Chocolate Puffed Rice Squares

These rich, chewy, and super chocolately puffed rice squares are a gluten free version of Puffed Wheat Squares - a super popular bar back home in Winnipeg. They're very much like the OG bars, and will absolutely scratch that itch!

YOU WILL NEED: Puffed Rice Cereal* Brown Sugar Corn Syrup Cocoa Powder Butter Vanilla Extract Salt * This is a soft, pillowy rice cereal - NOT crisped rice!

Boil butter, corn syrup, brown sugar, cocoa, and salt for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Pour hot chocolate mixture over puffed rice, stir until all of the rice is coated with chocolate.

Dump mixture into a prepared baking pan.

Firmly press mixture down into the pan. Allow to cool completely before cutting into squares.