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Pillsbury Kitchens
Updated Jan 12, 2007
Bake-Off® Contest 41, 2004
Sita Doe
Blacksburg, Virginia
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Here's a no-bake bar with something for everyone: walnuts, cocoa, coconut and bananas. Delicious!

Monkey Cereal Bars

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 45 min
  • Ingredients 7
  • Servings 12
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
  • 1/4 cup flaked coconut
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 (10-oz.) bag marshmallows
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 6 cups Cocoa Puffs™ Cereal
  • 1 cup coarsely crushed dried banana chips*

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. On ungreased cookie sheet with sides, bake walnuts at 350°F. for 5 minutes.
  • Step 
    2
    Remove cookie sheet from oven. Stir coconut into walnuts. Return to oven; bake an additional 4 to 6 minutes or until coconut is light golden brown, stirring twice during baking. Set aside to cool.
  • Step 
    3
    In 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Add marshmallows; cook 4 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until melted. Stir in cocoa until well blended. Remove from heat.
  • Step 
    4
    Stir in cereal, banana chips, toasted walnuts and coconut until evenly coated; pour into sprayed pan. Spread mixture evenly, pressing down slightly. Cool 30 minutes. Cut into bars.

Nutrition

295 Calories
14g Total Fat
3g Protein
39g Total Carbohydrate
22g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Bar
Calories
295
Calories from Fat
125
Total Fat
14g
22%
Saturated Fat
5g
25%
Cholesterol
10mg
3%
Sodium
130mg
5%
Total Carbohydrate
39g
13%
Dietary Fiber
2g
8%
Sugars
22g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
2%
2%
Vitamin C
2%
2%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
16%
16%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 3 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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