Fillin Goodie Bags

My task: healthily/ not so healthily create a snack to fill the 5(ish) year old party goers goodie bags. Ingredient I felt it necessary to include: Smarties.  Ingredient that caused said snacks to loose their shape: Smarties. Oh well! Kids (and Brittany... also my friend Hilary from Hilary Makes while we're here) love colours, so Smarties were indubitably kept. 


Without further adieu I give you my granola bars

"Lola Bars" (as Mathias used to call them, far before he was a whopping 4 years old)


1 and 1/4 cups crisp rice cereal (Rice Krispies were used)
1 cup uncooked quick-cooking oats
2 tablespoons ground flaxseed (flaxseed meal)1/4 cup finely chopped dried fruit (I used chopped prunes.. they were around)
1/4 cup.. (or way more) Smarties (or nuts, chocolate, other mix ins)
1/3 cup Agave Syrup (honey, maple, or brown rice syrup are great too)
1/2 cup nut butter (used a mix of pb and soy nut.. they were around)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract


Combine Rice Krispies, Oats, Flaxseed Meal, Dried Fruit, and other dry mix-ins in a large Bowl.


Heat butter and syrup until melted together.  I did this with 30 seconds in the microwave, then mixed in the vanilla.

Finally pour the wet over the dry ingredients and mix. That's right with your hands. No pansies in my kitchen. Though, my mother would have you know that pansies are one of the most durable and resilient flowers around. Back on topic. Press the mixture as firmly as possible into a pan of desired size and chill for at least a half hour.

Cut, Wrap, and Spread the Love


Recipe adapted from Enlightened Cooking


The real show stoppers are yet to come, hold onto your pants... actually you may want to preemptively loosen them.


Love from Above


B.