Using up breakfast cereal

borderlakland

my nan used to crush up cornflakes etc and use to coat chicken portions before cooking(way before we ever had kfc) reckon you could use any cereal like this.maybe wizz them up in a blender and freeze them a bit bread crumbs. you could also use them for crunchy top on pasta bakes

donna73

Ok, i know i should be stronger and make the kids eat up the odds and ends of boxes of cereals- i have tried with varying success. but now i'm wondering if i can avoid wasting it by making it into something else?
not feeling very inspired though, all i can think of is cornflake cake type thing, when you mix it with chocolate.
any ides gratefuly received thanks!

purpleivy

Cereal bars can take a multitude of sins! I had a recipe somewhere off here. Don't know where, but I think there is a thread in the index, there was a thread here the other day as well.

squeaky

Well the chocloate thing is always a winner

Treacle tart? A pastry case, usually blind baked I think, then stir some golden syrup into the cereals, fill and bake...?

Hang on...

Treacle tart

Just adapt it.

Alternatively you could crumble them up and add them to cheescake bottoms, or crumble tops, or they might work in some of the recipes we have for oatmeal biscuits?

blue-kat

crush gently and use as crispy 'breadcrumbs' for HM chicken nuggets.

mrs-moneypenny

they can be used in crumble toppings on fruit crumbles.

i've got a recipie for weetabix loaf that uses a couple of them up. shout up if you want it posting, got to nip off on the school walk now

donna73

thanks, all! i was wondering whether they'd work as crumble topping

Burlesque_Babe

Just about my favourite school dinner pudding ever (even beating chocolate concrete!) was cornflake tart. It was a very thin layer of shortcrust pastry, thin layer of strayberry jam and then topped with golden syrup covered cornflakes.

Funny how things can trigger off memories, I haven't thought about that for years!!

sallyrsm

Crushed up cornflakes (NOT Frosties, natch) go nicely in a meatloaf...
I have a lovely recipe somewhere for one.. will try to find it.

Sassamac

why dont you just pour it into the top of the next box.

flapjack if what you have in stock is muesli based.

If you have shredded wheat you can make easter eggs nests by mixing with chocolate, then filling the nest with mini eggs.

rice krispies, cornflakes etc can go into chocolate fridge cake / tiffin / rocky road.