Tomorrow is our dietetic intern and my mentee’s last day at our facility. I cannot believe another dietetic intern group is graduating. Yikes ! Times flys!! I wanted to celebrate with a nice nutrition dense snack filled with peanut butter, slivered almonds, oats and brown puffed rice to get us through another busy Friday!

This recipe yields 12 to 16 bars

Ingredients:
1.5 cups of whole grain puffed rice
1 cup of old fashioned oats
1/2 cup of instant quick oats
1/4 cup slivered almonds
1/8 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp vanilla high quality
1 cup of peanut butter or almond bitter
1/4 cup raw sugar
1/2 cup local honey
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips semi sweet
Cooking spray

1. Foil line and cooking spray a 8 by 8 inch baking dish. Set aside.

2. Place oats, almonds, chocolate chips,& puffed rice in a large bowl. Set aside.

3. In a microwavable safe glass dish portion out the peanut butter,honey, and sugar.

Microwave on high for one minute. Mix with spatula to combined.

Place the peanut butter batter back in the microwave for another minute. Remove from microwave and mix and vanilla.

Pour the hot liquid batter over the dry ingredients.

Using a spatula fold the ingredients together until well incorporated and no signs of dry residue.

Pour the combined batter into the cooking sprayed baking dish and press with spatula to form even top to the bars

Cover with plastic wrap and let the bars refrigerate overnight. Remove from pan using the foil to lift.

Cut into bars.

Enjoy ! They don’t last long …. They go quickly!