Chocolate Crackletops
INGREDIENTS:
8 oz Copha
8 oz Icing sugar
3 1/2 ts Cocoa
5 c Rice Bubbles
1/2 c Sultanas (optional)
8 oz Copha
8 oz Icing sugar
3 1/2 ts Cocoa
5 c Rice Bubbles
1/2 c Sultanas (optional)
Combine sifted icing sugar, cocoa, rice bubbles and optional sultanas. Melt copha and add to ingredients and mix thoroughly. Spoon into paper cups and allow to set.
NOTES:
* A traditional Australian sweet snack --
Mention this recipe to an Australian abroad and he will instantly get homesick. Yield: serves 6.
* Rice Bubbles are called Rice Krispies in North America. Icing sugar is confectioner's sugar. Sultanas are like raisins. Copha, it would appear, is utterly unavailable outside Australia. It is a partially-solidified shortening made of coconut oil.
: Difficulty: easy if you can get the ingredients. : Time: 5 minutes preparation, 1 hour cooling. : Precision: approximate measurement OK.
: Michael Gigante : Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Vic., Australia : UUCP :...!seismo!munnari!cidam.oz!mg : ARPA :mg%cidam.oz@seismo.css.gov : CSNET:mg%cidam.oz@australia
NOTES:
* A traditional Australian sweet snack --
Mention this recipe to an Australian abroad and he will instantly get homesick. Yield: serves 6.
* Rice Bubbles are called Rice Krispies in North America. Icing sugar is confectioner's sugar. Sultanas are like raisins. Copha, it would appear, is utterly unavailable outside Australia. It is a partially-solidified shortening made of coconut oil.
: Difficulty: easy if you can get the ingredients. : Time: 5 minutes preparation, 1 hour cooling. : Precision: approximate measurement OK.
: Michael Gigante : Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne Vic., Australia : UUCP :...!seismo!munnari!cidam.oz!mg : ARPA :mg%cidam.oz@seismo.css.gov : CSNET:mg%cidam.oz@australia