The Taste of Home Cooking School

On Tuesday, my mother-in-law and I went to Ogden to the annual Taste of Home Cooking School! We had a blast! We haven't been for about ten years since they had it in Logan then. When I heard about it this year, we just HAD to go! They demonstrated 11 recipes, three of which scared the hell out of us :-) and then there were those that I just had to try.... so, yesterday I made the Chocolate Chex Caramel Crunch. It was so dang good. I had eaten enough before dinner that I wasn't hungry for dinner. Don't we get upset at our kids for doing that? I do... oops! So I'll share the recipe with you. It is a GREAT recipe for your kids to help you with. No hot stove required!

Chocolate Chex Caramel Crunch
8 cups Chocolate CHEX cereal
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
6 TBSP butter
3 TBSP light corn syrup
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup vanilla or white chips

Place cereal in a large microwave-safe bowl; set aside. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.

In a 2-cup microwave-safe measuring cup, microwave brown sugar, butter and corn syrup on high 1 minute, stir. Microwave 30-60 seconds longer. Stir until blended. Stir in baking soda until dissolved. Pour over cereal, stirring until evenly coated.

Microwave on high for 3 minutes, stirring every minute. Spread on baking sheet. Cool 10 minutes. Break into bite-sized pieces.

In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt vanilla chips; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cereal mixture. Refrigerate until set. Store in an airtight container.

So, try this... it's so yummy! And it's something you can do with your kids.

And watch for the Taste of Home Cooking School in your area! It's well worth the ten bucks for the ticket.

Another thing is that there was this awesome booth out front that had really inexpensive kitchen stuff. If any of you like to cook, they're a website based business so they're so much cheaper cuz they don't have the overhead of a store. Their website is www.ramkitchen.com