Crispy rice and marshmallow cut-out 'cookies'...use
cookie cutters for any occasion with this quick and easy recipe.
Crispy Chocolate
Heart Cookies
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
1/4 cup light-colored corn syrup
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
3 cups crisp rice cereal
Frosting (optional)
1/2 teaspoon butter or margarine
- Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
Grease the waxed paper with the 1/2 teaspoon butter or margarine.
Set aside.
- Put the chocolate pieces, corn syrup,
and the 2 tablespoons butter or margarine in a heavy medium saucepan.
Put pan on burner. Turn burner to low heat. Cook until chocolate
and butter are melted, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon.
- Turn off burner. Remove pan from burner.
Or, put chocolate pieces, corn syrup, and butter or margarine
in a 1 1/2-quart microwave-safe casserole. Microwave, uncovered,
on 100 percent power (high) for 1 minute or until chocolate and
butter are melted, stirring once.
- Add the rice cereal to the melted chocolate
mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon until the cereal is evenly
coated with chocolate.
- Turn the chocolate-coated cereal out onto
the prepared cookie sheet. Pat it into a 12x6-inch rectangle.
Chill about 20 minutes or until slightly firm.
- Cut cereal mixture into heart shapes with
a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Decorate with frosting, if you like. Chill
until firm; wrap each heart in plastic wrap. Chill until serving
time.
Makes 8 or 9 (3-inch) hearts.
Make-Ahead Tip: Prepare as directed and
chill up to 2 days.
Nutritional facts per serving: calories:
193, total fat: 9g, saturated fat: 2g, cholesterol: 8mg, sodium:
147mg, carbohydrate: 31g, fiber: 0g, protein: 2g
Recipe provided by Better Homes and Gardens
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