For the Love of Special K Bars | My Other More Exciting Self (2024)

I’m fairly sure the Internet doesn’t really need another post with the world-famous Special K Bars recipe. I mean, seriously. We could all search a thousand recipe posts on Pinterest for these sinful delights. But I’m defying the blogging gods and posting this anyway because these bars are just too powerful. 🙂

I made this classic Special K Bars recipe last Friday night and, as it always does, it brought back memories of my mother-in-law, Mary, who passed away in 2013. I can’t quite remember when it started, but at some point, years ago, Mary made Special K bars when Teacher Man and I visited her and my father-in-law. I raved because, of course, I looooove these bars and could easily eat half the pan if left to my own devices.

Since that first initial pan, my mother-in-law would make these bars for me every time we came to visit. Iknow. I was so lucky! (The only potential downside being Ihad to fight with my father-in-law and Teacher Man over who got to eat the most rows. Have you ever seen those boyscut into a pan of these bars? Experts, I tell you!)

When I posted this memory last weekend along with a photo of my Special K bars on Facebook, I received quite a few comments from people who hadtheir own Special K bar stories.

• One friend said his momused to make them at the family’s lake homeand he doesn’t remember a pan lasting more than hour. (Yep, sounds about right.)
• Another wrote that Special K bars are her Relay for Life team’s claim to fame and they’ve sold thousands of bars over the years for a good cause. (Now that’s awesome!)
• Still anotherlikes to make the case that Special K bars qualify as a breakfast food – it is cereal, after all, with a good dose of protein from the peanut butter. (Agreed!)
• And several friendstold me Special K bars were theirmother-in-law’s favorite, too. (See – the power of the Special K bar!)

I kind of got a little veklempt at all thesedelightfulstories about our connections to Special K bars and the family members we love. I will always have wonderful memories of my mother-in-law – her kind heart, her love of good stories and her completely infectious laugh.

And we’ll always share our love of Special K bars.

My favorite picture of my in-laws at our house with Joe to celebrate his 9th birthday in January of 2013.

Can I refrigerate Special K Bars?

Sure thing! That’s how Teacher Man loves these bars best. I personally prefer them at room temperature but it’s totally your call.

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