For my cafe, I used to cook a batch of these every two days. They were incredibly well-liked and frequently sold out. a chocolate square that is delicious and portable and works nicely in lunchboxes. I like to make Reese’s pieces for Halloween treats by just sprinkling them over the top and pressing them into the square’s top while it’s still warm in the pan. Enjoy!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 1 9×3-inch pan |
Ingredients
- 12 cups puffed wheat cereal
- 10 marshmallows
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup corn syrup
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Grease a large bowl and a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Place cereal in the prepared bowl.
- Combine marshmallows, brown sugar, corn syrup, cocoa powder, and butter in a small saucepan; cook and stir over medium-low heat until smooth and bubbling. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
- Pour chocolate mixture over cereal and stir until evenly coated. Press cereal mixture into the prepared baking dish and cool for 10 minutes. Turn cereal mixture onto a work surface and cut into 12 or 24 squares using a serrated knife. Individually wrap squares in plastic wrap or store in an airtight container.
- Substitute 2 cups miniature marshmallows for the 10 regular-sized ones if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 112 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 7 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 28 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very good, everyone who ate this wanted more!??
I loved the chocolate mixture and would definitely try this again with a more crisp cereal like rice krispies or cornflakes. The puffed wheat became chewy and tasted bland with the chocolate. Although I must say (yes I know how this sounds 😉 the flavour improved by the second and third one! The kids loved them, but then they would eat just about anything, if it was smeared in chocolate!
I only used 10 cups of cereal and wound up with a dry overly cocoa’d pan in the end