If there’s one party food that never failed to be present at any birthday party, Australia day or any major event… it would be mars bar slice. I shamefully have to admit, I have never made it before. Don’t know how it took me 19 years to finally learn to make it but I did, and everyone in my family loved me for it.
Above is a quick visual from Saturday night when my best friend Brooke and I decided to make mars bar slice for the first time. We were surprised with how easy it was and how limited steps there was in the process.
All thats needed is:
Ingredients:
- 12 pack of small mars bars or 3 normal sized mars bars
- 90g butter
- 3 cups of Rice bubbles
- Approx. 375g of milk chocolate
- 1 tbsp of coconut oil
Equipment:
- Baking tray (Make sure that it is deep and not too wide)
- Baking paper
The method is quite simple:
- Line baking tray with baking paper
- Roughly chop the mars bars
- Place mars bars and butter in a microwavable bowl and microwave for 1 minute and 30 seconds
- Combine with rice bubbles
- Spread the rice bubble mixture onto the lines baking tray and continue spreading until even
- Using another microwavable bowl, break the milk chocolate into small pieces and combine them with the coconut oil
- Microwave for 2 minutes
- Using a spatula cover the rice bubbles with the chocolate
- Put in fridge until set
- Cut and serve 🙂
My tips:
- If you forget to put the butter in with the mars bars, you can melt the butter separately and add with the mixture
- To make sure the baking paper sticks to the tray, spraying canola oil directly to the tray can help the paper keep its grip
- A smaller tray is better because the mars bars are thicker and hold together better
Pricing:
A 12 pack of mars bars at Woolworths costs around $4.60 but I got them on sale for 2.30. As only 3 cups are needed, the 250g packet of rice bubbles for $4.15 works just fine and still leaves you enough for a few days worth of cereal for breakfast. As a chocolate lover, I prefer using Cadbury chocolate for cooking whenever I can. The milk chocolate quantity of 375g is a little difficult to buy exact so I bought both a 350g family block for $5 and an extra 180g for $4. Last is the coconut oil. The quantity for the coconut oil is unfortunately only small and only uses a tiny bit from a large jar of 100g. However, 100g of coconut oil in the ‘macro organic’ brand is only $4.15 and is an item that is useful kept in the cupboard for the next recipe that rolls around including coconut oil.
I believe mars bar slice is one of the best snacks to have around, especially when stress eating. Just learn from my mistakes and hide it from your family members.
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