Peanut Butter Pretzel Granola Bars

Anything peanut butter & pretzel has my name all over it!  Like I have this salty/sweet addiction that is pretty hard to ignore.  Just take a look at my Caramel Pretzel Magic Bars, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars, & Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies to name a few.  These Peanut Butter Pretzel Granola Bars fit right into my salty/sweet addiction, but in granola bar form.  They are incredible when eaten straight from the fridge.  Even though they are cold, they are so soft & chewy & couldn't be easier to make!  Perfect for after school snacking as well!

Peanut Butter Pretzel Granola Bars

Recipe lightly altered from The First Year Blog by: Amber (Dessert Now, Dinner Later!)

• 4 cups oats
• 1 cup rice krispies cereal
• 2 cups pretzel sticks, broken into thirds or smaller (reserve 1/2 cup for topping)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup chocolate chunks (or chips)

1. Place oats, rice krispies cereal, & all but 1/2 cup of the broken pretzel pieces into a bowl.  
2. Heat butter, brown sugar, honey, & peanut butter in a saucepan over medium heat.  Boil lightly for 2 minutes.  Remove from heat & stir in vanilla (will bubble up so be careful.)
3. Pour mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients.  Fold gently, but coat all of the oat mixture.  Spread into a greased jelly roll pan.  Roll flat with a rolling pin.  Sprinkle the top with chocolate chunks & reserved 1/2 cup of pretzel pieces & gently press into the granola bars with the rolling pin.  Immediately refrigerate for 30 minutes before cutting.  Keep refrigerated.  (I covered my pan with plastic wrap as well.)

*May substitute a 9x13" pan for thicker bars.

*If using a jelly roll pan, cut bars 3x12 for average granola bar size.  (Makes 36 granola bars this way.)

Anything peanut butter & pretzel has my name all over it!  Like I have this salty/sweet addiction that is pretty hard to ignore.  Just take a look at my Caramel Pretzel Magic Bars, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Bars, & Caramel Pretzel Chocolate Chip Cookies to name a few.  These Peanut Butter Pretzel Granola Bars fit right into my salty/sweet addiction, but in granola bar form.  They are incredible when eaten straight from the fridge.  Even though they are cold, they are so soft & chewy & couldn't be easier to make!  Perfect for after school snacking as well!

Peanut Butter Pretzel Granola Bars

Recipe lightly altered from The First Year Blog by: Amber (Dessert Now, Dinner Later!)

• 4 cups oats
• 1 cup rice krispies cereal
• 2 cups pretzel sticks, broken into thirds or smaller (reserve 1/2 cup for topping)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 Tbsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup chocolate chunks (or chips)

1. Place oats, rice krispies cereal, & all but 1/2 cup of the broken pretzel pieces into a bowl.  
2. Heat butter, brown sugar, honey, & peanut butter in a saucepan over medium heat.  Boil lightly for 2 minutes.  Remove from heat & stir in vanilla (will bubble up so be careful.)
3. Pour mixture into the bowl of dry ingredients.  Fold gently, but coat all of the oat mixture.  Spread into a greased jelly roll pan.  Roll flat with a rolling pin.  Sprinkle the top with chocolate chunks & reserved 1/2 cup of pretzel pieces & gently press into the granola bars with the rolling pin.  Immediately refrigerate for 30 minutes before cutting.  Keep refrigerated.  (I covered my pan with plastic wrap as well.)

*May substitute a 9x13" pan for thicker bars.

*If using a jelly roll pan, cut bars 3x12 for average granola bar size.  (Makes 36 granola bars this way.)