Rice Bubble Bars

170 g marshmallows

60g butter

½ tsp vanilla essence

3½ cups rice bubbles

½ cup mini M&Ms (or alternative)

small amount of chocolate for drizzling over the top

Line a 18 x 28 cm baking tin with baking paper
Melt the marshmallows and the butter together over low heat, in a large saucepan. Stir in the vanilla essence when they are just about melted.
Remove the pan from the heat & stir the rice bubbles in. Then add the M&Ms, stir them in quickly.
Pour the mixture into the lined pan and spread out evenly.
Cool. Cut into small bars or squares when set.
Melt a small amount of chocolate & drizzle over the top. Let the chocolate set before cutting it up.

Alternatives

Instead of M&M's you can have 100s & 1000s, chocolate chips, nuts, dried fruit... You can use cocopops instead of rice bubbles for a coco bar, or a mix of both :) If you can't use gluten then you can getthe gluten free puffed grain cerial from the heath food shop.