Chocolate Puffed-Wheat Squares

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Servings: 24
Yield: 24 servings

Description

Chocolate puffed-wheat cereal bars with marshmallows and butter are always a crowd-pleaser with kids and adults.

Ingredients

12 cups puffed wheat cereal
10 marshmallows
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1 Grease a large bowl and a 9x13-inch baking dish.
2 Place cereal in the prepared bowl.
3 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.
4 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.