One of our not-so-healthy, but favorite, treats is the Rice Krispie – Peanut Butter treats with a layer of melted chocolate chips on the top.

The recipe is very simple.

Ingredients:
sugar
corn syrup
peanut butter
margarine
Rice Krispies
chocolate chips

Over medium heat combine:

1c sugar
1c corn syrup

Heat until mixture starts to boil (do not boil too long or you will break your teeth trying to eat these!)

Remove from heat and add 2c peanut butter ant 2T margarine.

Gently pour over the top of 5c Rice Krispies and mix until all cereal is coated.

Now melt chocolate chips (amount depends upon how thick of a chocolate layer you want on top)

I didn’t have any chocolate chips!  I did have unsweetened baking chocolate, so I scoured the internet on how to turn that into something that would pass for chocolate chips.  I found that for 1sq of baking chocolate, you could add 1T of sugar to make the baking chocolate go from unsweetened to semi-sweet.  So I gave it a whirl!  I melted  4sq of baking chocolate with 4T of sugar in the microwave.  What I got was a gritty chocolate mixture — not sweet enough either.  So I added a little milk 

212; still gritty.  Then, I added a little margarine (I used “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!”).  Now I had the consistency that I wanted, but it was still a little bitter.  I added a little corn syrup and a little more sugar.  That gave me the right consistency and flavor. 

The treats were a success with my improvisational chocolate!