Corpulent Cornflake Concoction
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Cornflakes, melted chocolate and golden syrup are pressed into a lined washing-up bowl to make a giant cornflake cake.
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- The ingredients were 1 tin, or small vat, of golden syrup at 68p, 1 bag of pink and white marshmallows at 73p, 4 x 200g bars of chocolate, 2 dark and 2 milk, at £3.40, 1 large tub of margarine at 98p and 1 x 750g box of cornflakes at £1.09, £6.88 in total, with greaseproof paper, a microwaveable bowl, oven gloves, a cauldron, about 6 spoons, a washing-up bowl and at least 3 chefs. The washing-up bowl, sparkling clean, was lined with greaseproof paper in two strips tucked over its lip as the mould. One bar of chocolate was broken up with a healthy dollop of margarine and microwaved covered for about 1 minute on full power in an 800 watt microwave, then lots of golden syrup was added and stirred in while an assistant broke more chocolate and another poured cornflakes into the cauldron; the chocolate went in in stages, with the cornflake mixture kept on a warm hob and stirred so it would not set or burn. Once all the chocolate was melted and the box empty, the rest of the syrup and the surviving marshmallows went in unmelted, the mixture was poured into the mould, levelled into the corners with a trough in the middle for the photograph, and set in the fridge on a cleared shelf; the makers warn it is over a kilo of cornflakes, chocolate and sugar. Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3 · Source 4 · Source 5 · Source 6 · Source 7 · Source 8 · Source 9 · Source 10 · Source 11 · Source 12 · Source 13 · Source 14 · Source 15
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1 x tin (or small vat) of golden syrup (68p) 1 x bag pink and white marshmallows (73p) 4 x 200g bars of chocolate (we used 2 x dark, 2 x milk) (£3.40) 1 x large tub of margarine (98p) 1 x 750g box of cornflakes (£1.09)
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First step is to assemble ingredients and tools. Ensure your washing up bowl is sparkling clean, as this will be the mould for your concoction. We lined the clean bowl with greaseproof paper (we had to do a strip lengthways and one widthways to cover the whole bowl, and used the handy lip to tuck the paper over the edges without the need for sellotape or such like).
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Ingredients:
1 x tin (or small vat) of golden syrup (68p)
1 x bag pink and white marshmallows (73p)
4 x 200g bars of chocolate (we used 2 x dark, 2 x milk) (£3.40)
1 x large tub of margarine (98p)
1 x 750g box of cornflakes (£1.09)
TOTAL: £6.88
You will also need:
A lot of greaseproof paper
A bowl suitable for microwaves
Oven gloves (safety first)
A cauldron
About 6 spoons
A washing up bowl (or similar)
At least 3 chefs
Having long admired Pimp My Snack and pondered for hours over what our first attempt at an original pimp should be, our initial plan was to pimp a rice crispie cake. We got very excited about this but suddenly, at the beginning of last week, we were FOILED. Someone pimped it first. Not to be put off, we adjusted our plans and decided to pimp a cornflake cake instead.
First step is to assemble ingredients and tools. Ensure your washing up bowl is sparkling clean, as this will be the mould for your concoction. We lined the clean bowl with greaseproof paper (we had to do a strip lengthways and one widthways to cover the whole bowl, and used the handy lip to tuck the paper over the edges without the need for sellotape or such like).
Then comes the fun part. Break one bar of chocolate like so:
Add a healthy dollop of margarine and whack it in the microwave until you think it might become gaseous (aka. About 1 minute on full power in an 800 watt microwave – can you tell that one of our pimps is an engineer?). Be sure to cover the bowl in order to contain any explosions of a chocolatey nature, and also prevent loss of precious chocolatey goodness.
Once melted, add golden syrup. Lots of.
Stir well (don’t let it set). Meanwhile, don’t let your assistants stand idle. One can break up more chocolate whilst the other pours cornflakes into cauldron, like so:
Then add chocolatey mixture:
Yes, it really is a two person job. We found that because this process takes several stages (due to microwave capacity and mixing stage) it was best to keep the cornflake mixture on a warm hob to prevent it from setting. Cunning. But also means you have to take care not to let the mixture at the bottom get stuck and burn. Stirring is essential.
Once all chocolate is melted and cornflake box empty, throw the rest of the golden syrup and as many marshmallows as you haven’t already eaten into the cauldron. Stir to ensure it gets mixed.
Your marshmallows won’t melt, but this makes it even better.
The next part can be tricky. You must now pour mixture into mould, like this:
Ensure the mixture is levelled off and spread to corners. We made a little trough in the middle of ours to enable us to take our final picture.
Next step is very important – marvel at your creation:
Isn’t it great?
Now put it in the fridge to set. Don’t be tempted to take it out too soon. You may have to clear a shelf of fridge for it.
Once it’s set, take it out of the fridge and marvel some more, plus take obligatory size-comparison picture:
Now you may eat. We’d like to remind you that you are about to chomp your way through over a kilo of cornflakes, chocolate and sugar. Have fun and don’t blame us if your teeth get stuck together.
