Copycat Kudos Granola Bars - The Squeaky Mixer (2024)

I was OBSESSED with the Kudos Granola Bars as a kid. My personal favorite was the M&M one. They are sweet, chewy, and my favorite part was that I could successfully convince my parents to let me have this “granola bar” for breakfast 😂

This copycat recipe is even better than the original bars we all had back in the day. While I don’t believe these are totally discontinued…I do know that they are much harder to find. So lucky for you and I, this recipe will suffice 🙂

Copycat Kudos Granola Bars Key Ingredients

• Rice Krispies – The Rice Krispies add a perfect crunchiness and of course – crispiness to this recipe while. They’ll snap, crackle, and pop while mixing everything together just to show off.
• Rolled Oats – While these wouldn’t be granola bars without oats, they also help provide a nice chewiness. Aside from the texture that oats bring, they also have that familiar, toasty flavor.
• Brown Sugar – Brown Sugar is here to pack an overall Oh. My. Gosh. sensation with every bite. This will enhance our flavor, texture, sweetness, and moisture.
• Honey – These Kudos bars need a kick of sweetness to really make them pop. That’s where our honey comes in. Not only does the honey give them that deliciously chewy texture, but it also helps adhere everything together.
• Light Corn Syrup – A bit of corn syrup helps to contribute to the overall moisture and sweetness to these copycat Kudos granola bars.
  

Recipe Tips and Variations

The longer you let these Copycat Kudos Granola Bars chill, the easier they will be to cut. It’s best to use a very sharp knife to get the smoothest edges and overall, most evenly cut bars. Slicing the bars right after they’ve been placed in the pan will result in them either falling apart or not cutting as easy.

While this recipe calls for salted butter, you can absolutely use unsalted butter if that’s what you prefer or all you have on hand. The salted butter adds a nice balance to offset the amount of sweetness packed into these bars. If you do use unsalted butter, feel free to add about 1/4 tsp. of salt to the brown sugar and butter mixture.

If you decide to cut this recipe in half, I recommend preparing them in a square 9″ x 9″ pan. This should result in 8 even bars. But who are we kidding…double the recipe. They’re THAT good 🙂 I promise.

The original Kudos Granola Bars that we all remember as kids came in three flavor variations; Dove Milk Chocolate Drizzle, M&M, and Snickers. My personal favorite as a kid was the M&M. For this recipe, I kept the Mini M&M’s version while substituting the Dove chocolate for the semi-sweet chocolate I had on hand. And also substituting the snickers for crushed peanuts on top. You can 100% make these your own. In fact I encourage it! Get creative and share your results with me on social media @thesqueakymixer 🙂

My favorite chocolate to bake with is semi-sweet but you can substitute this for milk chocolate or dark chocolate. Just note that semi-sweet chocolate will give you the best results for replicating these as close to the original Kudos Bars as possible.

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