Peanut Butter and Cereal Hemp Bars

Ingredients

• 2 cups special k cereal 
• 0.1 teaspoon kosher salt 
• 0.3 cup maple syrup 
• 0.3 cup peanut butter - if you use “natural” peanut butter (I used Jif)
• 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• frying pan
• mixing bowl
• loaf pan
• aluminum foil
• microwave
• cutting board

Directions

1. Some chocolate chips and butterscotch chips, melted together with a tiny bit of butter
2. Line a 9×5 inch loaf pan with Reynolds “Release” foil or use regular foil and spray it with cooking spray.In a mixing bowl, stir together Special K and hemp, breaking up Special K with the back of a spoon so that it is slightly crushed. Stir in salt.In a separate 2 quart, microwave safe mixing bowl, combine brown rice syrup and peanut butter. Microwave for 30 seconds or until soft and hot.
3. Add vanilla, then stir in Special K/Hemp mixture, mixing so that cereal is coated in peanut butter mixture.
4. Scrape into loaf pan and press firmly into a rectangle.
5. Transfer to refrigerator and chill for about half an hour.
6. Remove from pan by lifting foil.
7. Place on a cutting board and cut into bars.
8. Drizzle with melted chocolate or leave as is. Return to refrigerator and let chocolate set. Bars will also firm up a bit more.Makes 6, 8, 12 or 16 depending on what your idea of a bar is.