11 October 2008

Chocolate cornflake cakes

Yeah, yeah, they're bad for you. But you've got to try them at some point.

You'll need:

100g milk chocolate (we used a leftover Easter egg that we found at the back of the cupboard)
25g butter
1 tsp golden syrup
50g cornflakes

Melt the chocolate and butter in a saucepan, over a very low heat. I suspect this is probably better if you do it in a bain marie - put some water in a pan, suspend a bowl over the top (with the chocolate/butter in), and put on the heat.

Add a teaspoon of golden syrup to the sludgy mixture. Stir. (Don't panic at this point if it all goes wrong and the chocolate mixture separates - we carried on regardless and it all tasted and looked fine.)

Throw in the cornflakes, and swish round with a spoon until they're all coated with chocolate. Spoon into little paper cases, and then put in the fridge to set.

It's easiest if you use cases that will fit into bun tins, and then you can just stick the whole tin, complete with 12 little paper cases, in the fridge.

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