My 4 year old daughter has had issues with eating since she was a baby.  I won’t go into details, but, I was overjoyed when she took a liking to Frosted Mini Wheats.  She tried all the flavors, she ate them all the time, and I got many boxes when they were on sale.

Now, she refuses to eat them.  Well, let me rephrase that.  She will eat them very, very reluctantly, and it is not a fun time for anyone.  Instead of using brute force and making her sit there and eat the same tiny bowl of cereal for 2 hours while we both get more and more frustrated (yes, this happens), I went a different route.  Some of you might think I caved, and should have made her sit there and eat.  But, I look at this as a win, since in the end, SHE ATE IT AND SHE LIKED IT.  Hell yeah.

I told my daughter to wash her hands and help me with a cooking project.  I filled a sandwich bag with Mini Wheats, and told my daughter to crush them with the rolling pin.  She thought that was a lot of fun.   I rinsed the bag out and let it dry so I can take it to the grocery store to recycle.  FYI: Many grocery stores and other stores like Target and Walmart have bins where you can drop off plastic bags to recycle.  They take all sorts of bags like shopping bags, ziplocks, bread bags, toilet paper bags, etc.  Please don’t just toss them in the trash.

I poured the cereal into a bowl with peanut butter and Nutella.  I didn’t measure, but it was about 1/4-1/3 cup each.  Come on, it’s PEANUT BUTTER and NUTELLA.  Go ahead and dump half the jar in, I won’t judge.

My daughter helped me mash everything together into a delicious gooey mess.  At this point, you can just shovel the delicious gooey mess into your mouth by the spoonful.  Or you can make it look nice, if you so desire.

We rolled the mess into little balls, which I put in a container lined with wax paper.  I popped the container in the fridge for a few hours until the balls hardened.  Tadaa, quick and pretty healthy snack.

Cereal Balls
Ingredients
– sandwich bag full of Frosted Mini Wheats
– 1/4-1/3 cup peanut butter
– 1/4-1/3 cup Nutella

Directions
–  Crush the cereal with a rolling pin, a wine bottle, your fist, whatever
– Pour the cereal into a bowl with the peanut butter and Nutella, and mix everything together
– Roll the mixture into little balls and place the balls on wax paper.  Put the balls in the fridge for a few hours until they harden.