These easy No Bake Samoa Peanut Butter Cereal bars combine the beloved caramel, chocolate and coconut flavors of Samoa Girl Scout cookies with peanut butter!
Today I bring you an extra special treat.
No, not just these bars, but Kelly from Life Made Sweeter!! Kelly has been brightening my life with her delightfully easy, down-to-Earth recipes for over a year now. She is a mother of two and quite possibly the sweetest person EVER. The meals and treats she dreams up are nothing short of spectacular!!!
In addition to delectable sweets and easy meals (often with Asian flair), Kelly is the Grand Master of the Slow Cooker. Each and every slow cooker recipe she posts looks even more scrumptious than the last. I actually bought a slow cooker in NYC just to make her Slow Cooker Sriracha Chili Chicken and I've added her most recent post to the list. She has slow cooker recipes for breakfast, slow cooker lo mein (noodles in the slow cooker?!), and even slow cooker meatloaf!
But I'll stop going on and on about Kelly so that we can talk about these Samoa Peanut Butter Bars!!! Because they look phenomenal!
No Bake Samoa Peanut Butter Cereal Bars
Ingredients
For the cereal bars
- ⅔ cup creamy peanut butter
- ⅓ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups Rice Krispies ( or your favorite rice cereal)
- 1 cup Golden Grahams (or your favorite honey grahams cereal)
- 1 ¼ cups unsweetened shredded coconut (toasted, divided)
- 1 cup caramel sauce (homemade or store-bought)
For the chocolate ganache
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (or chopped semi-sweet chocolate)
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Line 9x9 inch square pan with parchment paper or foil lightly coated with cooking spray
- In a large pot, heat honey over medium heat until boiled. Remove from heat and immediately sitr in peanut butter until completely combined. Add vanilla extract.
- Gently stir in both cereals and ½ cup of shredded coconut until completely coated with peanut butter mixture.
- Press FIRMLY into the prepared pan.
- Sprinkle ½ cup of the toasted coconut evenly over the bars. Pour caramel sauce over and sprinkle the remaining coconut on top.
- Chill in the freezer until the bars set - around 30 minutes - 1 hour.
Make the Chocolate Ganache
- Place chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl; set aside.
- Place cream in a small saucepan over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Pour over chocolate and allow to sit for 10 seconds before stirring with a spoon. Allow to sit and cool slightly before using.[br]
Assemble the Bars:
- Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper. Cut chilled bars into equal squares. Dip the bottom of each bar into the chocolate ganache and lay upside down on the lined cookie sheet allowing the chocolate to set and dry. Repeat with remaining bars. Place the tray in the freezer or fridge to set quicker.
- Once the chocolate has set, using two separate ziptop bags with the corner cut off - drizzle the top of the bars with caramel sauce and melted chocolate or chocolate ganache.
A lovely amazing guest post with a wonderful recipe! I love it too!
Those bars look very pretty & very inviting too! Yum Yum Yummm!
The bars look spectacular and Kelly is really amazing with all the slow cooker recipes!
These bars look sooo good! I LOVE Golden Grahams cereal, and now I've just got to try adding them to a no-bake bar!
*gasp* I love samoas and omg these cereal bars yuuuum yum yum!
These bars look wonderful! I love all the flavors.
Well don't these just look AMAZING.
Talk about delicious! I love anything no bake and these bars look exceptional!
I just love Kelly, and wow to these bars! Gorgeous photos, and the bars look so delicious! I'd take them any day over those girl scout cookies. 🙂
Aaw, thank you so much for all the sweet things you said. You ARE the one that has brightened up my life with all your incredible treats and yummy food! Thanks for letting me hang out here today, so proud of you for chasing your dreams and hope you are adjusting well 🙂 xo
Thanks, kelly! I feel super blessed to have "met" blogging friends like you. You really are such an inspiration. I hope someday we can meet for real!!! XO
These cereal bars look amazing! Love the samoa and peanut butter! Incredibly good and delicious!
Congratulations on your new adventure, Lindsey! I wish you the best of luck with culinary school and NYC!
My favorite cookies!
Love how these ones turned. Sounds delicious.
Lindsey - Kelly is indeed the slow cooker guru! And - these bars not only look incredibly addictive - but sound freaking fantastic! Often times I wish I could just reach into the screen and grab me a small taste - if only technology would catch up to my wishes eh? 😉
I LOVE Kelly and her blog . . so great to see her here! I read her blog on a regular basis and just made her slow cooker orange chicken this past weekend!! Happy Monday!
I love that you are sharing these bars over here today, Kelly! Even though they are rich and indulgent, I wish I had one of these for breakfast. That drizzle is calling my name!
Phenomenal Samoa bars, Kelly! I love the peanut butter addition. So kind of you to help out our friend, Linds, while she's busy in pastry school in NYC. Incredible photography! I'm drooling and want these for breakfast right now. 🙂 Thanks for sharing and have a great week!