Healthy Kashi Krispy Treats

At the Sundance Film Festival this year, I managed to accidentally talk my way into a VIP party for Def Jam records. (I saw people holding Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf coffee cups outside, asked where they got it and was allowed in to get some!) They were giving away all type of fun swag, including baked goods from Blackbird Bakery - a specialty bakery shop in Texas that makes gluten free goodies. I fell in love with their millet power bars, made of organic puffed millet and organic puffed brown rice, organic dried cherries and blueberries, and sliced almonds. You can order from their website.

Thank you to Karen Morgan for inspiring me to make these healthier alternative to rice krisy treats!

Kashi Krispy Treats

Ingredients
1/2 stick butter or margarine
1 package marshmallows
1 box Kashi Go Lean cereal with 1 c rice krisy cereal
1 cup mixed small dried fruit (I used 1/2 blueberries & 1/2 cranberries, but you can also use raisins, cherries, or cut up apricots. Just make sure they are small bits)
1/2 c slivered toasted almonds

Directions
1. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
2. Add the cereal. Add the dried fruits and nuts. Stir until well coated.
3. Using buttered spatula or wax paper evenly press mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan coated with cooking spray. Cool. Cut into 2-inch squares. Best if served the same day.