Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars

peanut butter cheerio bars

If you’re looking for a quick, easy recipe that’s toddler friendly, then look no further. With just three ingredients, and no baking required, you can almost make these Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars blindfolded.

Okay, blindfolded may be a bad example; you’ve got to measure the ingredients right! Lol. But seriously, they are super easy. This would be a great “first” recipe for your toddler to HELP you make if they are into cooking with you. 🙂

For those without kids, bring out the inner-kid in you, and feel free to whip these up for yourself. Who says you have to be a kid to eat Cheerios and peanut butter? Any age can enjoy these!

peanut butter cheerio bars

peanut butter cheerio bars

peanut butter cheerio bars

peanut butter cheerio bars
Say cheese!

Enjoy.

Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 12 bars
Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter (I used Jif)
  • 1/2 cup honey (I used Nature Nates from McKinney, TX)
  • 3 cups Honey Nut Cheerios
Instructions
  1. Heat peanut butter and honey in a sauce pan over medium-low heat until combined.
  2. Stir in Cheerios.
  3. Press into greased 8-inch square pan lined with foil. Refrigerate for an hour, then cut into bars.

 

No Bake Lactation Bites

no bake lactation bites

Just like I said with my milk makin’ cookies recipe, you don’t have to be the mother of a newborn to enjoy these. Those lactation cookies and these no bake snack bites just have wholesome ingredients which promote lactation. Trust me, these won’t turn you into a milk producing cow! lol.

There’s actually a special word for these kinds of foods and it’s called galactagogues. “Galacta-what?” Galactagogues are substances that naturally promote breast milk production. They generally include herbs or foods that increase a mother’s supply. While you can take them as supplements or teas, you can also consume them as delicious cookies or snack bites!

So, what foods are considered to be galactagogues?

  • *whole grains, especially oats/oatmeal
  • dark leafy greens (kale, spinach, broccoli)
  • fennel
  • garlic
  • chickpeas
  • *nuts and seeds, especially almonds
  • ginger
  • papaya
  • spices like cumin seeds, anise seeds, fennel seeds, and turmeric
  • *brewer’s yeast

The foods listed above with an asterisk * are included in these yummy snack bites.

I actually have an almost identical snack bite recipe from a few years back, but they don’t have brewer’s yeast and there’s a little less honey. I like this recipe better. The extra bit of honey make the bites easy to roll into balls, and add a natural sweetness without refined sugar.

Enjoy!

no bake lactation bites

no bake lactation bites

no bake lactation bites

No Bake Lactation Bites
Prep time:
Total time:
Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 1 cup oats
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup golden ground flaxseed
  • 1 Tbsp. brewer’s yeast
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients together and roll into 1 inch balls.
  2. Store in the refrigerator.