Monkey crackles

Ingredients (serves 8)

 

• 2 cups puffed rice cereal
• 1/4 cup banana-flavoured drink powder
• 1/4cup icing sugar mixture
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 125g copha, melted
• Yellow food colouring
• 24 banana lollies, to serve

 

Method

1. Line two 12-hole, 1 1/2 tablespoon capacity mini muffin pans with paper cases. Combine cereal, drink powder, icing sugar and coconut in a heatproof bowl. Add copha. Tint with yellow food colouring. Mix to combine.
2. Spoon tablespoons of mixture into paper cases. Insert a banana into each crackle. Press remaining mixture around bananas to secure (see note). Refrigerate for 2 hours or until set. Serve.

Notes

Use the back of a spoon to press mixture firmly around bananas.