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Cheerio crispy treats are a fun treat you can enjoy all year round! With very few ingredients, these Cheerio bars are ready to devour!
Fun Cheerio Bar recipe
These Cheerio crispy treats are perfect for us busy parents when you need to bring a treat to your kids’ school. Making this recipe together was like being back in kindergarten and playing with our food. The gooey marshmallow texture turns the Cheerio cereal into a flexible dough until it cools, and then we can turn it into any shape we want.
One thing is for sure, you’ll hear squeals of laughter in the kitchen since they love buttering up their clean hands to spread the mixture and stealing a few (or a lot) of the Cheerios as they are pressing down. “But mom, we have to try them to make sure they are good!”
The 30-seconds of working with the marshmallow dough turns into 10 minutes of finger-licking to make sure every bit of the stickiness is gone –hard work I tell you.
Ingredients
What I love about these Cheerio bars is that I have all the ingredients in my pantry. You can make these treats with just three ingredients or add two more for extra flavor and fun! Check out what this recipe calls for and why:
- Butter: mixed with the marshmallows, helps to hold the Cheerio cereal while adding delicious buttery flavor.
- Marshmallows: store-bought or my corn-syrup-free marshmallows.
- Cheerio cereal: use your favorite!
- White chocolate chips: to cover the Cheerio bars. It’s optional!
- Red granular sprinkles: also optional for extra fun and color!
How to Make Cheerio Crispy Treats
Making these Cheerio bars is super simple, you just gotta be patient and let them cool down before packing or serving! Get tips and an overview of the process here:
- Prep
You’ll need two baking sheets lined with parchment paper to place the Cheerio bars. - Make the mixture
First, you melt butter and marshmallow in the microwave and then add the Cheerio cereal. - Cool down
Now, you place the mix on one of the baking sheets, pressing down until it’s about ½ inch thick. You can cool it down at room temperature or in the fridge quicker. - Make the Cheerio bars
With a cookie cutter, cut the hearts or any shape you like. While dipping the treat into chocolate isn’t necessary, it’s the ultimate finishing touch to this recipe. Oh, yes, the sprinkles, too, of course!
As you can see from this fun video, the kids can easily help make this recipe:
More Fun Treat Recipes
Just like these Cheerio bars, my Valentine’s Day Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies are a delicious treat we make before and after February too. Another favorite is this White Chocolate Popcorn recipe you can garnish with seasonal sprinkles or serve any Friday night while binge-watching your favorite series.
Heart-Shaped Cheerio Crispy Treats
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 10 ounce package marshmallows
- 6 cups Cheerio cereal
- 1 ½ cups white chocolate chips, optional
- Red granular sprinkles, optional
Instructions
Prep:
- Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
Make the mixture:
- In a large microwave-safe bowl, melt the butter and marshmallows, stopping at 30 and 45 seconds to stir and combine.
- Add in the Cheerios and toss everything together with a wooden spoon.
Cool down:
- Transfer cereal mixture onto the lined baking sheet and press down throughout, distributing evenly around to about ½ inch thick.
- Set aside to cool for about an hour or refrigerate for 20 minutes until set.
Cut out the hearts:
- Using a heart shaped cookie cutter, begin to cut out the hearts.
Cover with chocolate:
- Meanwhile, in a microwave-safe bowl, melt the white chocolate chips, stirring to make sure they don’t burn every 30 seconds.
- Begin to dip each corner of the hearts and transfer to the clean, parchment-lined baking sheet for chocolate to set. Sprinkle with sprinkles.
- Optional: After the hearts are fully cooled, push a cake-pop stick through the center of the heart and wrap with small cellophane bags to share with your friends.
Tricia says
I finally found Very Berry Cheerios! Thanks for sharing
Laura Fuentes says
buy out the row because it will become your family’s favorite cereal! makes the milk taste like strawberry without any added sugars or flavors.
Jennifer J says
I’m making a “test” run this weekend, before making these for my sons classroom Monday night! Wish me luck….to not eat them all! 😉
Andrea says
We didn’t even wait to cut them all cute. they were DEVOURED. the strawberry flavor was SO GOOD I sent my husband back to the store to buy out the entire shelf just in case this is a seasonal cereal. Thanks for the recipe!!!!
Stephanie Hall says
We JUST made these today. they were SO GOOD!!!
Dara says
I made these yesterday after school for a bunch of neighborhood kids. they loved them! will be making them again and cutting it up cute. Also, I found the Cheerios cereal at Target.
Olivia says
My kids are going to love these!
Lexi says
We made these yesterday and it was so much fun! I didn’t have a heart shaped cookie cutter so we used stars.
Zoe says
I didn’t know Cheerios came out with this new cereal. Love it. I already put in on my shopping list.
Emma says
These look great! I’ll have to make these with my little ones soon.
Sandra says
I made these today and cut them into small hearts (I didn’t have a big heart cutter just little ones) and I packed them in my kids’ lunches as a treat! Nice to remind them that they are special. Will make more before valentine’s day for their friends. Also, we are now converts to the Berry Cheerios!!! THEY ARE SO GOOD!
Darnell says
I made these with plain cheerios and they were awesome! Now off to find the strawberry cheerios at my store!!
Jessica says
My kids watched the youtube video and insisted on a “test run”. Good thing we didn’t have to make them for their class or else I would have run to the store for more!
Tiffany says
Where did you find that cute heart cookie cutter?
Stephanie says
Found the Very Berry Cheerios this weekend and we have been eating them since. My kids just love them and so do I. Cannot wait to try making some cute Valentine’s day treats with them.
Stacey T says
Yum and Yum! I love cereal and chocolate! I cannot imagine these being anything but delicious.
Jazmin says
My kids are going to love these. Making a “practice” run this weekend! Thank you
Matt says
I bought berry cheerios to make these and well, they were gone before I could make these treats. Should have bought two boxes! I think this might be our new favorite cereal.
Laura Fuentes says
It’s so tasty! 🙂
Jenna says
I didn’t see berry cheerios at the store so I made these with honey nut cheerios (all I had at home) they were awesome. my boys didn’t care for the “heart” shaped so we used other cookie cutters. it was so fun.
Laura Fuentes says
That’s so great! Simple yet you can customize them to your liking, and the kids!
Sarah says
I made these yesterday (after hunting down berry cheerios) and they were SO GOOD!!!!
Debbie Hausher says
Looks like a perfect activity for me and 4 year old granddaughter. I think her pre-school class will love them. Now to track down a box of Very Berry Cheerios at the grocery stores..
Sherri says
This looks berry berry good – cant wait to whip up these valentines day treats with my kids!