What To Make With What’s On Sale: Cheerios

It’s Friday — time for What To Make With What’s On Sale!  This week at Safeway, General Mills Original Cheerios (8.9 oz) are as low as $0.99 after coupon.

If you need some ideas for using Cheerios other than as a breakfast cereal or a toddler finger food — here are seven recipes that use Original Cheerios!

Cheerios are great for all kinds of snack mixes.  Try this sweet and salty Popcorn Snack Mix, or this Crunchy Italian Mix if you want something more savory.

These Applesauce Muffins (from the Cheerios website) look moist and tasty — the recipe calls for crushed Cheerios!

Here’s another recipe from Cheerios.com: Crunchy Hot Dog Nuggets.  Cut-up hot dogs (or potatoes, as the recipe suggests) are coated with a honey mustard mixture, rolled in crushed cereal and baked until crunchy.

One of my favorite ways to use Cheerios cereal is in smoothies!  This Berry-Banana Smoothie looks yummy, but you can use your own combination of fruits, yogurt, milk, etc., and then add Cheerios to make it a little thicker and more substantial.

Cheerios make good desserts too — try these Cheerio Treats (similar to Rice Krispie treats but with peanut butter added) or these Peanutty Caramel Bars (which taste a lot like a candy bar!)

What’s your favorite way to use Cheerios?

Be sure to check out the What To Make With What’s On Sale archives for more meal-planning ideas!