Chocolate crackles are a popular Australian snack made with puffed rice, coconut, icing sugar, cocoa powder, and shortening. The recipe is easy and cheap to make, and variations can include coconut oil or chocolate chips. Special variations with different ingredients are also available.
Chocolate crackles are an Australian cereal snack made with puffed rice, icing sugar, desiccated coconut, shortened shortening and cocoa powder. Not much time or preparation is needed to make the dessert, which makes the treat a popular dish among Australians for children’s gatherings, such as birthday parties and school functions. It’s also cheap to make.
The recipe for chocolate crackles was first featured in the Australian Women’s Weekly in December 1937. Boxes of some puffed rice cereals might include a recipe. In Australia, the family recipe usually calls for certain brands of grains and shortenings, but other brands may be used.
Some recipes call for coconut oil rather than shortening, or a cook can make the substitution if shortening isn’t available. Chocolate chips can be used to make chocolate crackle if you shorten both the shortening and the cocoa powder, but this variation will taste a little different. Another ingredient, powdered sugar, may be known as powdered sugar or icing sugar in some regions.
The preparation of chocolate crackles is quick and easy. The cereals, sugar, cocoa and coconut are mixed in a large bowl. The shortening, packaged like a block of butter, melts over low heat on the stove. After it is completely melted, it should be allowed to cool for a few minutes before mixing in the other ingredients.
The ingredients should be well coated with coconut oil and then mixed thoroughly. Spoons of the mixture are then placed into separate cupcake liners. The chocolate crackles are then refrigerated until they harden. A typical recipe calls for 24 servings.
Special variations of chocolate crackles are available online. Among them is a recipe for white Christmas crackles that eliminates the use of shortened vegetable shortening and cocoa powder. Some recipes include ingredients like raisins, figs, cranberries, or even nuts. Low-fat versions are also available.
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