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These are a family favorite since childhood my Mom always made and now I make.

Date Nut Balls

1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 cups dates chopped
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup chopped pecans
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups rice krispies
1 cup flaked coconut

In double boiler, melt butter, add sugar and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add dates and cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir to help it cool for a minute. Stir in eggs, a little at a time. Return to double boiler and boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and pecans. Put the Rice Krispies in a large bowl. Pour date mixture over the Rice Krispies and mix gently.
Roll mixture into small balls. (Your hands will get sticky. Dipping your fingers in a little melted butter will help.) Roll balls in coconut.

Here's a recipe using cereal that is a no-bake cookie. 

SAUCEPAN PEANUT COOKIES

1 c. light corn syrup

1 c. sugar

1 1/2 c. peanut butter (chunky is our favorite, but smooth works equally well)

4 c. cereal flakes (we like corn, but other unsugared may be used)

Mix corn syrup and sugar in medium saucepan.  Bring mixture to a full boil.  Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and cereal.  Mix well.  Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls on waxed paper or a buttered baking sheet.  Makes approximately 48 cookies.

Thank you for sharing your recipes! :) Yum!

I just tried this over the weekend:

Crunchy Garlic Chicken

I served it with yellow rice (store bought) and this.

It was very easy to prepare and it was good... just alittle sweet I thought. When I make next time- I might melt some feta on top...

i dont think i ever cooked or baked cereal lol

Oops--heres the full recipe 

I just made this recipe tonight and they came out so delicious!  The cupcakes are from scratch but i bet you could use a mix, any suggestions? 

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Pumpkin Cupcakes

First things first—preheat your oven to 350 degrees and place liners in cupcake pans.  This recipe should make 18-24 cupcakes.  

Cereal Cookie cupcake bottoms:

2 cups cinnamon toast crunch cereal, (finely crushed in mini chopper)

5 Tablespoons Unsalted butter, Melted

1 - 1 1/2 cups semi sweet chocolate--chopped (in mini chopper)

 Add 5 Tbs of melted unsalted butter to the crushed cereal and mix with a fork until all combined. Mixture should be moist and hold together when pressed.  If not-add a little more melted butter. 

Take one heaping teaspoon and place inside the cupcake liners and press down with your fingers covering the bottom only of the liner.

While you still have your mini chopper out—chop 1 – 1 ½ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Place a heaping teaspoon of the chopped chips on top of the cinnamon toast crust and bake in oven for 5 minutes.Let cool on counter while you prepare the cupcake mixture.

Pumpkin Cupcakes

1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature 

1 cup firmly packed dark-brown sugar

⅓ cup granulated sugar

2 cups cake flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

½ teaspoon salt

 2 large eggs

½ cup buttermilk mixed with 1 teaspoon vanilla

1¼ cups canned solid-pack pumpkin

1. Preheat the oven to 350° (175°C). Line a cupcake pan with 24 liners.

2. In a stand mixer, beat the butter and sugars on medium speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt into a medium bowl.

3. Add the eggs 1 at a time to the mixer, scraping down the sides after each addition. Alternate adding the flour and milk mixtures, beginning and ending with the flour. Beat in the pumpkin until smooth. Divide the batter equally between the cups. (They’ll be about ¾ full.) Rap the filled pans once on the counter to release any air bubbles.

4. Sprinkle tops with remaining chocolate and cereal mixture.  Bake the cakes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 19 to 24 minutes. Cool the cupcakes on racks completely.

Pipe on a small amount of Betty Crocker Milk Chocolate Frosting in the center (although no frosting is necessary) 

With love and cupcakes,

CookTeen

Hi CookTeen: I just read your profile- I think it's great that you've joined us. The recipe above sounds yummy! Thank you for sharing.

Sincerely, CC

PS: Also wanted to add these recipes to this link... These mom's made cereal treats for Halloween!

http://www.bettycrocker.com/cereal/cerealbloggers?WT.ac_id=hptab_halloweenbloggers_101209

CateC, We just came back from a 5 day vacation and the Motel that we stayed at had a free continental breakfast, althought it was nice it was 'all" carbohidrates,:-(. They had a waffle machine to fix your own waffles in. I used 1 package of instant dry oatmeal, then added the amount of waffel batter that was used and made my waffle, so that it would have some food value, I used brown sugar & cinnamon instant oatmeal. It was really good. Granna2

Granna2: Welcome back from your vaca! I hope you had fun!

That sounds like a really simple and yummy idea. Thank you for sharing! I just added oatmeal to a shortbread recipe I made (will blog about it for Sunday's post)... and I thought- why haven't I done this before!?! Anyways- happy unpacking. Glad you are back!

Sincerely, Cate

Did you know that this Sunday is National Cereal Day?

It reminded me of this conversation about cooking and baking with cereal.

Have you seen or tried the new Chocolate Cheerios that are now available in stores yet?
This recipe makes me want to buy them and try them out:  Chocolate Cheerios® Marshmallow Bites http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/chocolate-cheerios-marshmallow-bites/59b13a1e-f5fb-4dfa-9a71-bb83733bfbc0 are fun for the kids to enjoy with a cup of hot chocolate!

And here are a bunch of cereal coupons here: http://www.bettycrocker.com/coupons-promotions/coupons/coupons.  You can also receive a free coupon book here: http://freecouponbooklet.bettycrocker.com/BettyCrockerCouponBook/Default.aspx?esrc=15174, and WIN FREE cereal here: http://www.bettycrocker.com/Home/FreeCereal!  Betty’s always looking out for your budget!

I can’t wait to hear from you in the cooking and baking with cereal discussion!

Gee, I have always used oatmeal in my meatloaf! It's just not for breakfast or cookies or bread or part of the apple crumb pie anymore.

                                Roast Meat Loaf...BC's Hamburger Cookbook

                     2 lbs ground meat

                     1 med onion..chopped

                     1 egg

                     1/2 C quick cooking oats

                     1/2 C milk

                     1 T snipped parsley

                     1 1/2 t salt

                     1/2 t savory or thyme

                     1/4 t pepper

                     1/2 C catsup or chili sauce

                     2 T brown sugar

350 oven. Mix all ingredients except the catsup and brown sugar. Shape into a loaf in an ungreased baking pan. Mix catsup with the brown sugar, spoon on top of loaf. Bake uncovered 1 to 1 1/4 hours.

We asked our Facebook fans this question, too! Here are some of their responses:

Elyse Armendariz: Corn flakes (crushed) have been used for meatloaf (instead of bread crumbs). Oatmeal works even better for meatloaf than bread crumbs (makes it super moist!)

Miranda Randle: I use baby cereal in chocolate chip cookies

Kristy McDaniel: Really yummy dish-- SMALL Cubes of potato (or hashed) mixed with sour cream, and topped with a layer of Cheese and then a layer of corn flakes! BEST side dish EVER!

Dave Cooper: Finely crushed cornflakes with a little flour as a coating for fish. Been doing that since I was born for trout.

Creole Oven Fried Chicken Thighs