Today I went to the grocery store just to get cereal - I keep craving it as a late night snack and I didn't have any in my apartment - the store didn't have Cinnamon Chex, so I took a closer look at the Gluten Free Chex labels and I realized that General Mills has been pulling one over on me....
Plain Rice Chex has 100 calories per 1 cup serving, the sweetened varieties have 120-130 calories - but those are measured in 3/4 cup servings! That means a whole cup of the sweetened Chex has over 160 calories!
So I decided to get the plain old Rice Chex and spice it up/sweeten it myself!
The first variation I tried was a Cinnamon Sugar copycat using Cinnamon and Stevia - these don't add any significant calories so my version is still about 100 calories for 1 cup (that's without milk - 120 cal with half a cup of unsweetened almond milk) - while regular Cinnamon Chex is 160 calories (without the milk!)
I tried four more variations:
Vanilla Sugar - 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla & 1/4 cup Stevia - 100 cal
Chocolate Chex - 1/2 tablespoon Cocoa & 1/4 cup Stevia - 110 cal
Maple Chex - 1/8 cup Sugar Free Maple Syrup - 110 cal
Peanut Butter Chex - 1 tablespoon PB2 Powder - 122 cal
You could do this with any cereal you like!
~ The more you know... ~
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