chocolate crispy cakes.

[Shortie]

Hmmm.... might have a cooking session now tomorrow.... Nothing but chocolate and cornflakes here. Pure unadulterated chocolate and cereal. Yum

[NEWTO THE PLOT]

mmmm now you have started something taking me back to when i was in school but i think it's gonna be a good one to do with my kids

[Slug]

Hi all,

I'm foaming at the mouth at the thought of all these chocolate crispie cakes (and no... I don't have Rabies before anyone asks.... I don't think slugs can catch it!).

I don't know quantities (just what 'looks right'), but a great combo is to melt up mars bars instead of chocolate, then mix that with rice crispies. You then spread that into a baking try to make it into a flat oblong. Once it's cooled, you spread melted chocolate on top, then cut it into squares.

The Mars bars make it lovely and gooey - I think you can do the same thing with marshmallows but I've not tried those. It doesn't break up as much and I think because it's in a slab with a chocolate topping you feel like you're getting an extra special treat!!! And it seems a bit more 'grown up'... not that there's anything grown up about me

[Waffler]

People keep going on about how it takes them back to their childhood; I quite often make these yummy cakes for me and OH. In fact I might just make some later today. I do find them rather addictive though, so lots of digging may be in order!

[annie trip]

Thanks all made the recipe by earthbabe last night and oh over the moon. Said was best thing i had cooked for ages which is very annoying having spent hours toiling over complex recipes to be told 5mins and cornflakes is all i need.

Very moorish tho he had 6yest!

[Earthbabe]

I did warn you annie. At last something very quick that pushes all the right buttons!

[dexterdoglancashire]

Hi Slug! yes, I had heard about the mars bar one - did make some, but ages ago! must give it a try! yum yum! DDL

[Earthbabe]

That's one point on which I will have to disagree. Can't stand mars bars. When they started talking years ago about deep fried it fair turned my stomach. Yuk!

[dexterdoglancashire]

I agree with you EB! a deep fried mars bar is a no no! DDL

[nick the grief]

makes an interesting sauce for Ice cream does the old Mars Barm or on Bananananana's (spelling ) Talking of nanna's, if you unzip one & slice it then slip a choccy button or two inbetween chunks wrap in tin foil & whap on the old Barbie - Always went down well with the cubs

[Earthbabe]

Tastes even better with a dash of rum/whisky/brandy

[ChrisB]

Took 24 chocolate cornflake cakes to work today - they disappeared so fast I didn't even get one

[21again]

I always end up with loads of small bran flakes that are at the bottom of the box.

I wonder what they would be like covered in chocolate.

[Hilary B]

Some parts of the country, the ones with raisins and such in are called "doodlebugs".
I don't like mars bars, but I do like mars-bar cornflake cakes! The taste is quite different.