Chocolate Marshmallow Nut Squares from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Chocolate Marshmallow Nut Squares Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

1 cup Semisweet chocolate chips
1/3 cup Smooth GF peanut butter
2 tbsp Corn syrup
1 1/2 cup Cooked red kidney beans
1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cup Mini GF marshmallows
1/4 cup Chopped nuts

Recipe Instructions:

Use gluten-free ingredients for someone on a celiac diet.

Spray 9 inch square cake pan with non-stick vegetable spray, or line
pan with waxed paper.

Melt chips and peanut butter in a large saucepan over low heat,
stirring until smooth. (Or microwave at medium about 2 1/2 minutes
until mixture can be stirred smooth.) Stir in corn syrup. Remove
from heat. Cool 5 minutes.

In food processor, puree beans and cinnamon. Stir into chocolate
mixture until well blended. Stir in marshmallows and walnuts until
coated. Cut large marshmallows with wet scissors if minis are not
available.

Press evenly into prepared pan. Chill about 45 minutes or until firm.
Cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours or up to 6 days before
serving. Cut into 24 squares.

1 square = 94 calories, 1 fruit & veg. choice, 1 fats & oils choice 5
grams total fat, 1 gram saturated fat, 0 cholesterol, 2 grams
protein, 11 grams carbohydrate, 21 mg sodium, 103 mg potassium

Adapted from Full of Beans by V. Currie & Kay Spicer, 1993 Shared by
Elizabeth Rodier, Feb 94

Servings: 24

“Food for all is a necessity. Food should not be a merchandise, to be bought and sold as jewels are bought and sold by those who have the money to buy. Food is a human necessity, like water and air, it should be available.”

~ Pearl Buck (1892-1973) American Nobel Prize winning author.

 

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