Easy Puffed Wheat Cake

Description

This recipe has been around longer than I have. It is one of those recipes that I never mess up. I make this for school lunches and press into muffin tins for perfect lunch-size pieces. It never lasts long in our house.

Ingredients

  • 8 cups puffed wheat cereal
  • ⅓ cup butter
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup corn syrup
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Pour cereal into a large bowl.
  2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir brown sugar
  3. corn syrup
  4. cocoa powder
  5. and vanilla extract into melted butter; cook until mixture begins to bubble
  6. 5 to 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat
  7. pour butter mixture over cereal
  8. and stir to until cereal is coated. Spoon and press cereal mixture into muffin cups or a 9×13-inch casserole dish.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 15 mins

Servings: 12

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