These Healthy Strawberry Rice Crispy Treats are an amazing healthy snack for kids and adults alike! Using freeze dried strawberries, coconut butter and cashew butter plus a sticky sweetener to help hold it all together. Just five ingredients, no-bake, gluten-free and vegan-friendly.

strawberry rice crispy treats stacked on white plate

Helloooo MAY. It’s FINALLY getting nice out–like 75º and higher, nice out–and I can’t believe it is already May. Just a few weeks ago we were dealing with an ice storm here in Michigan! Weather is crazy these days…

But the sunshine and warmer weather this week has got me in a super good mood. Anyone else welcoming the sunshine with open arms? I’ve been reflecting on how much happier I feel just being able to sit outside and let the warmth soak into my skin. I sit out on our deck and literally think “Gosh we have waited so long for this. THANK YOU MOTHER NATURE.”

I’ve also been taking Gilly out for midday walks – which is more of an arm workout some days trying to get her used to her leash. Goodness gracious she’s a crazy one. Hoping that dies down soon… *fingers crossed*

Anyways are you guys ready for a ridiculously easy recipe? It’s no-bake, quick and easy and I am *betting* kid-friendly. I can’t say for sure because these weren’t tested on any kids but I feel like they’d like it!?

Healthy Strawberry Rice Crispy Treats

Name: Healthy Strawberry Rice Crispy Treats
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 16 bars
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups freeze-dried strawberries, divided; 3 1/2 cups brown rice crisp cereal; 2/3 cup lightly roasted cashew butter; 1/3 cup coconut butter; 1/2 cup raw honey or brown rice syrup (must be thick/sticky sweetener)

strawberry rice crispy treat square on white plate with freeze dried strawberries

Alright so I feel like this is one of those recipes I probably should have had in my calendar way back in February. When all things pink flooded the food blogging interwebz. But I clearly wasn’t thinking and now we’re here anyhow, with these lovely strawberry rice crispy treats gracing you with their pink presence.

Truth be told I am being resourceful with some ingredients I had lying around. I was cleaning my pantry the other weekend and realized I had two boxes of brown rice crisp cereal, 1/2 a bag of freeze dried strawberries and 2 different jars of cashew butter. I just had to do something with all of the extra goodies hiding in my pantry and not let them go to waste. The cereal was getting close to its expiration date… Annddd my recent strawberry freezer fudge may have inspired this recipe. I cannot get enough strawberries lately – fresh, frozen, freeze dried – I want them all!

freeze dried strawberries, brown rice crisp cereal, cashew butter, coconut butter and honey for strawberry rice crispy treats

what you need

freeze dried strawberries
brown rice syrup or raw honey
coconut butter
cashew butter
brown rice crisp cereal

You’re reading that right, my friends. Just FIVE ingredients, no-bake and super quick. I used the stovetop to melt down the coconut butter, cashew butter and honey (or brown rice syrup) but you could also use the microwave.

You also are going to need a way to process down the freeze dried strawberries into powder – I used my NutriBullet.

pan of strawberry rice crispy treats topped with freeze dried strawberries

Then really all that’s left is combining all of the ingredients and pressing the mixture into your pan.

Freeze for about 20 minutes. Lift out of the pan. Cut into squares.

cut bars on wooden board, strawberry rice crispy treats

GOOD TO GO.

And you don’t need to keep these in the fridge either. I tested keeping these out at room temperature and they held together just fine – unless you live in a super hot climate you should be alright!

Let me know if you make them! Always love hearing from you guys and appreciate your feedback and reviews more than you know!

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