Making Corn Pops Be Edible AKA Don't Waste Food!

Corn pops are, in my opinion, cold cereal's greatest fail. I never liked them as a child and I still do not. Neither do my children. Therefore, I'm unsure of why I ended up with a box in my pantry. They were destined for the food pantry when one of the children opened the box up one day, ate a bowl, and deemed the remains inedible. So here I was, stuck with them and nobody willing to take one for the team.

Today while cleaning in the kitchen some (a never ending job for a chronically messy person such as myself) I looked over at that open box as it mocked me from the cereal shelf, ridiculing my choices and my unwillingness to throw away perfectly good food. I decided it was time for some action. I opened the pantry door and spied a bag of reject marshmallows, took them out, and it was on.

These marshmallows turned out to be way too big for roasting and too big for s'mores, so they have been languishing in the bottom of the pantry for quite some time, begging for attention and love, which is what all marshmallows really need. You can clearly tell this is fact by this photo I took during a rare moment of marshmallow activity.

So I weighed the marshmallows out and cut them into small pieces and followed the recipe for Rice Crispy treats using the corn pops.

After they had set and gotten cool, thus less gooey, I cut one out and looked at it. It was, of course, a much more lumpy texture than crispies but still all glued together from the marshmallow goo. Then I plated them up.

So far, they are being given a passing grade in our extensive food testing facility. There have been no complaints from the rabble, I mean, the customers and the supply is beginning to dwindle. Weill I make them again? No. I hope to never buy another box of Corn Pops unless it's an accident.