Looking for the perfect edible bug recipe to rouse your friends? Just in time for Halloween! Here’s a healthier, gluten-free, and peanut free version of a classic treat.
This wholesome cricket rice crispy treat blends delicious almond butter, low sugar dark chocolate, gluten-free puffed rice, immune-boosting honey and of course protein rich crickets. Whip up this bug recipe and you’ll get 12 grams of protein and 26% of your daily iron per treat! Popeye should have traded his spinach for crickets treats!
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond butter
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1.5 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 5 cups puffed rice cereal
- 1.5 cups crickets whole roast crickets, chopped
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Servings: squares 3" x 2"
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Instructions
- Line an 9"x13" baking pan with a sheet of aluminum foil, then mist or rub foil with oil and set aside.
- In a medium pan over medium heat, add almond butter, honey, and vanilla, stirring until the almond butter is melted and fully combined with the honey.
- Remove from heat and add the cereal and crickets, stirring well everything is fully combined. Distribute the mixture evenly in the baking dish, pressing down firmly to pack the mixture with your hands or spoon.
- Place chocolate into a microwave safe bowl and nuke at 50% power for 1 minute, checking and stirring every 15 seconds there after. When chocolate is melted, drizzle over the top of the packed cereal mixture.
- Cool pan in fridge for about 30 minutes before cutting into squares.
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