Eating breakfast every day is an important way to start your day. It gives you the energy and nutrients that you need every day. And while there are many healthy and great-tasting cereals out there, many are extremely expensive, especially when you have to feed a big family.
We recently found some amazing homemade cereal recipes online that are inexpensive and easy to make. From a variety of granola cereals — such as orange marmalade granola, chocolate cinnamon granola, and cherry pistachio granola — to your favorite store-bought cereals, including Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs, and Corn Flakes, we found delicious homemade recipes you’ve got to try.
Check out these 75 cereals you can make at home that are delicious and will save you money.
1) Nutty bran flakes
Forget about buying store-brand cereals with bran flakes that go stale quickly. Try the recipe listed here instead. You’ll need bran, whole wheat flour, almond flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, and water. Prep time is 30 minutes; cook time is 30 minutes.
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Willowbird Baking
2) S’mores oatmeal
This recipe gives oatmeal a total makeover. You’ll need water, milk, cooking oats, brown sugar, honey, salt, cinnamon, marshmallows, graham crackers, and milk chocolate. Cooking time is minimal, and you’ll absolutely love this delicious breakfast concoction.
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Everyday Annie
3) Almond cranberry muesli
Cranberry lovers unite! This cereal features oats, sliced almonds, dried cranberries, and dried apricots. Check out the recipe here.
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General Mills
4) Apple oats cereal
You can make this apple oats cereal very quickly at home. Ingredients include applesauce, oat bran hot cereal, oats, apple juice, raisins, almonds, and cinnamon.
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Weelicious
5) Apricot yogurt cereal
If you love a sweet-tasting breakfast, this recipe will do the trick. To make your own apricot yogurt cereal, gather WeetaBix, dried apricot, cornflakes, and flavored yogurt. No baking required.
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Foodal
6) Aloha Hawaiian granola cereal
This homemade cereal is as good as it sounds. You’ll need dried pineapple, vanilla extract, honey, assorted seeds, macadamia nuts, coconut, oats, and a few additional ingredients.
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Nuts.com
7) Blueberry Grape-Nuts porridge
For an easy-to-make hot cereal, try this blueberry Grape-Nuts porridge recipe. It calls for Post Grape-Nuts cereal, vanilla soy milk, blueberries, cinnamon, and honey or brown sugar.
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Mr. Breakfast
8) Cherry nut granola cereal
You can eat this cherry nut granola anytime of the day, or add milk for your morning breakfast. The recipe includes oats, unsalted peanuts, dried cherries, coconut, dates, honey, cinnamon, and a few additional ingredients.
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Farberware
9) Chocolate granola cereal
This amazingly yummy cereal features a strong chocolate flavor combined with a touch of cinnamon. To make your own, you’ll need brown sugar, honey, peanut butter, vanilla extract, butter, oats, chocolate chips, and cinnamon.
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Mr. Breakfast
10) Almond granola cereal
Almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, cinnamon, and vanilla extract are featured in this homemade cereal. You can make about 30 quarter-cup servings using this easy-to-make recipe.
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Sally’s Baking Addiction
11) Homemade Reese’s Puffs
It’s true! You can make your own homemade Reese’s Puffs cereal. Your need peanut butter, chocolate, almonds, honey, cocoa powder, and a few other ingredients. The complete instructions on how to make this family favorite are here.
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Milk + Cereal
12) Oatmeal chocolate chip cookie cereal
Cookies for breakfast … why not? This one’s for all of you oatmeal chocolate chip cookie lovers out there. Total prep and cook time for this recipe is only 35 minutes.
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Half Baked Harvest
13) Cinnamon toast crunch
If you love Cinnamon Toast Crunch, you can make it yourself at home in a total of 33 minutes. Some of the ingredients you’ll need include whole wheat pastry flour, cinnamon, honey, vanilla, buttermilk, and brown sugar.
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Half Baked Harvest
14) Corn flakes
Make your own corn flakes in the comfort of your kitchen. All you need are med/fine cornmeal, water, and sugar (optional). The full instructions are here.
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Fashionedible.com
15) Blueberry sunshine cereal
If you want to change things up every now and then but want to keep your favorite cereal in the mix, try this blueberry sunshine cereal. You’ll need are blueberries, maple syrup, your usual favorite cereal, and sugar (optional) to put atop your favorite cereal.
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Walking on Sunshine
16) Homemade Lucky Charms
While this homemade Lucky Charms recipe is ambitious, it’s well worth the effort! You even get to choose your marshmallow shapes, whether that’s pink hearts. Green clovers, or yellow moons.
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Cupcake Project
17) Gluten-free Apple Jacks
Apple Jacks is one of my favorite cereals, so this homemade version is perfect for an at-home breakfast project on a lazy weekend. Check out the full recipe here.
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Glute Free on a Shoestring
18) Vanilla almond puffs
For a crunchy, vanilla-taste, this vanilla almond puffs cereal recipe is fantastic. And, it’s gluten free. Total prep and cook time is 30 minutes.
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Running to the Kitchen
19) Homemade Cheerios
These homemade Cheerios are jumbo sized and reportedly as healthy as the store-bought version, according to Fork and Beans. The recipe calls for ground oats, brown rice flour, potato starch, nondairy milk, and a few other simple ingredients.
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Fork and Beans
20) Almond maple granola cereal
For an almond and maple taste, you’ve got to try out this homemade recipe. It calls for oats, almonds, coconut, maple syrup, and a few other assorted ingredients.
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Iowa Girl Eats
21) HomemadeCocoa Puffs
Oh boy … this homemade Cocoa Puffs cereal recipe will soon become one of your favorites. It features cocoa powder, almond meal, egg white, vanilla, honey, and Greek yogurt (or coconut oil).
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Well Floured
22) Cinnamon puffed rice cereal
Cinnamon-flavoring adds an extra kick to this cereal recipe. It’s gluten free and includes puffed brown rice, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, oats, ginger, and cinnamon.
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Nutrition Stripped
23) Oat flakes + clusters cereal
This flaked, cold cereal is crunchy and delicious. Plus, the oat flakes can be made with ingredients in your kitchen pantry, including whole wheat flour, tapioca flour, cinnamon, vanilla, brown sugar, water, and salt. And for the clusters, you’ll also need oats, wheat germ, honey, nuts, and freeze-dried fruit.
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My Food Storage Cookbook
24) Cranberry almond crunch cereal
This paleo (gluten free) cranberry almond crunch cereal recipe calls for shredded coconut, almonds, cinnamon, coconut flour, honey, vanilla, coconut flakes, and dried cranberries. It’s an absolute crunchy delight!
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Whole Lifestyle Nutrition
25) Cherry pistachio granola cereal
For a cherry-pistachio-flavored cereal, try this out. The recipe featured dried cherries, chopped pistachios, oats, cinnamon, honey, vanilla, and cherry juice.
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Fine Cooking
26) High-energy raw breakfast bowl
A gluten-free, paleo, and vegan recipe, you’ve got to try this high-energy raw breakfast bowl. This filling and nutritious cereal calls for pecans, walnuts, almonds, a mix of seeds, raisins, coconut, goji berries, and fresh fruit.
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Small Footprint Family
27) Organic cinnamon and honey nut crunch cereal
This totally organic cereal is one of my favorites on this list. It features cinnamon and blueberries and also calls for almond flour/meal, pecan flour/meal, coconut flour, baking soda, organic whole milk or coconut milk, honey, and vanilla extract.
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Whole Lifestyle Nutrition
28) Coconut cinnamon cereal
This paleo coconut cinnamon cereal recipe is quick and easy to make. Prep time is 15 minutes, and cook time is 20 minutes. Before you begin making this delightful creation, you’ll need shredded coconut, sunflower seeds, ground cinnamon powder, sea salt, B grade maple syrup, 1 large egg, and melted coconut oil.
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A Girl Worth Saving
29) No-oatmeal hot cereal
This no-oatmeal hot cereal is perfect if you are gluten-free and are a big fan of Cream of Wheat. The yummy recipe calls for pecans, flaxseeds, chia seeds, sea salt, milk, and your choice of toppings.
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Real Food RN
30) Sweet cinnamon cereal (or cinnamon graham crackers)
Zen Belly published this unbelievable recipe for sweet cinnamon cereal. The recipe features cinnamon, of course, but also calls for coconut sugar, tapioca starch, almond flour, melted coconut oil, 1 egg, and maple syrup.
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Zen Belly
31) Summer cereal
While this cereal recipe is deemed “summer cereal,” it’s actually a great breakfast option year round. This homemade cereal includes chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, coconut flakes, flaxseed meal, coconut sugar, raw cashews, fresh fruit, and a few odds and ends.
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My Heart Beets
32) Cracklin oat bran cereal
This oat bran cereal recipe is paleo and made grain-free. It feeds 6 people and takes 50 minutes from start to finish. You’ll need almond flour, coconut, cinnamon, molasses, egg, coconut oil, and pure maple syrup.
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Golden Barrel
33) Cinnamon pecan crunch cereal
Another awesome paleo recipe, these cinnamon pecan crunch cereal ingredients are mouth-watering. The recipe is labeled as “easy,” is ready in 20 minutes, and serves four. Featured ingredients include unsweetened coconut flakes, honey, cinnamon, pecan meal, and your choice of toppings (berries, banana slices, dark chocolate chips, etc.)
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CaveGirl Cuisine
34) Paleo chocolate cereal
This paleo Cocoa Puffs-like cereal recipe tastes wonderful and is easy to make, with a total prep and cook time of 18 minutes. All you need to make it yourself are almonds, ghee or coconut oil, sea salt, coconut flour, 1 egg white, cocoa powder, and honey.
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A Girl Worth Saving
35) Blueberry pie overnight oat cereal
Load up on antioxidants with this blueberry pie overnight oat cereal. For the full recipe, check out Begin With Nutrition.
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Begin With Nutrition
36) Chocolate cinnamon granola cereal
This amazing chocolate cinnamon granola cereal recipe is so tasty, and you can eat it dry or add milk. It take 35 minutes to prepare and serves four. You’ll need oats, sliced almonds, sunflower kernels or chopped pecan pieces, dark cocoa, cinnamon, sea salt, maple syrup, almond butter, and vanilla extract.
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The Vegan 8
37) Slow cooker apple cinnamon oatmeal
If you’ve got a slow cooker or crockpot and a few ingredients, you can make this apple cinnamon oatmeal recipe at home. It takes 5 hours and 20 minutes to prepare, but most of that time you just set it and leave it to simmer in the crockpot. The full recipe is here.
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SkinnyMs.
38) Almond Joy granola cereal
Remember Almond Joy candy bars? You can make your own granola cereal that tastes just like it. Here’s the simple recipe, which includes almonds, coconut, and chocolate.
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Whole and Heavenly Oven
39) Quinoa chocolate peanut butter cereal
Quinoa chocolate peanut butter granola makes a special morning treat. Just add milk for a delicious cereal to start your day. It’s easy to make and just requires oats, quinoa, sunflower seeds, unsalted peanuts, dried cranberries, honey, peanut butter, and dark chocolate chips.
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Eat Good 4 Life
40) Paleo banana coconut crunch cereal
This great breakfast option can also be the perfect snack. Make your own paleo banana coconut crunch cereal at home using sunflower or pumpkin seeds, shredded coconut, coconut flour, pureed ripe bananas, coconut milk, honey, cinnamon, and a few other assorted ingredients.
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Pure & Simple Nourishment
41) Fruit and nut granola cereal
For a classic granola taste, you can make this fruit and nut granola cereal in just 1 hours, from start to finish. The recipe calls for oats, puffed rice cereal, cinnamon, apple sauce, honey, brown sugar, coconut oil, vanilla extract, mixed nuts, flaxseeds, and dried fruit.
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Oven Love
42) Blueberry pecan granola cereal
Cinnamon, cardamom, blueberries, and pecans are highlighted in this blueberry pecan granola cereal. Check out the full recipe here.
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BakedBree
43) Spiced whole grain porridge
This amazingly healthy and tasty recipe was designed specifically for nursing mothers, although it’ll benefit anyone. It features oats, barley, quinoa, pumpkin seeds, apple cider vinegar, and an assortment of other simple ingredients.
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MommyPotamus
44) Creamy golden protein cereal
For a protein punch in the morning, make this creamy golden cereal. It calls for amaranth flour, millet flour, yellow corn flour, salt, sesame tahini or ground seeds, and water. Find out how to make it here.
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Inspired Taste
45) Paleo chex cereal
A Girl Worth Saving recently shared this scrumptious paleo chex cereal recipe. It serves four and takes 10 minutes to prep and 15 minutes to cook. It features cashew pieces, maple syrup, coconut shreds, and tapioca flour.
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A Girl Worth Saving
46) Danish rye cereal
If you haven’t tried rye berries, you need to! This Danish rye cereal recipe is so tasty, it might become your new favorite. You can make it in just a few steps, outlined here.
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The Happy Foodie
47) Chocolate banana cashew granola cereal
You’ll get all sorts of tastes in this granola cereal, including banana, chocolate, and cashews. It takes just 25 minutes to make and serves four. To make your own chocolate banana cashew granola cereal, you’ll need oats, puffed millet, crispy brown rice cereal, freeze-dried banana, cashews, ripe bananas, and a few other simple ingredients.
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Strength & Sunshine
48) Fruit and rice cereal
Want an alternative to oatmeal? Then this recipe is for you. To make it at home, you’ll need brown rice, low-fat milk, dried fruit bits, brown sugar, salt, and nutmeg.
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Riceland
49) Gluten-free hot cereal blend
This homemade hot cereal recipe is perfect if you’re in a hurry, because you can use the microwave. Ingredients include cream of rice cereal, cornmeal, buckwheat porridge, and flaxseed.
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AllRecipes
50) Chocolate peanut granola cereal
This simple, yet delicious recipe calls for skinless peanuts, oats, assorted seeds, applesauce, cocoa power, maple syrup, honey, peanut butter, and cinnamon.
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Amy’s Healthy Baking
51) Good Earth cereal
With a name like “good Earth cereal,” you can’t go wrong. This recipe includes molasses, vanilla, and apple juice concentrate. You’ll also need oats, oat bran, whole grain, wheat germ, chopped almonds, and a few additional ingredients.
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Facebook/Good Earth
52) Graham nuts cereal
This graham nuts cereal creation is served best with milk and a tiny amount of brown sugar. To make it, you’ll need graham flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, buttermilk, vanilla extract, and salt.
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Lillian’s Cupboard
53) Halloween pumpkin pecan pie granola cereal
You don’t need to wait for Halloween to enjoy this sweet granola cereal. The recipe features pumpkin pie spice, honey, dried cranberries, applesauce, and orange and black M&M candies. You can also use pumpkin puree mixed with one tablespoon of water or milk instead of using applesauce if you so desire.
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Mr. Breakfast
54) Honey maple grapenuts cereal
Labeled “three times the cereal at 1/3 the price,” this honey maple grapenuts cereal recipe calls for an assortment of flour, wheat germ, milk powder, brown sugar, buttermilk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and assorted ingredients.
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Food.com
55) Pumpkin paleo cereal
This easy pumpkin paleo cereal recipe takes 20 minutes to make and serves four. The recipe calls for pumpkin seeds, coconut shreds or flakes, organic pumpkin puree, Medjool or Deglet dates, almond butter, pecans, pumpkin pie spice, honey, coconut flour, and coconut oil.
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CaveGirl Cuisine
56) Multi-grain raisin nut cereal
Raisins and nuts abound in this morning cereal. To make it, you need honey, barley, chopped walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisins, and assorted ingredients. This healthy recipe makes 12 servings.
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Cooking Chanel
57) Nebraska molasses munchies cereal
Molasses lovers will adore this cereal recipe, which calls for home ground wheat, buttermilk or sour milk, molasses, graham flour, soda, salt, and sugar.
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Edible Phoenix
58) Orange marmalade granola cereal
You’ll get a bit of tanginess from this orange marmalade breakfast cereal delight. To make it, you’ll need chopped pecans, brown sugar, orange marmalade, cranberries, oats, and a few other ingredients.
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Mr. Breakfast
59) Peanut butter and jam granola cereal
Who needs a PB&J sandwich when you can have peanut butter and jam granola cereal! This yummy granola cereal recipe features a fruity taste and includes oats, flaxseed meal, flour, cinnamon, creamy peanut butter, honey, your favorite jam, and vegetable oil.
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Mr. Breakfast
60) Grain-free raisin bran cereal
If Raisin Bran cereal is your cup of tea, try out this paleo recipe. It features roasted almonds, walnuts, raisins, cinnamon, shredded coconut, and flax meal.
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Plaid & Paleo
61) Twice-baked carrot cake granola cereal
Carrot cake flavoring in a cereal? Yep! It’s a special treat first thing in the morning. This unbelievable recipe features chopped pecans, cinnamon, grated nutmeg, grated carrot, brown sugar, maple syrup, honey, vanilla, dried pineapple, and yogurt-covered raisins.
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Mr. Breakfast
62) Vanilla almond granola cereal
Whether you eat this as plain granola or add milk for a scrumptious cereal, you’ll love the vanilla almond taste. All you’ll need to make this yourself are a few ingredients, including oats, almonds, sunflower seeds, vanilla, and cinnamon.
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Sally’s Baking Addiction
63) Toffee almond granola cereal
The toffee almonds in this crunchy granola cereal taste amazing. Also featured in the recipe are molasses, barley malt syrup, and raisins.
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Mr. Breakfast
64) Holiday spice granola cereal with cranberries
Good all year round, this holiday spice granola cereal with cranberries recipe is a delicious way to start any morning. The recipe calls for oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, chopped pecans, almonds, dried cranberries, vanilla, and maple syrup.
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Mr. Breakfast
65) Overnight muesli
Prepare this “overnight muesli” the night before so you have it waiting for you the next morning. Ingredients include rolled oats, unsweetened coconut flakes, pepitas, almond slivers, raisins, chia seeds, hemp seeds, cinnamon, and salt. Serve with milk, yogurt, and maple syrup.
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SkinnyMs.
66) Sunshine morning granola cereal
I love this recipe because it featured grated orange peel, adding just the right amount of citrus to the cereal. To make it yourself, you need oats, honey, chopped pecans, orange peel, vanilla, cinnamon, and dices dried mixed fruit.
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Mr. Breakfast
67) Multi-mix cold cereal with rice milk
For a simple, yet tasty breakfast treat, make your own multi-mix cold cereal with rice milk. You just need cooked brown rice, cooking oatmeal, Grape-Nuts breakfast cereal, banana, raisins, and cinnamon.
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Cerealously
68) Apple granola cereal
This crisp and tasty apple granola cereal is recommended to be served with tofu milk, fruit juice, or applesauce. The recipe features chopped walnuts, chopped apple, cinnamon, oats, and maple syrup.
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Mr. Breakfast
69) Fruit and honey granola cereal
You can choose any combination of your favorite dried fruits with this fruit and honey cereal, such as cranberries or apricots. You’ll also need chopped pecans, honey cinnamon, vanilla, and oats.
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Mr. Breakfast
70) Honey nut cereal
This cereal is filled with healthy fats and fiber. You can make the recipe listed here in no time. It calls for oats, walnut pieces, almond pieces, cinnamon, honey, and coconut oil.
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SkinnyMs.
71) Almond raisin granola cereal
This Almond raisin granola cereal recipe takes less than 90 minutes to make from start to finish, and you can store it for up to 14 days in an airtight container. To make this cereal, you’ll need golden raisins, coconut, cinnamon, almonds, and a few additional ingredients.
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Mr. Breakfast
72) Crockpot cocoa granola cereal
Crockpots aren’t usually used to make cereal, but it’s the perfect way to make this cocoa granola. To make it at home, gather oats, bran flakes, wheat germ, honey, sesame seeds, oil, cocoa, and cinnamon.
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Mr. Breakfast
73) Maple almond granola cereal
The sweet taste of this maple almond granola cereal is fantastic. The recipe features rolled oats, sunflower seeds, almonds, cinnamon, raisins, and maple syrup.
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Mr. Breakfast
74) Quinoa breakfast cereal
For a protein-packed breakfast cereal, try out this healthy and hearty quinoa recipe. It requires pre-rinsed white quinoa, water, sea salt, honey, and low-fat milk.
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SkinnyMs.
75) Chia seed breakfast cereal
Chia seeds add just the right oomph to this chia seed breakfast cereal recipe. Before you start, you’ll need milk, chia seeds, vanilla, cinnamon, and chopped green apple. Top it off with the topping of your choice, whether that be maple syrup, bananas, blueberries, or chopped nuts.
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Eat Your Beets
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