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Cocoa-Peanut Breakfast Bites

Name: Cocoa-Peanut Breakfast Bites
Yield: 2 portions
Ingredients: 1/2 cup quick oats; 3 tbsp peanut butter; 1 tbsp sweetened cocoa drink mix; 1 tbsp honey; 2 tbsp hot water; 2 tbsp powdered milk

About 15 minutes, estimated · 2 portions · No cook

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AI-created food-family illustration: oats and peanut-butter crackers — AI-generated food-family illustration reused within the collection. It is not a photograph of this recipe or of food prepared inside a prison.

Original commissary-inspired pantry recipe

These soft bites turn oats, peanut butter and cocoa mix into a breakfast snack with no baking. They are meant to be eaten fresh; the added water means they are not a shelf-stable bar.

Place & evidence: Across the country. This is an original pantry recipe. The source supplies ingredient or technique context, rather than evidence that this exact dish is served in a prison. Inventory and place labels describe that context only. FCI Danbury Commissary List.

Make it

Equipment: Clean food-safe bowl or cup; spoon; measuring cup and spoons; a clean suitable utensil for any chopping.

Ingredients

1/2 cup quick oats
3 tbsp peanut butter
1 tbsp sweetened cocoa drink mix
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp hot water
2 tbsp powdered milk

Method

Mix quick rolled oats with the measured hot water and rest 3 minutes so the small flakes begin to soften.
Stir in peanut butter, cocoa drink mix, honey and powdered milk until no dry powder pockets remain.
Rest 2 minutes, then use two spoons to divide into eight similar soft bites. Press each together with the spoons; they need not be smooth rolled balls.
Serve four bites per portion fresh, or refrigerate promptly if not eating immediately.

The useful detail

If the mixture sticks to your hands, shape with two spoons rather than continually adding dry oats. These are soft oat bites, not a firm baked bar.

When the store is different

Use smooth seed butter and check all ingredient allergy labels.

Serving & handling

Mix moist ingredients close to serving. Keep opened or mixed perishables refrigerated if they are not being eaten promptly. Read the pantry and food-handling guide for storage limits, package directions and allergen checks.

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Sources & editorial note

Federal Bureau of Prisons — FCI Danbury Commissary List, BOP. Official inventory, Connecticut. Source scope and limits.

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