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12:12 am
September 8, 2009
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Shells
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Anyone remember these?? I was eating a chocolate rice cake and it really reminded me of the ones my mom made so I went and got the ingredients and made them tonight.
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- 1/3 cup butter or hard margarine
- 1/2 cup light or dark corn syrup
- 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 8 cups puffed wheat
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- Combine all ingredients (except for puffed wheat) in a saucepan.
- Stir continually over medium heat until bubbles form on the surface.
- Remove from heat.
- Measure your puffed wheat into a mixing bowl and pour hot mixture over top.
- Stir well until all is coated.
- Pour and press into a greased pan.
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9:13 am
September 8, 2009
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Pete
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Never heard of this, Shells, but it sounds good! Am guessing that would be a 9x13 pan?
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Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
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1:33 pm
September 8, 2009
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Shells
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Depends on how thick you want them … 9 X 9 works for thicker ones. They are nice and chocolatey mmmmmmm
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1:34 pm
September 8, 2009
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Shells
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| Superstar | posts 1184 | |
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Oh a couple of things …
I butter the pan I use and I use a big big pot so I can pour the cereal into the sauce rather than the other way around.
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7:05 pm
September 8, 2009
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Mo olelo
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Shells said:
Anyone remember these??
They are a family favourite. When all our kids were home, I used to make them for after school treats in the winter.
When we first moved to the States I had Mom mail me the puffed wheat because I couldn't get it in the States. I have managed to find a couple of stores that carry it here, so am making them more often again.
They are also one of a several things that many Americas haven't got a clue what I'm talking about when I mention making them. Nanaimo Bars and Butter Tarts are two more.
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7:13 pm
September 8, 2009
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CindyP
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Maybe a Canadian chocolaty version of Rice Krispie Treats?
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“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won’t have time to make them all yourself.” ― Alfred Sheinwold
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7:45 pm
September 8, 2009
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Shells
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I never occured to me that they would be Canadian …. never knew butter tarts were either. I did know that Nanaimo bars were regional (and I live just north of the city they were created in). I like butter tarts, not nanaimo bars though
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8:18 pm
September 8, 2009
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Suzanne McMinn
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I've never had this either! But it sounds good!
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8:45 pm
September 8, 2009
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Shells
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Butter tarts
http://www.joyofbaking.com/ButterTarts.html
I am used to them having raisins or pecans in them
Nanaimo bars
http://www.joyofbaking.com/NanaimoBars.html
I find them too sweet
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9:57 pm
September 8, 2009
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wvhomecanner
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Our chocolatey fav was and is chocolate no bake cookies also known in my family as "Tummy Ticklers". And it was the first thing my daughter learned to make on her own. And I have the wax paper circle marks on a little old farm table as proof (she forgot newspaper under the waxed paper LOL).
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10:00 pm
September 8, 2009
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Pete
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Puffed wheat shouldn't be hard to find in a grocery store, unless there is a particular style of doing it in Canada that we south of your border don't know about! But, I'll admit to not spending a lot of time in Georgia grocery stores. 
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Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
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10:51 am
September 10, 2009
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Mo olelo
| | Northwest Georgia | |
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Pete said:
Puffed wheat shouldn't be hard to find in a grocery store, unless there is a particular style of doing it in Canada that we south of your border don't know about! But, I'll admit to not spending a lot of time in Georgia grocery stores.
Krogers and Ingles have it here. When we lived in Florida I could occasionally find it at Winn Dixie but our local grocery stores didn't carry it. When we lived on Maui, not a single store on the island carried it. Not that I complained… Paradise has other compensations. 
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11:02 am
September 10, 2009
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Mo olelo
| | Northwest Georgia | |
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Shells said:
Butter tarts
http://www.joyofbaking.com/ButterTarts.html
I am used to them having raisins or pecans in them
Nanaimo bars
http://www.joyofbaking.com/NanaimoBars.html
I find them too sweet
One of our Canadian friends who's working for the same company as Dave loves Butter Tarts and whenever he visits I make sure to make them for him. His share get raisins… the rest of the batch don't because you couldn't pay my family to eat anything with raisins in it.
As for the Nanaimo Bars, I agree that they are really sweet. A tiny square and I've had enough. So when I make a batch, I cut it into small squares and freeze them to be taken out a few at a time. They make a nice addition to Christmas dessert trays.
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3:10 pm
September 10, 2009
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Shells
| | Vancouver Island, British Columbia | |
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Mo olelo said:
Shells said:
Butter tarts
http://www.joyofbaking.com/ButterTarts.html
I am used to them having raisins or pecans in them
Nanaimo bars
http://www.joyofbaking.com/NanaimoBars.html
I find them too sweet
One of our Canadian friends who's working for the same company as Dave loves Butter Tarts and whenever he visits I make sure to make them for him. His share get raisins… the rest of the batch don't because you couldn't pay my family to eat anything with raisins in it.
As for the Nanaimo Bars, I agree that they are really sweet. A tiny square and I've had enough. So when I make a batch, I cut it into small squares and freeze them to be taken out a few at a time. They make a nice addition to Christmas dessert trays.
Nanaimor bars are really good frozen …. 
They are definitely something that is in demand at Christmas
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