Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Crispy, Crunchy Cereal Treats

Submitted by Laura Hintze

Ingredients

2 C. brown sugar

2 sticks butter or margarine

1 ¾ C. light corn syrup

1 can sweetened condensed milk

19 C. crisp rice cereal

Instructions

Boil brown sugar, butter or margarine, and corn syrup for 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Add condensed milk and boil 3 additional minutes. Pour over cereal and mix well.

Spray non-stick cooking spray into mould (first time only) and fill with mixture. Remove immediately from mould; place on wax paper. Allow at least 1 hour set up time.

Yield: 25 shapes


Variations:

Substitute popcorn for crisp rice (1 ¼-1 ½ cups un-popped popcorn).

Substitute puffed rice for crisp rice cereal.

Mix popcorn and puffed rice together.

Add 3 squares of unsweetened chocolate before sweetened condensed milk.

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