It's Crunch Time

Between Halloween and Christmas there was always a tremendous amount of candy making taking place among our family. Each family member seemed to have that one particular candy that was theirs and theirs alone. Aunt Mimi was famous for her chocolate covered almonds, Aunt Elsie, it was her honey fudge and for Aunt Jay it was always her peanut brittle. There was only one candy that it seemed everybody made, my Mother and Grandmother included and that was chocolate haystacks. You know the ones with the Chinese noodles stirred into melted chocolate then mounded by spoonfuls onto wax paper to look like little haystacks. We all loved those mainly for the texture more than anything else because the noodles remained crisp. Well here is the exact same recipe but instead of the Chinese noodles this one uses Grape-Nuts cereal. These give the candy a tremendous crunch which goes quite nicely with the smooth creamy chocolate.

Grape-Nuts Chocolate Drops

2 pkg. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (14 or 15 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 c. Grape-Nuts
1 tsp. vanilla

Melt chocolate over boiling water, remove from heat. Stir until smooth; add milk and blend some more. Now add your Grape-Nuts and vanilla, drop from teaspoons onto waxed paper, cool until firm.

Yield: 5 dozen candies.

"They're Grrreat!"

I love these types of recipes, to this day I am still a devoted rice krispie treats kind of girl.
These recipes are more on the playful side and fun for the entire family no matter the age.
These tend to run sweeter than some of the other cereal bar recipes because the frosted flakes have quite a bit of sugar. All this sugar is perfectly safe as long as you do not consume this entire recipe by yourself……. In which case, I will not be held responsible.

Tony the Tiger Bars

1 (10 oz.) of the large marshmallows
1/4 cup of butter
1/3 cup of peanut butter
7 1/2 cups or 1 (10 oz.) pkg. Kellogg's Frosted Flakes

Microwave method: In a 4 quart microwavable bowl, melt marshmallows and butter on High 3 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking. Stir in peanut butter until mixture is smooth. Add Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, stirring until well coated, using a buttered spatula or waxed paper, press mixture into a lightly greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan. Cut into 1 1/2 x 2 inch bars, should make 32 bars.

Range top method: Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat and follow the steps above.