Recipe - Chocolate Almond Treats

One half cup Butter or margarine; (not
spread)
1 cup Packed lightbrown sugar
2 tablespoon Light corn syrup
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
3 cup Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies
1 cup Milk chocolate chips
Three fourths cup Sliced; unblanched almonds

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line an 8in. square baking pan with heavy duty
foil, folding over edges of pan. Put butter in pan; melt in oven. Add brown
sugar, corn syrup and vanilla; stir to mix. Add cereal and stir with a
spoon, then mix with fingers until thoroughly coated. Place waxed paper on
top and press down gently but firmly. Bake 25 min. until entire surface is
bubbly. Sprinkle chocolate chips and let stand 5 min. for chips to soften.
Spread chips, then sprinkle with almonds, pressing gently into chocolate.
Let cool until just warm, then refrigerate at least 1 hour or overnight
before cutting. Usinf foil as a lifter, remove from pan and, without
inverting (almonds will fall off), peel off foil. Cut into bars. store in
refrigerator. Makes 24. Per bar: 135 cal, 1 g pro,17 g car, 7 g fat, 10 mg
chol with butter, 0 mg chol with margarine, 73 mg sod. Exchanges: 1/4
starch, Three fourths other car, 1 One half fat.

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 366 by Zhatchling
Zhatchling@aol.com on Dec 13, 1997