Here before you lies an epic battle of man vs cereal.
You see over the holidays I was at a friend’s house and she had this insanely sweet snack mix set out.
In this snack mix there was the addition of white chocolate covered Cheerios.
Well, I might have been the girl that picked them all out of the mix, leaving behind the graham crackers and peanuts for everyone else.
I know, I know, no one likes THAT girl.
Sorry.
Well, I decided that there needed to be a mix of only chocolate covered Cheerios and then all my problems would be solved and I wouldn’t be THAT girl anymore.
Simple solution.
Until.
Until I started dipping the Cheerios into the chocolate.
Well, I then discovered why the Cheerios were the minority player in the snack mix.
Because dipping individual Cheerios is not a super fun time.
But I decided that I was gonna make it happen…
I tried all sorts of different methods here…because covering them in chocolate isn’t the hard part.. it’s getting them not to stick together.
Obviously they would be equally as tasty in clusters, but I wanted individual tiny snack pieces.
No, you’re not the first person to call me OCD.
I tried dipping them and removing them on a slotted spoon. Didn’t work for me, they all stuck together.
Tried lining them on twine and dipping them. Didn’t work, they all stuck together and the twine got gross..
Tried lining them on a skewer and dipping them.. yep, you got it, they all stuck together.
Tried pouring the chocolate over the Cheerios on a wire rack…Cheerios stuck to the wire rack and the bottoms stayed naked. 1/2 naked Cheerios are not acceptable.
So here’s what I did…
I dipped them, and fished them out with a fork and tapped and tapped and tapped all the excess chocolate…
Then I used a skewer and removed them from the fork one by one…
And put them on a piece of parchment paper to dry…
Then I repeated the whole process with white chocolate.
THEN my kids came home and started eating them by the handful and I got a little murdery and irrational.
So make these as a cute cupcake garnish, or as an addition to snack mix or if you’re feeling generous with your time for someone you like a lot, an entire bowl of chocolate covered Cheerios.
Which brings me to today’s special occasion…
The sweet Christina from Dessert for Two is getting married and a few of her blogging friends have gotten together to throw her a surprise Virtual Bridal Shower!
Christina’s site is great…she makes..well..dessert for two…yummy recipes scaled back for 2 people. Sometimes that’s all you need!
So in celebration of her big day hop over and check out all the treats that were prepared in her honor…Happy Wedding Christina!
Keep it Sweet Desserts | Sweet and Salty Party Cookies
Table For Two | White Wedding Cupcakes
Chip Chip Hooray | Mini I “Do”nuts
Espresso and Cream | Moon Pie Cake
Eat Live Run | Whiskey Walnut Blondies
Eats Well With Others | Brown Butter Snickerdoodles
Country Cleaver | Mini Coconut Cream Pies
Chocolate Covered Cheerios
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups Cheerio cereal, divided
- 7 oz chocolate for melting (or almond bark)
- 7 oz white almond bark
- 2 tsp vegetable shortening, divided
Instructions
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Melt 7 oz chocolate with 1 tsp of vegetable shortening in microwave or over a double boiler.
- In small batches (about a tablespoon) drop Cheerios into melted chocolate.
- Remove Cheerios with a fork and tap off excess chocolate. Transfer to one of your prepared baking sheets.
- Repeat process with white chocolate.
- Let set and store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Would this recipe work only for regular plain Cheerios? All I have in the pantry is honey nut Cheerios – my fav. I will try to dip these and let you know how it goes. I am hoping the chocolate is thick enough to stick to the honey. I’m also gonna try to cut down on “murdery and irrational” behaviors I get too when children siffon off treats slowly, by doing this at night while they sleep. Bwahahahaha, more for Mommy! I wonder if there will even be any left in the morning for them to try! 😉
Can’t wait to hear how they turn out! I think it will work fine on the Honey Nut Cheerios!
The Honey Nut Cheerios worked wonderfully! There certainly was enough chocolate sticking to them. I tried white chocolate and dark chocolate and I must say, white chocolate still holds the gold medal in my heart. Both were good. Even shared them with a neighbor
So freaking hilarious you said murdery!
I love this recipe! I have a 2 yr old so I have a few Cheerios boxes but now he’s grown tired of plain Cheerios cereal, had to buy him different cereal. Which leaves me w Cheerios jst sitting on the shelf. This is the perfect solution! Working on my 1st batch now. Tx! 😀
Hmmmmmmmm what if you heated up the chocolate in a medium crockpot, lined the cheerios on skewers, set the skewers across the top of the crockpot and enrobed them with chocolate, letting the excess fall back into the crockpot?
After each was done dripping you could just swap skewers until you had enough cheerios… then you’d just have to pluck them off the skewers (this is how the amish glaze donuts… the amish are lazy)
You might use metal skewers though, chocolate covered cheerios + splinters sounds like the kind of horror story my mom used to tell me about strangers doing to my Halloween candy so she could get to all the good stuff first
OK – this is an insanely smart idea. Lots of work, but insanely smart!
You did it, but yes, you better hide it from those that snack by the handful:)
Worth it.