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Delicious snacking cookies made with Post Honey Bunches of Oats Crunch O’s Cereal.
My family was talking about snacks the other day, and the idea of making snacks with breakfast cereal came up. Obviously the most used idea for this is making bars with cereal, but I wanted to try making something different. So I decided to try my hand at making some breakfast cereal cookies for a different snack.
The kids and I headed to Walmart to see what kinds of cereal would be good in cookies. I don’t know about you, but sometimes the cereal aisle can be overwhelming! There are so many choices! We love Honey Bunches of Oats cereal for breakfast, and we were surprised to see several new varieties of Post cereals at Walmart, including a fun new Kung Fu Panda Po Power Crunch cereal inspired by the movie!
We decided to try the new Honey Bunches of Oats Crunch O’s cereal, which my local Walmart offered in 2 varieties: Honey Crunch O’s and Almond Crunch O’s. Turning it into a snack seemed like a simple idea. We also grabbed a bag of Berry Colossal Crunch cereal, since we enjoy munching on dry Berry Colossal Crunch for a snack as well.
Coming up with a recipe for breakfast cereal cookies took a little trial and error, but the final product turned out great! My kids loved that the cookies, and they were easy enough for the kids to help bake. And they thought it was hilarious to be eating cereal in cookies!
These breakfast cereal cookies are a great grab-and-go snack, and I loved how easy they were to make. The recipe makes about 2 dozen cookies. If you want more cookies, you can easily double the recipe, especially since the cookies freeze well.
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups Honey Bunches of Oats Crunch O's cereal
- Preheat oven to 350º.
- Cream together butter and sugar.
- Mix in vanilla and egg.
- Stir in flour, soda and salt.
- Fold in Honey Bunches of Oats Crunch O's cereal.
- Spoon by the Tablespoon-full onto a cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until tops are slightly golden and edges are set.
My family loves eating breakfast together. It’s a great way to start our day, and I love the variety of cereals Post offers that allow us to enjoy our breakfast together. But even more than that, I love that their cereals are ones that we can enjoy as snacks as well– like in these delicious cookies!
Which Post cereal will you be making these breakfast cereal cookies with?
Those cookies sound so yummy! What an awesome way to have breakfast on the go 🙂
They are delicious, and perfect for breakfast or a snack!
These look absolutely delicious! I’m thinking about recreating them in my kitchen using a gluten free cereal. I think my husband and I would really enjoy these 🙂
I hope you enjoy! Let me know how it turns out!
Not only would my husband love this but my children would love too as well. They look amazing, pinning for sure!
My whole family gobbled them up!
Honey Bunches of Oats has always been my absolute FAVORITE cereal of all time. I would love to try this recipe because we are always strapped for time in the mornings before school. Thanks for the breakfast recipe inspo!
We love Honey Bunches of Oats as well, and the kids think the new Crunch O’s varieties are fabulous!
So, technically if one eats lets say 4 of them does that equal an entire bowl of cereal or could be really eat 6 and not feel guilty? Those cookies look delicious!
Hehehe….. I like where you’re going with this!
(But the honest truth is they’re actually pretty filling– I think 2 would be sufficient)
We think these are wonderful. Love cookies and love breakfast def going to try and make these.
We are big cookie fans here.
This sounds delicious! What a great way to make cookies a little better. I love Honey Bunches of Oats.
Such a great cereal, and it turned out delicious in the cookies!
These look soo good that I am just going to have to try them out. Breakfast Cereal could be something I need to get some food in my system in the morning!
I hope you try them out and let us know what you think!
Well, why not??? 🙂 These sound good and I bet all the kids in the neighborhood will love them for after school snacks.
Oh they definitely will! Even my friend’s very picky son loved them!
These breakfast cookies look so good. They are perfect for taking with me in the morning while I am driving to work.
Definitely, and then have another on your way home for a snack!
I don’t usually buy cereal because I try to avoid processed foods, but I love the idea of breakfast cookies. I think my kids will think I have gone crazy if I offer them cookies for breakfast. LOL
Haha, sometimes crazy is a good thing!
I love the cereal on its own, I bet the cookies are even better! Pinning to make very soon!
The cookies are so good! Thanks for pinning– I hope you enjoy!
Thanks for the amazing recipe. Must try for my whole family.
You’re very welcome!
This is a great way to change things up from an otherwise ordinary everyday breakfast.
Definitely! And they’re great for snacks as well!
What a fun idea! The kids have cereal for breakfast every morning (usually the Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted cereal), but I’m always the one running out the door without a bite – it would be great to have a breakfast cookie to enjoy so I’m not hours into the day before I realize I never ate! #client
Oh man, you definitely don’t want to skip breakfast! They freeze really well, so whip up a batch and throw them in the freezer, and just grab one or two out each morning!
Ooh how delicious these cookies look absolutely divine. I never have breakfast because its too heavy on my stomach so perhaps I should try these!
You should! Breakfast is an important part of the day, and maybe this would be the perfect compromise!
I’d love to try these cookies. Such an easy breakfast that can travel. I love that!
They’re great for that!
Love this idea. so easy to just grab on the way out the door and so tasty too. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome! I hope you try them!
I love this! I would’ve never thought to incorporate cereal into a cookie! I’ve not tried either of the new flavors, but love the almond HBoO. They’re my fav breakfast cereal.
We’ve long been fans of the regular Honey Bunches of Oats, so it was fun to find new varieties!
I like the using of the cereal. I’ve never make cereal cookies before, so I certainly will make this recipe.
I hope you let us know what you think of them!
Wow these look amazing and would be so easy for work definitely trying these ASAP.
Thanks! We hope you’ll come back and tell us how you like them!
These cookies look delicious! I love the idea of picking my favorite cereals and making it into a portable breakfast treat.
Definitely easy to change it up with all sorts of cereal varieties!
i love crunchy mix ins for cookies, these look great and will make an excellent morning snack
The Honey Bunches of Oats Crunch O’s cereal gave a great addition to the texture!
This is such a great idea 🙂 we like to make muffins to eat, and often make silly flavor combos like lime and cranberry or pb&j. I think my son would love these breakfast cookies!
Those sound like fun muffins! We eat a lot of muffins here, too.
I have never thought about using cereal in cookies! My daughter is an up and coming baker and I’m sharing this recipe with her!
I bet she’ll love it. They’re pretty easy to make.
Yum! We love Honey Bunches of Oats! Converting them into a breakfast cookie, is a fantastic idea!
It’s such a delicious cereal, and really adds great texture and flavor to the cookies!
I should buy stock on Post because all my kid has for breakfast is the Vanilla Bunches of Oats. He’d love this variety as a go to snack! Thank you 🙂
I think we would have to try Raisin Bran cookies. It seems to be the overall favorite.
These look so good. I love Honey Bunches of Oats cereal.
Making these, right now. Glad I made them tsp sized. Tbs would have been huge. They smell wonderful baking. I always have to add my own twist to everything. I added walnuts, dried cranberries and coconut. Taking these camping for a quick go to breakfast.