CHOCOLATE CEREAL BARS

Ingredients

125ml caster sugar

125ml golden or maple syrup

60ml peanut butter

15ml cocoa

100g baking margarine

750ml chocolate puffed rice cereal

1 slab dark chocolate chopped

60ml cream

15ml baking margarine, softened


Method

• Grease a shallow 20x15c cake tin
• Heat the sugar, syrup, peanut butter, cocoa and 100g baking margarine over low heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is smooth (don’t allow to boil)
• Remove from heat and stir into the cereal
• Mix well until all the cereal is coated with the syrup mixture
• Spoon into the tin and spread evenly. Leave to cool.
• Melt the chocolate with the cream over a low heat until smooth
• Add the 15ml baking margarine and beat until smooth
• Drizzle over cereal base and leave to set
• Cut into bars

Makes 12 - 15 bars.