Apricot & Almond Yogurt Coated Bites
These delicious bites are made with almonds, crisp rice cereal, dried apricots, and coconut, then drizzled with some cream cheese-yogurt icing. They are perfect snack packed into your kid's lunchbox.
Yield
10 servingsPrep
3 minCook
2 minReady
5 minLow Cholesterol, Trans-fat Free, Low Sodium
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the bites | |||
| 75 | grams |
almonds
whole, roughly chopped in half lengthways |
|
| 50 | grams |
crisp rice cereal
|
|
| 150 | grams |
apricots, dried
chopped into 6 pieces |
|
| 25 | grams |
coconut, shredded (desiccated)
|
*
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
golden syrup
|
* |
| 50 | grams |
brown sugar, dark
soft |
|
| 50 | grams |
margarine
or non-fat |
|
| For the icing | |||
| 1 | tablespoon |
yogurt
whole milk |
|
| 50 | grams |
cream cheese
or low-fat, non-fat |
|
| 200 | grams |
sugar
icing, sieved |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| For the bites: | |||
| 75 | grams |
almonds
whole, roughly chopped in half lengthways |
|
| 5E+1 | grams |
crisp rice cereal
|
|
| 1.5E+2 | grams |
apricots, dried
chopped into 6 pieces |
|
| 25 | grams |
coconut, shredded (desiccated)
|
*
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
golden syrup
|
* |
| 5E+1 | grams |
brown sugar, dark
soft |
|
| 5E+1 | grams |
margarine
or non-fat |
|
| For the icing: | |||
| 15 | ml |
yogurt
whole milk |
|
| 5E+1 | grams |
cream cheese
or low-fat, non-fat |
|
| 2E+2 | grams |
sugar
icing, sieved |
|
Directions
Preheat the oven to 170C/gas 3.
In a large bowl combine the almonds, rice crispies, apricots and coconut.
Put the golden syrup, sugar and margarine into a small saucepan, melt together then boil vigorously for 1 minute.
Pour this over the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly.
Quickly spoon the mixture onto baking trays into mounds and bake for 3 minutes.
Leave to cool.
Beat together the icing ingredients and drizzle over the bites.
