Yahoo Finance M&S shares easy recipe for Percy Pig crispy bars for people to make in lockdown
If you're looking for the perfect sweet treat to consume in lockdown, look no further than the Marks and Spencer's Instagram account.
The supermarket giant has just shared a new recipe for crispy cakes made from its signature Percy Pig gummy sweets.
Created by London-based food blogger @PlatesOfTate, the cakes are easy to make and contain just five ingredients, including one bag of Percy Pigs and Percy Pig dessert sauce, which is a sweet sauce sold by the retailer and made from its Percy Pig gummies.
The result is a sweet, gooey cake akin to conventional rice crispy cakes.
A post shared by M&S Food Press Office (@marksandspencerfoodpr) on May 23, 2020 at 2:48am PDT
The recipe clearly came as a delight to fans of Percy Pigs, with M&S's Instagram post featuring the recipe garnering more than 3,000 likes and hundreds of comments from excited followers.
Here's the recipe.
Ingredients
40g knob of butter
250g of mini marshmallows
100g of Rice Krispies (or any rice pop cereal)
125g M&S Percy Pig strawberry dessert sauce
One bag of Percy Pigs
Method
Line a large square baking tin with greaseproof paper
Melt the butter over a low heat in a large saucepan, stirring until completely melted
Add into the saucepan 200g mini marshmallows, keep 50g in reserve to decorate, then add the 125g of Percy Pig dessert sauce
Stir carefully until all completely melted. Take off the heat
Stir in the Rice Krispies until completely covered in the marshmallow mixture
Add in 125g of the torn-up Percy Pigs and stir gently
Carefully press into the baking tin until flat and even
Top with the remaining 50g mini marshmallows and 45g Percy Pig sweets, lightly pressing into the mixture
Chill in the fridge for at least four hours, ideally overnight
Carefully slice into bars with a sharp knife
Enjoy!
