy boost after school? Feeling snacky on a road trip? Try these quick and easy no-bake butterscotch treats. Melted butterscotch paired with crisp cereal, oats and nuts - treat your kids to a yummy and easy snack on the go.
Yield: 24 servings
Ingredients
- 3 cups toasted rice cereal
- 1 cup quick oats
- 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, pecans and/or almonds
- 1 2/3 cups (11 ounce package) Nestle® Toll House® Butterscotch Flavored Morsels, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
Instructions
- Paper-line or lightly grease 24 muffin cups.
- Combine cereal, oats, nuts, 1/2 cup morsels and salt in large mixing bowl.
- Melt remaining morsels and corn syrup in uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%) power for 1 minute; stir. Morsels may retain some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10 to 15 second intervals, stirring just until morsels are melted.
- Drizzle melted morsel mixture over cereal mixture; stir until combined. Working quickly, press 1/4 cup of mixture into each prepared cup
- Let stand at room temperature for 20 minutes or until firm.
- Store in tightly covered container(s) at room temperature.
Notes
Morsels can also be melted on top of a double boiler following package melting directions, adding corn syrup to melted morsels.
Mini Snackbites: Paper-line or grease mini muffin cups. Prepare recipe as above; press about 1 tablespoon of mixture into each prepared cup. Yields about 4 1/2 dozen mini snack bites.
Snackbite Bars: Lightly grease a 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Prepare recipe as above and press mixture into prepared pan. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes or until firm. Yields 2 dozen bars.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Nestle® and meals.com.