Baking with my mum is probably one of the highlights of my childhood, memories which I hope to recreate with my own children. It was the quality time together that I loved and it definitely encouraged my addiction to baking and cooking as an adult. I strongly believe that these cooking sessions as fun as they were actually a positive education and armed me with some essential cooking skills for later in life.
We never baked anything fancy, popular favourites were a vanilla sponge topped with icing and sprinkles, fairy cakes with buttercream, gingerbread and rice crispy cakes. This particular recipe that uses Gluten-Free Coco Rice is a nod to my childhood bakes with my mum, but they are slightly more exotic than anything that we made together, which I think shows how my taste buds have developed over the years.
- 200 g /5 cups of Nestle Gluten Free Coco Rice
- 4 heaped tbsp coconut oil
- 4 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 100 g milk or dark chocolate
- Pinch of salt
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Prepare a baking tray or brownie tray with greaseproof paper.
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In a microwaveable bowl add the coconut oil, peanut butter and maple syrup and melt in the microwave for approximately 2 minutes, stopping to stir halfway through to combine.
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In a larger bowl, pour the liquid mixture over the Corn Pops ensuring that they are well covered.
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Transfer the mixture into the baking tray and pat down firmly with the back of a spoon.
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Melt the chocolate in the microwave and drizzle over the crunch bars.
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Leave on the side to cool down and set for 30 minutes before transferring to the freezer to harden for 1 hour before cutting them into portions.
Keep refrigerated or stored in the freezer.
Chocolate when teamed up with peanut butter, is a match made in heaven. Like my childhood bakes, these are incredibly simple to make and they don’t even need any baking time in the oven because the freezer does all the hard work or you.
This is such a great recipe to make with the kids and so easy to whip up one rainy afternoon when they have been stuck inside all day. Equally, if you fancy an afternoon treat they are a perfect match for your cup of tea or coffee, I just love that crunchy texture from the coco rice!
Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the recipe, these really are delicious and can be stored in an air-tight container in the freezer for the next time your sweet tooth needs taming.
WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO COOK? DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVOURITE FAMILY RECIPES THAT YOU USED TO COOK WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AS A CHILD?
*post sponsored by Nestle, but all content and opinions are my own.
I need to move in! I’ve not made these in years especially not with peanut butter!
Haha! They are a bit of a blast from the past.
Woah! These look amazing. Your pics are fantastic and I can’t wait to try this for myself.
Thank you! 🙂 I hope you enjoy them.
Chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in heaven! These remind me of baking with my mum as a little one!
It really is an awesome combo!
Chocolate and peanut butter really is a match made in heaven 🙂
These look delicious!
I loved baking with my Nanna and Mum growing up too. We used to make butterfly cupcakes with buttercream that were so so yum! Good memories!!
Baking as a child with family, does bring back lovely memories doesn’t it. We made a lot of butterfly cakes too.
OH these look EPIC and like a simple/easy snack for the school holidays xx
Yes, they’re a lovely one to make with the kids.
Oh these choc peanut butter bars are absolutely gorgeous, they remind me of the cocopop cakes we used to make as kids, but better!
My mom taught me to cook the basics, but I am a chef by trade, so amazing and awesome chefs from all over the world taught me to really cook. We have an apple pie that seems to make its way through the generations, and Mom’s spaghetti that is about 4 generations old.
I love that you have family recipes that have been passed down from generation to generation.
These sound lovely! I love things like chocolate cornflake cakes- so simple to make and so tasty.
Thanks, Maria! I never tried them with cornflakes, but I bet they were delicious too.
These remind me of cooking with my mum when I was younger too! Yummy! Love chocolate and peanut butter.
We made these a lot when I was growing up. Such a childhood favourite.
My little sister taught me how to bake.Now I bake simple cakes with my daughter. She loves it and can rattle of cake recipes at the drop of a hat.She is 4 years old but loves baking with me.It’s often a family event.
I love that you bake with your daughter. I bet she loves it!
I love the idea of using coconut oil and the chocolate rice. Also peanut butter and chocolate are so classic together, you can’t go wrong!
It’s one of those flavour combos that just works!
I love these. So delicious. Both of my nan’s taught me the basics of cooking but then I taught myself the rest
Oh that’s lovely that you got to cook with your Nan’s.
Looks delicious! I recently made something similar with rice puffs. Perfect mid-afternoon treat and I can imagine kids would love it!
They’re such a great one to make with the kids, they love them!
Those bars look and sound divine. I love peanut butter.
Thank you! 🙂
This is how we make our rice crispy treats too and I can’t wait to make them with my daughter one day. I never baked with my mum, but I want to with my kid.
I can’t wait to bake properly with Aiden, baking with kids is such a lovely thing. He hasn’t quite grasped the concept yet and everything ends up on the floor. I bet you’re super excited for her arrival!
I so want one of these now Jemma. What have you done? Chocolate peanut butter crispie cakes are one of my favourite things.
Sorry for tempting you Choclette! 🙂
These crunch bars look absolutely delicious Jemma, usually I avoid them because they hurt my mouth but I think I would eat a bunch from your baking tray
Ha! Thank you! They’re not actually that crunchy that they would break your teeth so you’re safe.
I love peanut butter and this crunch bars look like a delicious treat I could eat on the go! Perfect!
They are very easy to pack up and take with you.
This looks like a fab recipe that my family would love!
Thanks Tara!
Quick, easy, chocolatey and added peanut butter?! Count me in!
Ha! Glad you approve!
Oh yum, these would be amazing treats. I’d love to make some. That coco rice is perfect!
Thanks! Everyone needs a chocolatey treat in their lives. Wouls love to know if you give them a try.
Oh my god these sound amazing, I absolutely love peanut butter in pretty much anything x
I’m pretty much the same. Love that peanut butter!
YUm these look amazing! I will be making these. xx
These looks amazing!
I actually taught myself to cook and developed such a passion for food and experimenting with flavours that I’m now going to college to study Professional Cookery to hopefully become a chef once I graduate ☺️
What a great recipe! I am a big fan of peanut butter and maple syrup so this is right up my alley! x
These sound so delicious! I really want to make them! Need to go get the ingredients!!!! 😀
I’m not a fan of peanut butter but think this recipe might just change my mind x
I am so making these, they look delicious x
I don’t even like chocolate but these look yummmm xx
Oh my goodness, nom nom nom! This sounds delish! H x
These remind me of something that I used to enjoy making as a child. They look so yummy! xxx
These sound amazing! I love chocolate Krispies and never thought to put peanut butter in them. Yum!
These look delicious, my little ones would love to make those and of course eat them 😉
ooo I like the chocolate and peanut butter combo!