rice crispie cakes

[poppyseed]

How do you make them??

All mine are either sloppy or dry as a bone as I have never had the right recipe. Thought that I would let DD make them after school tomorrow but we're not going to get very far at this rate! Help me out of this someone please!! Thanks

I've never used a recipe. I just melt some chocolate, put a load of rice crispies in a bowl and mix together. I make sure the crispies have a good coating.

Some people add golden syrup to the mixture.

Many years since I successfully made rice crispie cakes. When I tried again recently, I forgot about not letting the chocolate get too hot. It 'seized' and I spent fruitless five minutes trying to stir congealed mass of chocolate into extremely large bowl of rice crispies. Can laugh about it now but at the time it was terrible.

I don't use a recipe either. I put a dollop of butter in to melt, with golden syrup and hot chocolate powder, stir it all together. Mix in the cornflakes or Rice Krispies, then sometimes add raisins. Put them in cake holders until they set, if I can wait long enough.

You see, people like you can get away with all that, but me.... I will be left with a drippy mess that takes a fortnight to set. Thanks for all your help and I will give it all a try but can anyone give me measurements!!

Don't melt the choclate in direct heat if you are not using hot choc powder, melt it in a bowl over hot water.

Recently found the virtues of the microwave with jelly melting - does it help with choccy too? I can smell a disaster about to happen!!

I think you have to keep taking it out and stirring it. It doesn't take long to melt it over a bowl of water though.

Wish me luck!!

If you use mars bars you get that caramel thang going on, they are chewy and then you can drizzle white or dark chocolate on (or both) and then sprinkle choc chips on ... mega indulgent but I won over half the office with them.

I was a Goddess for at least 5 minutes.

Am sure Annabel Karmel has a recipe for them.

I made them for DD's school. I bought a bar of cooking chocolate and it had the recipe on the back! It also said to use marshmallows which i did and they were lovely. I used the microwave to melt the chocolate and it was fine. Only took about 30 seconds I think.

god the saliva is dripping..... I luuurrv the sound of the mars bars...

Will now attempt to sleep having dreams about rice crispie cakes.....mars bars.....marshmallows...golden syrup....yummmyummmyummmy.....zzzz

poppyseed there is a recipe for these in Nigella's goddess book, also in one of Nigel Slater's too (same recipe actually, think he borrowed it from her). But yes, basically chocolate, syryp and butter, melt and mix in as many cornflakes as you think. Sets in the fridge. Can't recall quantities but tell me if you don't have the books and I will look it up for you.

And yes, Nigella says you can melt choc in the microwave. I don't have one so don't know how to do it but will post details on that too if you like!

Oooh I make yummy toffee ones, and I think they are delish:

4oz butter
4oz marsh mallows
4oz toffee (I use thorntons)

Melt together then add rice crispies.

The American recipe is butter, marshmallows and rice krispies. I like to add chocolate chips or mini smarties. Very more-ish!!

I usually use a bag of mini marshmallows and a box of cereal with a tablespoon of butter. Melt the marshmallows and butter together until just melted, then pour in the krispies. You need a big pot for this. It should be very stiff and hard to spread. Then spread it into a buttered baking sheet. Really press down and compact it together. Cut it into bars once it's cooled.

This works well with any cereal. Cheerios is great as are Coco Pops.

Thanks so much for this. I still find it great that mumsnet is able to send my feeble little requests across the atlantic!! WOW

Clary - I would love the Nigella recipe too if you get chance - thanks.

Here's another one - doesn't involve melting chocolate so you can't go wrong:
1 oz butter
1 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tbsp icing sugar

Melt this lot together then chuck in handfuls of cornflakes/rice crispies until everything is well coated. They're quite dark and chewy - yum!

golden syrup can be replaced with black treacle if you like something with a bit more kick

It's only a matter of time before somebody gives me one with alcohol in! Not one for the kids

Add a glug of rum or brandy to the chocolate mixture before mixing in the rice crispies. You may need extra chocolate to help with the setting.

Melted Mars Bars are good too.

Excellent!!!!!!
What did I tell you?! Thanks Soupdragon! DH and I may do it together in the kitchen later!! (make them that is )

poppyseed, sorry about delay in posting this..

Nigella says melt 100g milk choc (i use plain as I prefer it!) with 25g butter and 1tsp syryp, mix in 50g cornflakes ( i think you need a bit more) makes 28 in petit four cases (top tip that, as they are so small it's harder for the kids to get messy. No timpossible tho).

Melting choc in micorwave: she says 1 min on medium for 100g choc, then check if it needs another minute. Not very scientific but she's not a micro queen either.