My friend introduced me to a little something called cookie butter. Maybe you’ve heard of it…
It’s like peanut butter, but instead of peanuts, it’s made with COOKIES!
Yeah, I died when I heard about cookie butter. So. Stinking. Good.
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I made some No Bake Granola Bars that are so much better than Quaker Granola Bars, I can’t stand it!
I thought that these granola bars would be perfect with some cookie butter mixed in. And even better, some pretzels would really make these babies YUM!
Boy was I right!!!
Cookie Butter Pretzel Granola Bars
4 cups quick cooking oats {not rolled oats!}
3 cups crushed pretzels
1 stick butter
½ cup honey
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
½ cup cookie butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
In a large bowl, stir oats and crushed pretzels together. Set aside. In a small pot, melt butter, honey, and brown sugar together over medium high heat until it comes to a bubble. Reduce the heat and cook 2 minutes. Pour in vanilla and cookie butter and stir until cookie butter has melted. Pour over dry ingredients and mix well to moisten all ingredients. Pour into 9×13 jelly roll pan, lined with foil and lightly greased. Firmly press the mixture into the bottom of the pan. Cool on a counter top to room temperature for two hours before cutting into bars. Wrap in parchment or plastic wrap and store at room temperature.
Notes: If the bars seem like they are not holding together when it is time to cut them, place them in the frig for a few minutes until they firm up a little. Do not leave the bars in the frig because they will become too hard to cut. The key to the bars sticking together is to make sure they have been pressed down hard enough. Spray the backs of spoons with cooking spray to help press bars into pan.
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Yep.
These are pretty much my new favorite thing to eat. In life. Ever.
So good!
Enjoy!
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Yup – that cookie butter is EVIL I tell ya…EVIL! I got my first couple of jars at Trader Joe’s and then discovered that WalMart has the Biscoff…too close..too convenient…too good! And now you had to do a recipe with it – I suppose you will be making me some of these?
Hey Stephanie…the rice cereal you say to add to the oats is not on your list of ingredients – how much of that do you add? Thanks sista!
Woops! You don’t add the rice cereal. It’s just the granola and pretzels. I copied the recipe from the Chocolate Covered Granola Bars that I made a couple of weeks ago and I forgot to take the rice cereal part out of the directions. Thanks for pointing it out so I can fix!!
Great recipe! I love Biscoff spread!
Thanks Brandi! Me too!
Looks divine! Now all I have to do is find Biscoff spread. Never heard of it till now. Wonder if it’s available here yet? Small town northern CT
I found this Biscoff spread at Walmart in the peanut butter section. I’ve also seen it in the international food section. Hope this helps, and thanks for stopping by!
Oooooh. Genius recipe! SO want to make these. I’m addicted to biscoff!
Thanks! I’m kind of addicted too!
Another awesome recipe Stephanie! I love Biscoff cookies and I’m going to look for their spread! I wanted to let you know, and maybe you already know, that you are a no-reply blogger. I think it happens when you link you blog to google plus. Here is a link to a fix for that if you’re interested.
http://www.flusterbuster.com/2013/02/are-you-no-reply-blogger.html
Thanks Danni! That link helped a lot! I thought I had fixed that a while ago. Thanks for letting me know. You’re the best!
Yumm! Those look great! Thanks for sharing.
oh man…I could eat the Biscoff right out of the jar…don’t even need a spoon. these bars sound killer…thanks for adding to my calorie intake!
Kelly
Thanks so much for sharing. I’d love to have you come link this up to our Teach Me Tuesday Linky – it’s brand new and in need of creative contributions! http://www.somedayilllearn.com/2013/02/18/teach-me-tuesday-5/
I just discovered this stuff yesterday! It IS so stinkin’ good! Your recipe looks fabulous too. I gotta give it a try. Pinning it!
ok these are looking pretty darn good to me..my sons would love for me to make these and mail them to them for a treat.
I am working on my bird wooden art this week but I can take a break and make these I think !
I saw that at the grocery store but wasn’t sure if it would be good! Now I am excited to try it!
I am obsessed with pretzels & biscoff! Would love for you to come share this & any other recipes over at Sweet & Savory Saturdays! http://dessertnowdinnerlater.blogspot.com/2013/02/sweet-savory-saturdays-1.html
Hope to see you there!
~Amber @ Dessert Now, Dinner Later!
Just made these today- heavenly! I can’t stop snacking on them!! Thank you!
I know! They are addicting aren’t they?! Thanks for stopping by!
I made these yesterday and subbed peanut butter for the cookie butter because I didn’t have any and wanted to have them for my boys lunches. They are delish! My hubby said perfect. I don’t think they will last long around here. Now to buy some cookie butter…
Great! I’m so glad you liked ‘em! The peanut butter substitute sounds wonderful! Thanks for trying out the recipe and letting me know how you liked it.