Peanut butter m&m Cheerio treats!!

We just recently were given two huge box of generic cheerios. I had just bought 12 boxes of the "good stuff" (cinnamon toast crunch, reeses puffs, trix....ect). How was I supposed to feed a bunch of kids under 6 cheerios while we had all this good stuff? I started by giving them bowls of half cheerios and half yumminess. Then my baby sister suggested on facebook "make cheerio treats!." I've never even made rice krispy treats, but I was up for a challenge if the result was yummy! Here's what I used:

1 bag marshmellows

3 tablespoons of butter (I used the real stuff!)

5 cups Cheerios 

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 cup white chocolate m&ms (these I got cheap at easter, you can use any kind!)

Special ingredients!

I melted the marshmallows and butter together in the microwave for a minute and a half. I was paranoid about burning the marshmallows since I had never done it before, so I pulled them out and stirred every thirty seconds. When it was melted, I added the peanut butter in and stirred until it was blended.

omnomnom!

Then I just mixed in the cheerios and m&ms

and using a spatula, I scooped it into a greased 9X13 glass pan. I spread it even, making sure to press it into the shape of the pan so they would be even when I cut them out.

I put it in the fridge for a few hours. The result?

SUCCESS!!

As a side note, I would love to try this with honey nut cheerios! I have the new medley ones in my "snack closet"....maybe those next?? so many options!!

yogurt with fruit in it on the cheap!

yogurt is expensive! anywhere from 50 cents to $1 for one of those cute little cups. And who doesn't love the kind with the fruit on the bottom?? My mom taught me a trick when I was younger...she had either bought some yogurt tubs because they were way cheaper or gotten some from my dads work. He worked at a supermarket that would rarely send him home with left over product--we once had an entire upright freezer filled with carvel easter bunny cakes and cadbury eggs--BEST TIME OF MY LIFE!! :) Those tubs of yogurt are great--big size, more affordable, ect...especially with a lot of kids! The down side? There's no fruit in those things!! Kids tend to be picky--plain vanilla yogurt isn't especially fun! Even the strawberry and blueberry kinds lack the cool fruit pieces. So the cool trick?? Add some strawberry jelly to the yogurt and mix it up!! It tastes awesome and turns the yogurt pink--can't get much better than that! I had blueberry yogurt on hand when I did this, so in the photos mine looks purple--still cool! It's a great way to give the kids a nice snack while on a budget.

add some jelly to give plain old yogurt some jazz!

you can see the yummy strawberry pieces in the yogurt!