Starting from the time my kids had them as one of their very first finger foods, Trader Joe’s O’s have remained a household favorite. Between Chloe scarfing dry fistfuls of it every morning for breakfast and Kenya slurping it down with rice milk by the bowlful, we go through a lot of O’s each week. In an effort to make food exciting for kids, I’m always trying to take ingredients they love and feature them in recipes they’ll hopefully adore even more.
This is my healthy take on the cereal bars you can buy at the grocery, but I used “O” cereal and decided to mold them into a cookie shape instead of a bar. These aren’t exactly a tough sell no matter what shape you make them into, but I find going with cookies adds to the fun visual appeal. Not to mention I sometimes feel like I could serve my kids drywall for breakfast and simply by calling it a cookie would increase its chances of being consumed tenfold.
No matter whether you decide to make cookies, bars or balls, have fun making them and be careful, they’re totally addictive. “Oh” yeah!!
Cereal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup nut butter (almond, peanut or sunflower)
- 1/2 cup rice syrup
- 4 cups O’s Cereal (you can use whatever “O”-type cereal you like: Cheerios, Trader Joe’s O’s, etc.)
Instructions
- Place the nut butter and rice syrup in a small saucepan over low to medium heat and warm for 2 minutes or until it becomes smooth and combined.
- Place the cereal in a bowl, pour the warm nut butter/rice syrup mixture into the bowl with the cereal and stir to combine.
- Shape into cookies (I used a mini ice cream scooper to scoop out each portion, but you could also use a tablespoon). You can also place the mixture into a 9 x 9 inch ungreased pan, pat down and then cut into bars. As the O’s mixture cools, it will harden.
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Made these with the 5-yr old last night, using sunflower seed butter and organic chocolate-O cereals. Super easy and really tasty. I cut back just a bit on the cereal based on comments about the mix falling apart, and had no issues. He insisted on taking them to daycare this morning to share – can’t wait to hear how the other kids liked them!
Thank you for the comment about corn syrup. It’s all I have on hand, but it didn’t occur to me to use it. It’s not the same thing as high fructose corn syrup, people!
I made these tonight. I thought they were really easy and all my kids liked them. I think they’ll make a great quick breakfast on a busy school morning. I by the way, used corn syrup because it’s what I had (sugar is sugar in my opinion) and they turned out perfectly. Great idea, great recipe!
Saw this on the recent Facebook posting…. PERFECT cookie replacement for my toddler! The Brown Rice Syrup was easy to find at Sunflower Market ($5 for a jar that will make 5 batches) combined with Simply Jif peanut butter. Microwaved for 2 minutes and mixed it all up with the cereal. (Oh, and a previous commenter mentioned vanilla extract – so I added a squirt of that too.)
I used my little disher to make little cookies, but I think next time I’ll take another commenter’s suggestion of using my hands with a coconut oil on them to keep from getting O-Cookie-Mitt!
Last night Mama and Daddy were told in no uncertain terms that they could not have any more of KJ’s cookies – so that shows you how good they are! 🙂
Thanks for the wonderful recipe, Weelicious is becoming my go-to for food suggestions for my picky little man!
I found it at Erewhon but not Trader’s. Didn’t check Whole Foods. They were awesome treats!
i am fairly sure that the junk food blog is a joke. she has antoher blog in which she posts pictures of what i assume to be her very cute child. she also has a vegan sister whom she speaks of positively.
I always get it from the health food store. I have heard that Whole Foods carries it, as well.
Does anybody know if Trader Joes carries rice syrup?
Yes! Any type of nut butter you prefer!
Can I use Peanut butter for the nut butter?
I use Brown Rice Syrup instead of using corn syrup, and I get it from the health food store!
I’m totally clueless (apparently)…what is “rice syrup”???
I made these for my 16 month old and they turned out great! I used brown rice syrup and almond butter and made them into bars instead of cookies. Thanks for the recipe!
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