Dairy Free Soy Free Peanut Butter Cereal Crunchies

My husband and I actually call this Peanut Butter Crack, because we seem to have no ability to leave it alone until it’s gone.  I love no bake cereal type desserts because they can satisfy my sweet tooth quickly.  With only a handful of ingredients and a five minute or less prep time we have a winner in my book.  Also I love peanut butter, and have used the pregnancy and post pregnancy as a reason to justify consuming unholy amounts of it. (it’s good for protein right?) This dessert is fast, sweet, crunchy, peanut buttery and totally addicting.

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup karo syrup
• ½ cup peanut butter
• 4 cups Corn Flakes, Rice Crispies, Rice Chex or any combination of the 3
• Optional (only for dairy eaters:  ½ cup chocolate chips)

Instructions:

1. Add 4 cups of corn or rice cereal to a large mixing bowl.
2. In a small sauce pan, over medium heat, mix the sugar and karo syrup until the sugar is mostly dissolved. 
3. Add the peanut butter to the sugar mixture in the pan and stir to combine.
4. Once the peanut butter is mixed into the sugar and Karo syrup add it to the bowl with the cereal and carefully mix together, trying not to crush the cereal.
5. (Optional – if diary is okay) Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Press warm mixture into a cookie sheet and cut into squares or eat by the handful.  Enjoy.

Diary Free Soy Free Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

Since my diet restriction I’ve been craving chocolate like mad, and all the premade stuff has dairy! I turned to my cupboard to see what I could create to ease my raging sweet tooth and ended up with my two favorite things coco (a lesser form of chocolate) and peanut butter, which I am happy to eat by the spoonful. I am a huge fan of quick and easy desserts, which makes no bake cookies perfect and these diary free soy free no bake cookies were fudgy and peanut buttery and perfect for an extra protein chocolate boost. As a bonus they took about five minute to make.

Diary Free Soy Free Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups oatmeal
• 1/2 cup coconut, rice or almond milk
• 2/3 cup peanut butter (this is the special Jif Natural peanut butter that doesn’t have soy)
• 1/2 cup honey
• 4 Tbs coco powder
• 1 tsp vanilla
• A pinch of cinnamon

Directions:

1. Heat milk, peanut butter, honey, coco powder, vanilla and cinnamon in a small pan over medium heat stirring frequently until all the ingredients are well blended 2-3 minutes.
2. Remove pan from heat and stir in oatmeal until all the oats are well coated.
3. Drop spoonfuls of the mixture on wax paper or a cookie sheet and let them sit for a few minutes to set up.
4. Enjoy your cookies.