Baking with the girls

Well since Juhnea and Karen were home with me this weekend, we decided to cook something.

We made Puffed Wheat Squares

Stuff needed:
8 cups puffed wheat cereal
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup butter or margarine

DIRECTIONS:
1. Place puffed wheat in a large bowl, and set aside. Grease one 9x9 inch pan.
2. Grease the rim of a medium saucepan to prevent boil-over. Place the cocoa powder, corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter or margarine in the saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring often until mixture comes to a full boil. Allow to boil for 1 minute, and then remove from heat.
3. Pour chocolate mixture over puffed wheat, and stir until puffed wheat is evenly coated. Using a buttered spatula, press mixture into the prepared pan. Allow to cool, then cut as desired. Wrap squares individually, or store in an airtight container.

Then we decided to make popcorn balls, only we couldn't find a recipe for it. Looked in all the cookbooks I had, no popcorn ball recipe. So we used the marshmallow mix for rice crispy's and used that. We added some food coloring and made some pale green and blue ones. Everyone ate them so they must have been good. I had a couple too, and they were tasty.