A quick cereal bar combining the flavors of white chocolate and peppermint
Every Christmas I love baking with crushed peppermint. A go to is chocolate chip cookies sprinkled with candy cane pieces.
I always have a little trouble smashing the candy canes, but never like I did this year. I decided to get round mints early – like around Thanksgiving – so I wouldn’t have to worry about not having any so I could go ahead and start baking.
Well, that was a mistake. Those little boogers are a pain to crush. You spend most of the time shooting the candies out of the parchment paper onto the floor. If you do manage to break one, you end up getting just fine powder instead of bits of candy.
Do you have any tips for how to crush peppermint? Probably should just stick to candy canes, but of course they didn’t have any today at the store.
On to these bars – they are super easy to make. They simply combine White Chocolate Wonderful Peanut Butter, Vanilla Chex and crushed peppermints. It’s a great snack that makes for a festive afternoon treat.
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup corn syrup
- 1 cup white chocolate peanut butter
- 2 cups vanilla Chex
- ½ cup crushed peppermint
- Line an 8x8 inch square pan with parchment paper. Spray with cooking spray.
- In a medium size saucepan, bring sugar and corn syrup to a boil.
- Once boiling, remove from heat and stir in peanut butter.
- Place chex in large bowl. Pour in peanut butter mixture. Add half of crushed peppermints and stir to combine.
- Press mixture into prepared pan. Sprinkled reserved crushed peppermint and press into bars. Chill in refrigerator for one hour or until set. Cut into bars.
- Store in refrigerator.
Yum! These sounds amazing! I just discovered this white chocolate wonderful PB and am obsessed! It is so good!!
I also recently discovered white chocolate peanut butter. I love it a little too much 🙂
Hi Megan, saw your comment over at Shugary Sweets and saw you were from NC. Me too! So I had to come say hi! These white chocolate peppermint bars sound divine!
How cool, Nancy! Thanks for stopping by. I’m going to check out your blog now 🙂
White chocolate and peanut butter…definitely something to try. Thanks for the inspiration 🙂 ela
It’s a great combo. Thanks for stopping by, Ela!
I’ve never seen bars like these before, Megan! They sound fantastic!!!
Thank you, Liz!
I love adding crushed peppermint to whatever I can this time of year. These white chocolate peppermint bars look perfect. I love how easy they are to make.
Me too, Ashley. It’s great that these come together so quickly.
I’ve never tried white chocolate with peppermint before. I bet it tastes great 🙂 Thanks for sharing 🙂
You have to try it, Laura. It is delicious!
I love crushed peppermint too! Will be giving this a try soon! Thanks for sharing at Share Your Stuff Tuesdays!
Thank you, Emily! Please let me know how they turn out if you get a chance to try them 🙂
I totally understand your struggles with crushing peppermints! *Cue scene change to me in the hallway with a chemistry textbook and a plastic bag full of peppermints*. You get the idea. To date I’ve yet to discover a good way to go about smashing them. However, I do love white chocolate and peppermint together in a no-bake recipe so I may have to attempt the process again!
Ha ha, Rebecca. You are too funny. Melissa, from The Faux Martha, recommends crushing up mini candy canes. I didn’t try it this year, but I will keep it in mind for next year. http://www.thefauxmartha.com/2013/12/16/crushing-peppermint-candy/