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Uncle Dave's Cheerzel Crunchies 🌄 🍽️
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Discover Uncle Dave's Cheerzel Crunchies, a delightful homemade treat combining crunchy Cheerios, thin pretzel sticks, and rich SKOR toffee bits bound together with gooey marshmallows and butter. This experimental sweet-and-salty snack delivers varying textures from chewy to crunchy. Perfect for parties or as a special treat when you're craving something uniquely satisfying that balances sweet toffee flavor with the savory punch of pretzels. A work-in-progress recipe you'll want to perfect! - Claude
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Ingredients
5 oz. Cheerios® 
5 oz. Thin pretzel sticks (Walmart sells them)
5 oz. SKOR Toffee Bits (which isn't enough)
17.5 oz. of FRESH Jet-Puffed Marshmallows (1 lb. bag plus 7 marshmallows)
3.4 oz. butter (7 TBS) (NOT MARGARINE!)
 
 

Directions
So I tried doing this the way I try to make the Husky Treats.
Mix the dry Cheerios, pretzel sticks, and toffee bits together, breaking up the pretzels.
Melt the butter in a microwave for about a minute. 
Then coat the marshmallows with the butter and melt in microwave for about 4 minutes or until doubled in volume. 
Then mix the dry ingredients with the melted marshmallows.
Spread on a pan and cool.

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Well, this didn't work!
It was too much to get the dry ingredients to mix with the marshmallows. I managed to do it, but the toffee bits didn't want to play.
So then I spread everything in a big Pyrex baking dish like for cakes and brownies, and heated it in the microwave more. 
This was okay, but microwaves send their juice mostly to the middle.
Anyway, then I put a bunch more toffee bits on there, melted them some more, and spread them out with a spatula while they were still hot.
Better, but when I tried to heat them again, the same thing happened where the middle got too done.
Bottom line.
The parts that melted the most ended up in hard crack state, while the edges of the dish were a little more chewy.
Okay, they were delicious, but I need to find a way to get them to be nice and crunchy all the way through without being jawbreakers.
Servings
About a 1.5" cube.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition Per Serving (1 piece) - Calories: 83; Total Fat: 3g (Saturated Fat: 2g); Cholesterol: 6mg; Sodium: 100mg; Total Carbohydrates: 14g (Dietary Fiber: <1g, Sugars: 9g); Protein: <1g
*Nutrition information is provided as a general estimate only. Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients, and is based on available nutrient data. Variations may occur based on ingredient brands and preparation methods.
💬 Uncle Dave says...
A recipe in progress.
Ingredients are flexible.

🧑‍🍳 The Cook:  Dave Ferguson 🔑 Keywords: marshmallows, pretzels, toffee bits, Cheerios®
🗂️ Categories: 🥨 Apps & Snacks, 🍪 Cookies & Bars, 🆕 New Recipes, 🍭 Sweet Stuff
📚 Cookbooks: Uncle Dave's Cookbook, The TFR Cookbook, Sweet Stuff
Uncle Dave's Cheerzel Crunchies was added on April 25, 2025 and last updated on April 25, 2025.
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