Cocoa Squares Recipes

CHOCOLATE OAT SQUARES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream 1 cup butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Combine the oats, flour, 1 teaspoon salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Press two-thirds of oat mixture into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. , In a large saucepan, combine the milk, chocolate chips, salt and remaining butter. Cook and stir over low heat until chocolate is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in walnuts and remaining vanilla. Spread over the crust. Sprinkle with remaining oat mixture. , Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into squares.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK SQUARES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring butter, cocoa and water just to a boil. Cool. , Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Add cocoa mixture and buttermilk; mix well. Beat in the eggs, vanilla and, if desired, food coloring. Pour into a greased and floured 15x10x1-in. baking pan. , Bake until set, 20 minutes. For frosting, melt butter with cocoa and buttermilk. Stir in the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and salt. Spread over warm cake. Garnish with nuts if desired.

PUFFED WHEAT SQUARES

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13-inch pan. Place puffed wheat in a large heat-proof bowl; set aside.
• Bring corn syrup, white sugar, butter, cocoa powder, and brown sugar to a boil in a heavy saucepan. Remove cocoa mixture from heat; stir in vanilla extract. Pour cocoa mixture over puffed wheat cereal; stir until well combined.
• Press puffed wheat mixture into prepared pan. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.

SKINNY COCOA SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat a 13x9x2-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. In a large bowl, combine all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, flaxseeds or wheat germ, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Make a well in center of flour mixture; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together egg product, sugar, oil, and milk until well mixed. Stir in zucchini and banana. Add zucchini mixture all at once to flour mixture. Stir just until moistened. Fold in chocolate pieces. Pour batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly.
• Bake about 25 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched. Cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into squares.

HEALTHY RICE CRISPY SQUARES

Steps:

• In a pan over low heat melt the vegan butter, almond butter, and honey and stir until well combined.
• In a large bowl add the rice crisps cereal, coconut, and cocoa powder.
• Pour the melted almond butter mixture over the cereal mixture and stir until well combined.
• Press the mixture into a 8x8 pan lined with parchment paper (the smaller the pan the thicker the squares).
• Top with another piece of parchment paper and press the mixture firmly into the pan. Very firmly.
• Place the pan in the freezer for 1 hour and move to the fridge and leave overnight.
• In the morning cut into squares and enjoy!
• Store the remaining bars in the fridge.

"COCOA BARS"

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream butter,add sugar and vanilla mix together.Add the eggs and stir in the milk.Sift together the flour,cocoa and salt.Mix it in with the creamed mixture and add the nuts.Spread the mixture into a greased 9"x9"x2" pan. Bake for 20 minutes. In a mixing bowl mix all of the frosting ingredients together until they are well blended. Frost at once while the bars are still warm,cool completely and cut into bars.

COCOA PUFFS CEREAL BARS

Steps:

• Spray with nonstick cooking spray a 9x13* baking dish- set aside.
• In a medium pan over medium low heat melt butter. (3 tbs butter)
• Add in marshmallows. Stir until fully melted. (10 oz marshmallows)
• Once fully melted, remove from heat and stir in the Cocoa Puffs. Make sure to stir the marshmallows and cereal together really well or else you will get a marshmallow layer on the bottom of the pan and it's not and tasty as you might think. (6 cups)
• Press the cereal into prepared 9x13 baking dish. Use a spatula sprayed with non-stick cooking spray to firmly pack the cereal into the pan.
• Let the cocoa puff cereal treat cool completely and then cut into 18 squares.