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Uncle Dave's Cheerzel Crunchies
Uncle Dave's Cheerzel Crunchies
{Serving suggestion only*}
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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) broken into 1" or 1/2" pieces 
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!)
 
 

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ATTEMPT 5000:
5 oz. Cheerios® 
6 oz. thin pretzel sticks, (Walmart sells them) broken into 1" or 1/2" pieces 
10 oz. SKOR Toffee Bits, divided
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.

ATTEMPT 5000:
Preheat oven to 350° (180° C)
Coat a large oven-safe dish with butter. I used a 13" by 18" rimmed cookie sheet.
I mixed the Cheerios, pretzels, and 7 oz of the toffee bits together.
Melt the butter and marshmallows as above, and add the dry ingredients.
I then spread it in the cookie sheet and sprinkled the remaining toffee bits on top.
I put it in the oven for about 10 minutes, then took them out and used a spatula to spread the now melted toffee bit topping around a bit.
It was a mess, because when it cooled I couldn't get it off the pan without heating it again, and spreading it in a different pan...and on...and on.
Anyway, another fail!
 
Servings\Yield
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.
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7 oz thin pretzel sticks, broken in 1" or even 1/2" pieces
7 oz SKOR Toffee Bits ❗Definitely not enough. See note below.
8 tbs butter (1 stick)
over 3 1/2 minutes in microwave, almost 4 minutes
dumped in bowl and added toffee bits first, stirred a bunch, I think this made a difference, for the good
then added dry ingredients. 
spread them in a big sheet tray, 11 x 17 maybe, to about 1" thick. I had buttered the sheet tray ahead of time.
placed some in a 350° oven for 8 minutes just to see if it made a difference. It did not.
conclusion is that we need more toffee bits, maybe even double
further conclusion:
1) the first batch made the other day tasted better; I hope it was because I used more toffee bits then than I did today.
2) putting them in the oven had no appreciable impact, but might if I were using more toffee bits.
🧑‍🍳 The Cook:  Dave Ferguson 🔑 Keywords: marshmallows, pretzels, toffee bits, Cheerios®
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📚 Collections: Uncle Dave's Cookbook, The TFR Cookbook, Sweet Stuff
Uncle Dave's Cheerzel Crunchies was added on April 25, 2025 and last updated on June 07, 2025.
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