Name: Cookies ‘n Cream Cereal Bars
Prep time: 20 min
Yield: 20
Ingredients: ¼ cups Unsalted Butter; 10-½ ounces, weight Mini Marshmallows; 9-½ ounces, weight Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Cereal (9 1/2 Ounces Is Just Under 1 Box); 15 whole Oreo Cookies, Roughly Chopped; 1-½ cup White Chocolate Chunks Or Chips; 5 whole Oreo Cookies, Roughly Chopped, For The Topping

Cookies ‘n Cream Cereal Bars

A different take on the favorite Rice Krispie treat, these no-bake treats use cookies n’ cream cereal with Oreos, marshmallow and white chocolate. They are sure to be a new favorite.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients

Why it works: Butter and chocolate are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 16% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,543 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Cookies ‘n Cream Cereal Bars

Serves 20

Prep20 min

Ingredients

¼ cups Unsalted Butter
10-½ ounces, weight Mini Marshmallows
9-½ ounces, weight Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme Cereal (9 1/2 Ounces Is Just Under 1 Box)
15 whole Oreo Cookies, Roughly Chopped
1-½ cup White Chocolate Chunks Or Chips
5 whole Oreo Cookies, Roughly Chopped, For The Topping

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

257Calories

2 gProtein

20 gFat

17 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Marshmallow	not in our table	0
Topping	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Butter + chocolatetop 16% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,543 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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