Gluten-Free Puffed Rice Bars
Puffed Wheat Squares are a super popular bar back home in Winnipeg, and it seems to be mostly a Canadian Prairies thing... and you can make a very accurate gluten-free version!
Servings: 12 People
Calories: 287kcal
Equipment
- 9 x 13 Baking Dish
Ingredients
- 6 oz Puffed Rice Cereal
- ½ cup Butter
- 1 cup Corn Syrup
- 1 cup Packed Brown Sugar
- ⅔ cup Cocoa Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Generously grease a 9x 13″ baking pan, set aside. Pour puffed rice into a large, heatproof mixing bowl.
- In a medium saucepan, combine butter, corn syrup, brown sugar, cocoa, and salt. Heat over medium until butter melts.
- Once butter melts, turn heat up a bit and bring mixture to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, then remove from heat and stir in vanilla until well combined.
- Pour hot chocolate mixture over puffed rice, stir (carefully!) until all of the rice is coated with chocolate. Dump mixture into prepared baking pan.
- Using lightly greased (or slightly damp!) hands, firmly press mixture down into the pan, until compacted and relatively flat. Allow to cool completely before cutting into squares.
Nutrition
Calories: 287kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 189mg | Potassium: 113mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 40g | Vitamin A: 236IU | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 5mg
