Chocolate crackles facts for kids
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| Alternative names | Chocolate bubble cakes |
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| Place of origin | Australia |
| Main ingredients | Rice Bubbles, desiccated coconut |
Chocolate crackles are super popular treats for kids in Australia and New Zealand. You'll often find them at birthday parties and school fairs! The first known recipe for these yummy snacks appeared in an Australian magazine called The Australian Women's Weekly way back in December 1937.
The main ingredient in chocolate crackles is a breakfast cereal called Rice Bubbles. To hold everything together, a special kind of coconut oil is used. This oil is solid when it's cool, which helps the crackles keep their shape. Making chocolate crackles is so easy that you don't even need to bake them. This makes it a perfect fun activity for younger kids!
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Making Chocolate Crackles: A Simple Recipe
Making chocolate crackles is quite simple and doesn't need many ingredients. You'll need a type of solid cooking fat (like Copha), icing sugar, cocoa powder, dry shredded coconut, and Rice Bubbles cereal. Sometimes, people use Coco Pops instead of Rice Bubbles for an extra chocolatey flavor.
How to Mix Your Crackles
First, the solid cooking fat is gently melted. Then, you mix it with all the dry ingredients. Once everything is well combined, small amounts of the mixture are spooned into cupcake pans. These pans are often lined with paper cupcake cases to make the crackles easy to pick up. The crackles are then put in the refrigerator to get firm. The melted fat becomes solid again as it cools, giving each chocolate crackle its perfect shape without any baking!
Fun Variations to Try
You can make your chocolate crackles even more exciting by adding different things. Some popular additions include raisins, chocolate chips, tiny marshmallows, or even peanut butter. If you don't have Rice Bubbles, you can try using other cereals like Corn Flakes. Some people also use melted chocolate or regular coconut oil instead of the solid cooking fat.
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Delicious chocolate crackles ready to eat!
