I went by this recipe and changed the amounts up a bit for the gf version. Something that was important to me was to be able to make them without *gag* corn syrup, and this recipe was perfect!!
I found Puffed Quinoa on Well.ca as well as Puffed Amaranth. For this recipe I have only tried it with the quinoa so far. (Reminder: If you are ordering anything from well.ca use coupon code 'kitchenaddiction' for $10 off your first order of $40 or more. Expires July 10/12).
This makes a small recipe, but (of course) puffed quinoa is more expensive then puffed wheat, so I went with a small batch to experiment :)
Ingredients
3.5 Tbsp. Cocoa Powder
1/4 Cup Honey
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar, Packed
1/4 Cup Butter
2 Cups Puffed Quinoa
Grease a baking pan. I only have a 9x13 so that's what I used, but the squares were quite thin, a square baking pan would be best.
Ina saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the cocoa powder, honey and brown sugar and stir until smooth. Boil for about 30seconds to a minute.
Pour the chocolate sauce over the puffed quinoa in a large bowl and stir until well coated. Pour into greased pan and smooth with a spatula. Let cool completely before cutting into squares. Store in the fridge, especially in the summer or they will start to melt!
They are not quite as chewy as a puffed wheat square, but they are very good. And they are a really good substitute if you cannot have wheat but are craving a puffed square!
hi I have a question, I already have chocolate puffed quinoa cereal could I use that and not use any cocoa powder? or would I still have to use the cocoa powder in the recipe?
ReplyDeleteI think it should work fine! You might want to withhold 1-3Tbsp of the honey to see how it mixes since there will be less dry ingredients to soak up the honey :)
ReplyDeleteokay thank you I will try that :)
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