Healthy, protein-packed, homemade cereal for breakfast? You will love this recipe for Copycat Gluten-Free Reese’s Puffs Cereal that’s vegan, grain-free, and sugar-free! Chocolate and peanut butter flavors are just what you need to kickstart your day!
The wait is over, my gluten-free friends! Back in August, I teased you with this copycat version of Reese’s Puffs cereal and I heard you loud and clear…”No more teasers! We want the recipe!” I had actually planned on sharing this cereal as part of my “back-to-school” series, but since it contains a large dose of PEANUT, it didn’t fit with the top-8 allergy-free theme. There are a bunch of “peanut” containing recipes I have that do need to see the light of day on Strength and Sunshine sooner of later!
You may or may not know, but cereal is one of my favorite foods (always has been!). I did make that ultimate gluten-free + vegan cereal list, back in the day (super outdated now!) “Ceriously” cereal is SO good! Although the options are much more limited due to food allergies and celiac, there are still a plethora of delicious ones to devour. I’m still waiting on Cap’n Crunch to be made gluten-free, though…my all time pre-celiac favorite! The only problem with it is that they use contaminated oat flour!
I didn’t make copycat Cap’n Crunch (yet!), but my love for chocolate and peanut butter + cereal, lead me to make some Reese’s Puff cereal instead! Funny enough, I never really ate Reese’s Puffs when I was growing up. I think my brother used to love it, but I can’t remember ever really eating it (shocker!) Before the ‘ole soy allergy came on and I was just a celiac, I used to CRUSH boxes of Envirokidz Leapin’ Lemurs cereal (the organic gluten-free equivalent to Reese’s Puffs cereal…but still contains soy). With all that said, the logical next step was a homemade chocolate peanut butter cereal!
I’m not going to “sugarcoat” it, but most breakfast cereals are “dessert”. There are 10 grams of sugar in a 3/4 cup serving of real Reese’s Puffs. Considering 3/4 cup is…no way the tiny amount any normal human would eat (except my mom), you’re packing in a whole lot of sugar in the morning! That goes for “organic” “healthy brand” cereals as well. Small servings with a whole lot of the sweet stuff. I don’t let it bother me too much; cereal is my own “indulgence” (you know how I feel about sugar), but still, something with so much sugar and carbs ends up leaving you starving an hour later.
I’m making everyone happy with this cereal (except no-no peanutters). We are #1 going grain-free with tigernut flour, peanut flour, and cocoa power, #2 sugar-free with good ‘ole swerve, #3 high protein, #4 low-carb, #5 easy ingredient list (just some applesauce and baking power to what I’ve already listen!) Gluten-free, grain-free, vegan, sugar-free, kid-friendly (loved), breakfast magic. Yea…you’re going to LOVE this copycat Reese’s Puffs cereal!
Copycat Gluten-Free Reese’s Puffs Cereal
- Peanut Puffs:
- 1 Cup + 2 TB Tigernut Flour
- ¼ Cup Peanut Flour
- ¼ Cup Erythritol (or preferred granulated sweetener)
- ½ Tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ Cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- Cocoa Puffs:
- 1 Cup + 2 TB Tigernut Flour
- ¼ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ¼ Cup Erythritol (or preferred granulated sweetener)
- ½ Tsp Baking Powder
- ¼ Cup Unsweetened Applesauce
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In two separate bowls, mix together the peanut puff ingredients and the cocoa puff ingredients until you form two balls of stiff cereal dough (knead each well to incorporate the flavors throughout the dough).
- Now make tiny ¼ teaspoon sized balls with each of the dough mixtures and place these tiny balls evenly spaced out on a Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake the puffs for 10-15 minutes, stirring around every 5 minutes so they don't burn.
- At this point check them for softness and if still soft, bake another 10 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes as before until lightly golden brown and crisp.
- Cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
If you have the perk of little kiddos in the house, I’d suggest getting them to help you form those tiny ball puffs! (It can be a bit tedious!) Just tell them they can have ALL the cereal they want if they help you out! Whether you snack on these gluten-free Reese’s Puffs dry or pour a big bowl with some ice cold non-dairy milk (Silk’s unsweetened vanilla cashew milk is my jam), you and the fam will be in homemade “copycat” healthy cereal heaven!
So tell me:
+ Favorite SUGARY cereal? I’ll still say Cap’n Crunch even though I haven’t had it in over a decade!
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These look so good I wish I could eat peanut butter. You are so right about all the sugar in cereal, I very seldom let my kids eat cereal. Now that I am doing daycare I will use cereal once in a while for snacks but not for breakfast. One of my friend’s little boy who I use to watch tells his Mom cereal is for snacks, not breakfast since we had it for snack instead for breakfast haha.
Cereal can be healthy and delicious for breakfast!
Oh these look delicious. I agree some breskfast cereals are just like having a dessert. Nice for an occasional treat
O, but you know, dessert for breakfast is always a thing 😉
This the only thing I’ve seen someone make with Tiger Nuts besides horchata. Super cool!
Wow, well then you need to look at my other recipes.
That’s really different from anything I’ve seen before! We don’t have peanut butter cereal around here in the UK. It looks lovely!
I’m sure you have some sort of peanut buttery cereal.
I love this healthier version of reeses puffs
Great!
Oh wow Rebecca, these look amazing!!! I would never would have thought of making puffed cereal from scratch… or that it was even possible to do it by hand. I’ve never seen tigernut flour here in the UK, but I’ll check online. Do you think it could be substituted with any other flour (it doesn’t need to be GF for my family)
I don’t know. I’ve only made it, my recipe, as stated.
This sounds perfect for me! I’ve got food allergies but not peanuts 🙂 So I’ll definitely give these a try!
xoxo Annaleid
Awesome! I hope you make some soon!
Fabulous, I wouldn’t have thought of making my own cereal.
Super fun eats!
omg this looks so good! I’ll have to make time to make this one day as my hubs and i looove cereal <3
This will be a fun way to enjoy it!
Omg i will have to try this out! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks! Hope you enjoy!
Wow, never thought to make cereal! Good job!
Gotta get your brain thinking more!
Okay, I need to try this! I eat way too much cereal so this recipe would be perfect for me!! Thanks for sharing, love that it’s vegan 🙂
You can never eat too much cereal 😉
This looks delicious! I hope to try to make it sometime soon.
Awesome! Enjoy!
I recently started keto and I think I may make this for “cheat” days. I LOVE eating cereal as a dessert! Thanks for sharing. I’m pinning this for later.
Cereal is great for any meal in my opinion 😉
I remember seeing Reeses Puffs Cereal when in the U.S on vacation. I was going to say I wish I’d tried it then, as you can’t get it in the shops here. But now I’ve got a similar but healthier recipe to try published here anyway. One that I CAN get the ingredients for. Nice one Rebecca!
Whoop whoop! Indulge in all the American goodness now 😉
I haven ´t had breakfast cereals since I don ´t eat processed food anymore. So your recipe comes right away at a good time 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
Claudia
Perfect for you then!
We are definite cereal lovers over here and who knew you could make it at home? I love the fact that it’s gluten free too! I can’t wait to try this!
Of course! You can make anything homemade, lol 😛
How yummy does this sound!? I can imagine it took quite some time to roll all those balls!
Not that long, haha!
I think this is awesome! I will be trying this recipe out for my grandaughter! Thank you!
She will love them!
This is awesome! I don’t buy puff cereal because of all the sugar and gluten. Can’t wait to make it!
I bet, enjoy!
My sister absolutely loved these when we were younger. I told her about the recipe and she flipped. She was thrilled to get it. Can’t wait till we try it too!
Awesome! Bring on the cereal baking then!
OMG yum! I am a huge lover of these, but try to be healthy. The gluten-free option sounds amazing.
Enjoy!
I swear we eat more cereal for snack and at night over breakfast in the morning. Everyone seems to have their very own favorite of course.
As long as you get it in some time of day 😉
Wow,I have never tried making my own cereal before. This is fantastic!
Just like granola, but a lot more “recipe” like 😉
Um, this is one of my favorite cereals and my husband’s as well. I know what I am going to try and make this week! Never would have thought to make it at home but you make it look really doable :-).
Sure is! You guys are in for a healthy treat!
I love having cereal as an easy evening snack, but I am picky about which ones I buy because so many have sketchy ingredients… Can’t wait to try your version on Reece’s Puffs! I loved that stuff in my teens!
Haha, well dry cereal snaking is always good 😉
wow I never realized people can make their own cereal! how wild! Im not really a cereal eater, but I love some raisin bran every now and then
How are you not a cereal eater???
Yum! Reese’s puffs is my hubs absolute favorite cereal.
The chocolate PB combo always wins!
Great post and recipe! I’ve never thought about making my own cereal before, but this is much more nutritious than store bought cereals. This will be particularly useful when my son gets a little older.
It will be a fun way to start the day!
What a fun recipe, especially since cereal is a difficult area for anyone that is trying to stay gluten-free!
Eh, we have some great options!
These look delicious and bring me right back to my childhood! Does it really only take 20 minutes to throw together?
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I guess that depends on how fast you can roll the puffs 😉
Wow. These sound great. I’ve pinned for future use. Never thought to remake a cereal before.
Of course! Homemade versions of everything!
Oh my goodness, this sounds so delicious! Need a bowl of that to start my day off hehe!
Haha, yes 😉