Red Eye Rice Treats
January 24, 2008 at 6:23 pm | In Uncategorized |
I will be taking a long, long trip next week, so I know I’ll need all the caffeine I can get. besides, the first word the husband ever uttered as a baby was “coffee” *, so these treats won’t know what hit them, they’ll be devoured so quickly.
[they're called Red Eye, but they don't contain that much caffeine, really. it's the 12'000 cups of joe that will help me get through the traveling day. the coffee in these is there to give the treats a mocha-like flavor, not to help you run a marathon and stay awake for the next 3 weeks, I'm afraid.]
as much as I’d like to pretend I’m still rather young, my wrists tend to prove me wrong. they regularly make baking a big pain in the you-know-what when it comes to kneading bread dough, or stirring stiff batter like when making rice treats.
that’s where the good old stand mixer comes in: I always assumed that using it for that purpose would mean puffed rice = rice flour, but I was wrong.
so there you go, fellow sensitives-of-the-wrist, use your stand mixer and be proud.
* not really, no…
for 12 or more treats, depending on how greedy you are.
6 cups puffed brown rice [any puffed rice will do, really]
1 cup peanut butter [I scored a few jars of White Chocolate Peanut Butter & Co for cheap, so I used up the rest of mine: creamy might be your best bet, no matter what]
1 cup brown sugar corn syrup [or brown rice syrup, organic light corn syrup...if you want maple syrup, I'd recommend going the half/half way by mixing it up with granulated sugar or rather fine other sugar]
1/2 t pure vanilla extract
2-3 t instant coffee crystals, crushed into a fine powder with the back of a spoon [up this a bit if you want a stronger coffee flavor, don't go overboard in order to avoid overwhelming the other flavors]
1/3 cup carob powder [if you're a hater, I'm sure cocoa powder would be a fine substitution here]
place peanut butter, syrup, extract, carob, and coffee powder into your stand mixer bowl. mix well until perfectly combined.
add rice and mix well until all the rice is coated with the sticky mixture. you might feel the batter looks like it’s trying to escape, but the stuff is so sticky it won’t fall out of the bowl.
place into a parchment-lined 9 inch square pan. press down with all your might, using more parchment paper to flatten your treats. you can even use a strong box [I used a wooden box of tea] to be sure your treats are equally flattened all over.
let cool in the fridge for about an hour, cut in however many pieces you want. enjoy!
the cup is from the KOL game.
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oh goodness, those look perfect in every way. you’ve got the peanut butter, brown rice, carob, and lots of CAFFEINE! if these don’t get you through your trip, nothing will. :)
Comment by ruby red vegan — January 24, 2008 #
Bless you! I usually balk at making these because it hurts so much to stir. They sound yummy.
Comment by aTxVegn — January 24, 2008 #
Love the coffee pixie mug! I have mine at work where it holds up my FSM made of rubber bands!
Excellent rice crisp treats and thank you so much for testing the stand mixer usage! I always want to use it but now I know I can. Yay!
Comment by Calimaryn — January 24, 2008 #
Awesome! I can totally see myself getting addicted to these.
Hope you have a good trip!
Comment by BitterSweet — January 24, 2008 #
wow, I love rice treats and theses look delicious AND healthy (well, at least not totally unhealthy :-))
Comment by Anke — January 24, 2008 #
Celine, these will be PERFECT for your long trip!! speaking of long trips, when are you coming out to Ohio?!?!?! ;0)
Comment by VeggieGirl — January 24, 2008 #
Ironically I have recently had a desire for Rice Krispy Treats, which is odd because I haven’t had one in well over 15 years. I wanted to make them using Mother’s brand Peanut Butter Bumpers and was planning on using the vegan marshmallow cream my health food store sells. I’ll definitely give your recipe a try and quench my craving!
Comment by LisaRene — January 24, 2008 #
Oooh, I want some of these! yum yum.
Comment by melisser — January 24, 2008 #
Thank you for this recipe! I have never been successful in any kind of puffed grain recipe I must try these.
Comment by Romina — January 24, 2008 #
A trip? Bon voyage, Celine! (Drive/fly/sail? safely!)
These look like a wonderful treat, can’t wait to give them a try!
Comment by ashmacaroon — January 25, 2008 #
Excellent!! Where are you going? Did I miss that part? Europe perhaps?
Comment by Cakespy — January 25, 2008 #
These look deliciously addictive. I’ve had a similar square w/o the coffee or carob–I think those would be excellent additions (or, in my case, coffee substitute). Always nice to find a sweet way to eat grains–and these are even gluten-free!
Comment by Ricki — January 25, 2008 #
yummy, i think need some of that.
Comment by sacie — January 25, 2008 #
thank you everyone! I’ll be driven/trained/flown/piggy-backed on my way to Europe. ok, not piggy-backed, but that would be fun.
these treats are delicious [I just had one] but I’ll up the puffed rice a bit next time so that they are crispier. they’re more like your typical sticky, this side of gooey type of marshmallow rice treats and while I like it, I prefer crisp. blahblahblah, I’m unstoppable.
Comment by Celine — January 25, 2008 #
and thank goodness you are unstoppable, these look like pure krispie-coffee-deliciousness-alchemy. I wanna make some!
Comment by Liz² — January 25, 2008 #
Looks delicious, I also wanted to complement you on your stunning KOL coffee pixie mug
Comment by Special K — January 26, 2008 #
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Pingback by Craft Paper Online Blog » Blog Archive » Red Eye Rice Treats — January 26, 2008 #
Unhealthy but useful!
The first recipe I’ve seen on the web that I am really going to try.
Suggestion: sometimes here in Toronto we can get Mexican instant coffee, which tastes markedly different from American. even the major brands (I think Mexican Nescafe is one). it ought to work particularly well tastewise in this.
Comment by Mathew — January 26, 2008 #
Just add water and this is everything a long distance cyclist craves. thank you!
Comment by Michael R — January 26, 2008 #
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This was posted on boingboing.net!!
Comment by Anardana — January 26, 2008 #
Oh girl, you ARE unstoppable! These look amazing. Perfect for a trip… I assume you’re going to visit the fam in la Suisse? Wherever you’re going, have a great time and take lots of pictures!
Comment by textual bulldog — January 26, 2008 #
I made these and they were excellent. In seattle we don’t have instant coffee, so I substituted 2Tbls ground espresso, 1/2 C rice syrup + 1/2 C maple syrup.
Comment by Dan — January 27, 2008 #
yes, TB, a little trip back to the mothership! thank you for the wishes, I’ll be sure to take pictures. :D
Comment by Celine — January 28, 2008 #
These were hard to stop eating!! I too used ground espresso, which evidently worked just fine. I may be making more of these today!!
Comment by David — January 31, 2008 #
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I haven’t made these yet but they sound great. I was just surprised to see you don’t cook anything. Are you sure you didn’t leave the cooking of something out. Please let me know before I make mine.
Thanks,
Rollin
Comment by Rollin — June 28, 2008 #
ha, Rollin: yeah I’m sure.
Comment by celine — June 28, 2008 #