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Choc Krispie Cake

by Daz Daz 6 photos Rated 43% 139 votes when voting closed

Ingredients:

3 Bars of 200g Milk Chocolate
Some crispy puffs of rice (for copyright reasons)
A lot of patience and a little boredom

Cost: Approx £2

Ingredients gathered: a box of Tesco Rice Snaps, milk chocolate bars, glass mixing bowl and loaf tin

As I work at Tesco, I found the ingredients very easy to come accross. Now, I know it isn’t difficult to pimp a Rice crispy cake, but I thought I’d start simple (after all, I am from Derbyshire)…

First of all, I noted the failed attempts of melting chocolate in the microwave from other pimps, so I decided to use the reliable method… The cooker! So, whilst discovering how fast the chocolate melts onto my fingers, I broke the 3 bars into a bowl and propped that on top of a saucepan of boiling water and stirred. Make sure you’re careful when doing this bit, it’s dangerous! Well, it is when I get hold of it anyway…

Melted milk chocolate stirred with a wooden spoon in a glass bowl set over the hob

After about 10-15 minutes the chocolate had melted so, quite enjoyably (and with assistance from my sister whose hand is in the picture… and the chocolate…) I/we added the crispy puffs of rice (copyright reasons) and stirred them in until they were covered in chocolate… mmmmm!

Puffed rice folded through the melted chocolate until every piece is coated

Once all of the crispy puffs of rice (copyright reasons) had been coated and more added until I was satisfied that there was enough, I attempted to pour the mixture into the bread tin. However, before I even managed to get it near the bread tin, I found that the hot bowl caused me much pain, so I asked my sister for help yet again… And we spilled some…

The chocolate crispie mixture pressed into a deep loaf tin, a mug beside it for scale

After approximately 1 hour, I went to check my useless attempt at a pimp to see if it had set. However, it was still soft and so I decided to put it into the freezer for another hour… Once I had found room anyway…

After only 45 minutes, I went to check it again and it had set! WHOOPEE!! Ahem… Well, almost a celebration… Removing it from the tin seemed to be one hell of a sod! So, I got myself a table knife and, after some crafty handy work and a few smacks on the sideboard (something else for my mum to whinge about) it freed it’s grip on the bread tin. By this time, however, my sister and her unborn child had gone upstairs for a nap and so it was up to me to sample it.

The set crispie loaf turned out onto a white board, a solid brick of chocolate-coated cereal

This is the finished product…

And this is a cross-section (both pointless, and fuzzy… think I moved just as I pressed the shutter…)

The giant crispie cake cut open with a wedge removed, showing its dense crunchy interior

The taste? Amazingly satisfying, though it started melting as soon as I touched it so, rather cleverly I think, I used kitchen roll to pick it up. Yes, it’s a rubbish attempt, but for my first effort, I’m rather delighted I managed to not burn the chocolate!

Oh, and about the size… It’s rather big! It took up a whole dinner plate! And it broke into bits when I cut a bit for my sister… Lots of calories though…

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