Cheerio Balls

This is a great recipe if you need to take a fun snack/dessert to an event that doesn't have refrigeration.

Very basic good for any cook.  Fun and easy for your child make or help make depending on age.

Ingredients

• 3 or 4 cups Cheerios
• ½ cup chocolate chips
• 1 bag (about40) Caramels
• nuts ( if desired )
• butter or non-stick spray

Melt caramels in microwave safe bowl with 2 TBS of water for about a min. Stir and cook for 1 more minute.

When caramels melted add chocolate chips, the amount of chips will depend on your love for chocolate. If you are using a bag of caramels then ½ cup of chocolate chips is a good start. Stir till melted then add nuts and cheerios.

Mix cheerios until well coated, butter cupcake tin and put about 3 TBS of mix in each then refrigerate for at least an hour.

Remove and eat or store.

You can also add any other bits like marshmallows or candy bits or cookie bits. If you butter your hands you can make them flat and let cool, you can then use two and make ice cream sandwiches.

And those are Cheerio Balls.