Butter Crunch Clusters

Butter Crunch Clusters

1/2 cup Butter
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon corn syrup
2 cups Cheerios Cereal
1 cup salted cocktail peanuts or Spanish peanuts
Heat butter in 3-quart saucepan over low heat until melted. Stir in brown sugar and corn syrup. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly.

Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in cereal and peanuts until well coated. Drop mixture by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper; cool.
Makes 24 Cookies

Amy’s Note: With the variety of Cheerios on the market today and the amount of nuts (ha ha) out there, the possibilities with this are endless.  I’m thinking Frosted Cheerios and cashews at this point.