Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2010

The last of these just came out of the oven and they smell great! I agree with others--these are much better after they've cooled. I halved the recipe just incase, subbed Kashi GoLean Crisp/Rice Krispies because that's what I had in the cupboard. I was a little nervous at first because the batter was a bit sticky, but they turned out nice! What a fun way to empty the cupboard AND have a week's breakfasts on hand!

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jackattack

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lewiston, New York, USA

Living In: Albany, New York, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2010

Turned out great. I used rice krispies and chocolate chips. Kids gobbled them up. Will definitely be making these for our summer camping trips.

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Amy L.

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Germfask, Michigan, USA

Living In: Barbeau, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2010

I didn't see this as a breakfast cookie, other than it has cereal in it, which I left out. I felt the cookie wouldn't be as yummy with cereal in it. I halved the recipe, used "Just Peanuts" natural peanut butter, and dark chocolate chunks. I scooped the batter onto a cookie sheet and didn't bother flattening them out. They did that own their own. I found these cookies to be delicious and would definitely make them again!

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WannaBeChef

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2010

Great cookies! I used 1/2 brown sugar, 1/2 the butter and added apple sauce, wholewheat flour, mixed Cheerio's and Rice Krispies, no salt as there's enough, for me, in the peanut butter. I was eating the batter between batches. My girlfriends are going to love these at our breakfast meeting.

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KimB

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2010

These were good. I made a few changes...I reduced sugar to 1 cup, added 1/4 cup honey, 2 tbl ground flax and used apple jacks instead of cheerios. I also used less raisin and added cranberry-raisin. They turned out soft and cake-like. Kids still ate them up.

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ForneySAHM

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Forney, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 9, 2009

Made as written except I used cinnamon pecan special K, slightly crushed and added 2 T's flax seed. I too got hard dry bits in cookies. Kids think "they're gross". Sorry but they're going in the bin

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aideen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Keswick, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Nov. 8, 2009

Bwhahaha... these are the perfect undercover cookie ever! I almost feel guilty when my husband sneaks one extra before we leave for work in the mornings! A few changes I made was whole wheat flour, subbed 1 cup brown sugar for white, added some cinnamon/nutmeg, omitted the "cereal rings" and made them with dried cranberries rather than raisins. Next time I'll try them with reduced butter and add in some applesauce or a banana...

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Atari

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Sep. 24, 2009

These cookies are so fun to make & very forgiving. I call them "clean out my pantry cookies" because I get out my large glass measuring bowl and just start dumping in the dregs of all my cereals, dried fruit, nuts, seeds, etc. until I hit the 6 cup line. They’re different every time I make them! For the “base” of the cookies I do substitute in 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup whole wheat flour. Also, if your cookies are flat or spreading too much, try adding 1/3 cup of wheat germ or oat bran to the mixture; you can also substitute non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening for up to half of the butter. (Shortening holds its shape better.) And although I agree that these aren’t exactly healthy for breakfast, they sure are better than average for a cookie!

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C. Stuart

Home Town: West Valley City, Utah, USA

Living In: Edgewood, New Mexico, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 9, 2009

They are not at all good warm and they are better but just ok room temperature. I used trader joe's cheerios and they were chewy and not so good in the cookie.

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LPROC

Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2009

even with the minor changes i made, i didn't feel like this was a super-amazing cookie. my family loved them though, so i think i will continue tweaking. i used pure cane sugar instead and only used 1 cup since i used sugar frosted flakes as the cereal. i also used whole wheat flour and replaced the raisins with chocolate chips. there was too much peanut butter for my taste, so i will lessen it next time. overall though, great way to change up cereal in to-go form.

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