Chocolate Puffed Wheat Cake

Prep Time: 5 minutes                                       Cooking Time: 2 minutes
Yield:   10- 12 squares

Ingredients:

½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter
½ cup (105 g) hard-packed golden brown sugar
½ cup (125 mL) granulated sugar
½ cup (125 mL) golden cane syrup or corn syrup
3 tablespoons (45 mL) cocoa powder, sifted
¼ teaspoon (1 mL) salt
2 teaspoons (10 mL) pure vanilla extract

6 cups Puffed Wheat cereal

Method:

1. In a large saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add both sugars, syrup, cocoa powder, and salt. Combine all ingredients and dissolve the sugars. Turn the heat to medium/high and bring the mixture to a full boil. Cook, at a boil, for 1 minute.
2. Remove from heat; add vanilla.
3. Pour cereal into a large bowl. Pour chocolate mixture over cereal and stir to thoroughly combine.   Let the mixture cool slightly in the bowl before putting it into a pan – stir it up often. This will ensure that the chocolate mixture adheres to the cereal rather than settling at the bottom of the pan.
4. Pack into an 8 x 8 buttered baking pan (use an 8 x 12 pan if you want the squares to be a little thinner).   Let cool thoroughly and cut into large squares.

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