No-Bake Granola Bars

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup firmly brown sugar packed
• 0.5 cup plus light
• 2.5 cups rice cereal crisp
• 0.5 cup milk chocolate morsels 
• 0.5 cup peanut butter 
• 2 cups quick-cooking oats uncooked
• 0.5 cup raisins 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• sauce pan
• wire rack

Directions

1. Combine first 3 ingredients in a large bowl; set aside.
2. Bring brown sugar and syrup to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring constantly; remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla until blended.
3. Pour peanut butter mixture over cereal mixture, stirring until coated; let stand 10 minutes. Stir in chocolate morsels. Press mixture into a 13- x 9-inch pan; cool in pan on a wire rack.
4. Cut into bars.