Satisfying a sweet tooth, and still healthy!

Continuing on with our at-home "cooking" school, my daughter and I made a pan of vegan rice crispy treats (recipe from "The Kind Life Diet" cookbook by Alicia Silverstone). These were super easy to make (but come to think of it, so are regular rice crispy treats) and actually very tasty.



Crispy Peanut Butter Treats with Chocolate Chips
1 box brown rice crisps cereal
1 3/4 cups brown rice syrup
Fine sea salt
3/4 cup all-peanut, natural variety of peanut butter
1/2 cup grain-sweetened chocolate chips (get at health store, or
substitute carob chips)

Pour the rice cereal into a large bowl. Heat the rice syrup with a
pinch of salt in a saucepan over low heat. When rice syrup liquefies,
add the peanut butter and stir until well combined. Pour over the rice
cereal. Mix well with wooden spoon.

Once thoroughly mixed and cooled to room temperature, stir in the
chocolate chips. Makes sure the mixture is cool, or you will
end up with melted chocolate instead of chocolate chips in your treats.

Turn the mixture into an 8x8 or 9x13 baking dish. Wet your wood spoon
lightly and press the mixture evenly into the pan. Let cool for 1 hour before
cutting into squares or bars.