Using up breakfast cereal

PasturesNew

Make some cornflake/chocolate type things - and tip the bits into that; it'll fill in the gaps and get swallowed up into the chocolate without being noticed. Or even make some flapjacks and mix it in with the oats.

Butterfly_Brain

I add them to digestives and crush them up for cheesecake bases

savingqueen

thanks for all suggestions - why didn't I think of those?!

will try some out at the weekend

sq:)

taplady

add them to yogurt to make your own Mull*r corner type thing:)

thriftwizard

They'd also be good in treacle tart - the recipe I've always used involves smashing up the cereal before adding the "toffee" - & fruity bits would add a rather nice tang, I think!

Calluna

Hi folks,
Has anyone used the dusty dregs from Branflakes etc for baking? I could feed it to the ducks, but wondered if it's possible to use it to replace some of the flour in bread making?
Cheers
Calluna

adelight

I don't know if it would work very well in baking bread, would be fine in stuff like flapjacks and cheesecake bases. I usually just put them in with any old cereal or porridge.

krlyr

Well, I used to use the dusty bits of plain cereals when baking dog treats! I don't see why you couldn't use them in a recipe with a bit of 'stick' to it, e.g. flapjacks, homemade cereal bars, etc. where it won't dry them out too much

Pink.

Hi Calluna,

If it's a savoury cereal I use it as a topping for savoury dishes like pasta bake. A sweet one I would use as a sweet crunchy topping.

This thread should give you lots of ideas:

Using up breakfast cereal

I'll add your thread to that one later.

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cutestkids

Why not add it to a crumble mix or if making meatballs or meatloaf or burgers usually you would add breadcrumbs so you could use it for that instead.