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Jan. 27th, 2008 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundFound this recipe of Boing Boing. Vegan, caffinated puffed rice treats
Red-Eye Rice Treats
6 cups puffed brown rice [any puffed rice will do, really]
1 cup peanut butter [I scored a few jars of White Chocolate Peanut Butter & Co for cheap, so I used up the rest of mine: creamy might be your best bet, no matter what]
1 cup brown sugar corn syrup [or brown rice syrup, organic light corn syrup…if you want maple syrup, I’d recommend going the half/half way by mixing it up with granulated sugar or rather fine other sugar]
1/2 t pure vanilla extract
1 t instant coffee crystals, crushed into a fine powder with the back of a spoon [up this a bit if you want a stronger coffee flavor, 2 t maximum to avoid overwhelming the other flavors]
1/3 cup carob powder [if you’re a hater, I’m sure cocoa powder would be a fine substitution here]
place peanut butter, syrup, extract, carob, and coffee powder into your stand mixer bowl. mix well until perfectly combined. add rice and mix well until all the rice is coated with the sticky mixture. you might feel the batter looks like it’s trying to escape, but the stuff is so sticky it won’t fall out of the bowl.
place into a parchment-lined 9 inch square pan. press down with all your might, using more parchment paper to flatten your treats. you can even use a strong box [I used a wooden box of tea] to be sure your treats are equally flattened all over.
let cool in the fridge for about an hour, cut in however many pieces you want. enjoy!
Red-Eye Rice Treats
6 cups puffed brown rice [any puffed rice will do, really]
1 cup peanut butter [I scored a few jars of White Chocolate Peanut Butter & Co for cheap, so I used up the rest of mine: creamy might be your best bet, no matter what]
1 cup brown sugar corn syrup [or brown rice syrup, organic light corn syrup…if you want maple syrup, I’d recommend going the half/half way by mixing it up with granulated sugar or rather fine other sugar]
1/2 t pure vanilla extract
1 t instant coffee crystals, crushed into a fine powder with the back of a spoon [up this a bit if you want a stronger coffee flavor, 2 t maximum to avoid overwhelming the other flavors]
1/3 cup carob powder [if you’re a hater, I’m sure cocoa powder would be a fine substitution here]
place peanut butter, syrup, extract, carob, and coffee powder into your stand mixer bowl. mix well until perfectly combined. add rice and mix well until all the rice is coated with the sticky mixture. you might feel the batter looks like it’s trying to escape, but the stuff is so sticky it won’t fall out of the bowl.
place into a parchment-lined 9 inch square pan. press down with all your might, using more parchment paper to flatten your treats. you can even use a strong box [I used a wooden box of tea] to be sure your treats are equally flattened all over.
let cool in the fridge for about an hour, cut in however many pieces you want. enjoy!
