kathryn
Cathlete
For Christmas this year, my stepmother sent me some treats that satisfied my cravings for both chocolate and crunchiness. :9 They're also fast and easy to make (I made a batch in about 10 minutes total). Just melt some chocolate chips in a glass bowl in the microwave (I used Giradelli dark chocolate chips, 1 minute at a time, stirring after each minute, it took three minutes). Then mix in a some grape nuts (or, cheapo me, the generic equivalent) until they are covered in the chocolate. Spoon onto wax paper and let harden. I like cocoanut, but I don't like the saturated fat in it, so I mixed some natural cocoanut flavoring in with the grape nuts before adding to the chocolate.
Sorry I don't have exact proportions. I used about a 2-to-1 ratio of chocolat to crunchies. At first, I thought I had added too much cereal because things weren't sticking together, but I just made some mounds on the wax paper, and when everything had hardened they stuck together.
I'm also contemplating a version of these using some finely chopped walnuts, along with some walnut flavoring to reduce the fat content (even though it's good fat) and bump up the flavor.
Sorry I don't have exact proportions. I used about a 2-to-1 ratio of chocolat to crunchies. At first, I thought I had added too much cereal because things weren't sticking together, but I just made some mounds on the wax paper, and when everything had hardened they stuck together.
I'm also contemplating a version of these using some finely chopped walnuts, along with some walnut flavoring to reduce the fat content (even though it's good fat) and bump up the flavor.
