Cheerios nuggets

Cheerios nuggets

Ingredients/Components

• salt - 1/2 tsp
• brown sugar - 1 c
• baking soda - 1/2 tsp
• raisins - 1 c
• light corn syrup - 1/4 c
• salted Spanish peanuts - 1 c
• oleo or butter - 1/2 c
• Cheerios - 6 c

How to make cheerios nuggets:

Heat oven to 250°. Grease 2 (9 x 13-inch) pans or 1 (10 x 15-inch) jelly roll pan. Heat brown sugar, oleo, corn syrup and salt in a 2-quart pan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly around edges. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat; stir in baking soda until foamy and light colored. Pour over cereal, peanuts and raisins in greased 4-quart bowl. Stir until mixture is coated. Spread evenly in pan. Bake 15 minutes. Stir; let sit about 10 minutes. Loosen from pan; let sit another 30 minutes. Break into bite size pieces. Makes about 10 cups snack.

I used honey in place of corn syrup. I think mine was a little browner than it was supposed to be; might want to bake shorter amount of time.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Candy, < 30 mins.