No Bake Chocolate Cereal Bars

Chocolate and peanut butter are mixed with crunchy cereal to make these super easy No Bake Chocolate Cereal Bars. When I was very young, I went camping with the Girl Scouts and our counselor taught us to make what she called "Babe Ruth Bars." The ingredients were stirred together, then rolled into a log, chilled and sliced. My counselor wrote out the recipe for me and I took it home.

My grandmother was sweet enough to save that recipe for me and over the following years, we would make those bars on special occasions. I remembered the recipe a while back and I dug it out of my old cookbook. I read it several times and then made a trip to the store, just to look at the ingredients in an actual Babe Ruth bar. Uhm, there is no similarity at all. I have no idea why she called these Babe Ruth Bars and the name now makes me laugh. I've since swapped out half the ingredients, so they are likely to be even farther from the original. Whatever you decide to call them, these bars are sure to be loved!

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