No Bake Granola Bars

I found this recipe on Pinterest via Food Doodles and decided to give it a whirl.

Makes 12

• 2 large overripe bananas
• 1 cup oats
• 1/2 cup crunchy cereal
• 2 tbsp pure maple syrup(or any other sweetener you use)
• 2 tbsp peanut butter or other nut or seed butter
• 2 tbsp semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 2 tbsp dried cranberries or other fruit
• 2 – 4 tsp cocoa powder

Line a muffin pan with paper liners, or use a silicone muffin pan for easy removal.  Mash the bananas.  Add wet ingredients and cocoa powder and mix well.  Add all other ingredients, mix well then press into prepared muffin tin.  Freeze at least 60 minutes before serving.

I added Special K Protein Plus as my crunchy cereal, and for whatever reason we were out of chocolate chips so I added the Heath chips we had. I also added 1 tbsp of ground flax seed and enjoy the granola bars best when they're frozen!