Soft and chewy cereal bars with prunes (dried plums), pumpkin seeds, and chocolate chips. It’s a healthy breakfast or snack on-the-go.
Plum Sweet Chewy Cereal Bars
Soft and chewy cereal bars with prunes (dried plums), pumpkin seeds, and chocolate chips. It’s a healthy breakfast or snack on-the-go.
If you are like me and are not a huge fan of granola bars, this recipe is for you. If you are like me and prefer soft and chewy over hard and crunchy bars, this recipe is for you. Unlike the granola version, these cereal bars contain no oats, but a blend of cereals. For added nutritional value, I choose ones that are fortified with fiber and/or protein and has a low sugar content.
First, I would like to address the name as one might think it is a misnomer. The only fruit in them are prunes, but prunes are synonymous with dried plums. So, it’s merely case of potato-potato, tomato-tomato; it’s all the same. I wanted to use “plum sweet” instead of “prune sweet” in the name because—let’s be honest, I didn’t want some people to run away screaming at the very thought of “prunes”.
And that concludes our technical and scientific lesson for the day…
This looks GREAT!!!!!! WOW I'm definitely going to have to try this, thanks for the tips on making sure they're nice and chewy too, what a great snack! I'll bring these to work to snack on, yum 🙂
Thanks Stephanie! Hope you'll like them!