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Here's a no-bake bar with something for everyone: walnuts, cocoa, coconut and bananas. Delicious!

Prep Time: 15 Min

Total Time: 45 Min

Makes: 12 bars

Sita Williams
Blacksburg, Virginia
Bake-Off® Contest 41, 2004
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INGREDIENTS

1
 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1/4
 cup flaked coconut
1/4
 cup butter or margarine
1
 (10-oz.) bag marshmallows
2
 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
6
 cups Cocoa Puffs® Cereal
1
 cup coarsely crushed dried banana chips*

DIRECTIONS

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. On ungreased cookie sheet with sides, bake walnuts at 350°F. for 5 minutes. 2 Remove cookie sheet from oven. Stir coconut into walnuts. Return to oven; bake an additional 4 to 6 minutes or until coconut is light golden brown, stirring twice during baking. Set aside to cool. 3 In 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Add marshmallows; cook 4 to 6 minutes, stirring constantly, until melted. Stir in cocoa until well blended. Remove from heat. 4 Stir in cereal, banana chips, toasted walnuts and coconut until evenly coated; pour into sprayed pan. Spread mixture evenly, pressing down slightly. Cool 30 minutes. Cut into bars.
*To easily crush banana chips, place in gallon-size resealable food-storage plastic bag. Use rolling pin to crush chips.

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Nutritional Information

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Bar)
  • Calories 295
    • (Calories from Fat 125),
  • Total Fat 14g
    • (Saturated Fat 5g,
  • Cholesterol 10mg;
  • Sodium 130mg;
  • Total Carbohydrate 39g
    • (Dietary Fiber 2g,
    • Sugars 22g),
  • Protein 3g;
Percent Daily Value*:
  • Vitamin A 2.00%;
  • Vitamin C 2.00%;
  • Calcium 6.00%;
  • Iron 16.00%;
Exchanges:
  • 1 Starch;
  • 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate;
  • 3 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 2 1/2;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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