Special K Cookies

My mom taught me how to make these when I was a kid... So good!!! Only thing I do different is coat my hands in butter and roll em into balls instead of dropping em by spoonfuls.. Butter flavor tops em off and puts em over the top!!! Great recipe!!

Warning: These are addicting! I took the advice of other reviewers and only microwaved the mixture for two minutes instead of four to avoid over cooking. Others claim the cookies will be rock hard if you over cook the mixture. The texture is soft, like a firm caramel. I used Special K cereal, but you can use other kinds of cereal. My husband took them to work and his coworkers asked for the recipe. They are super easy to make. This is a good recipe for summer time when you want cookies but don't want to use the oven to avoid heating up the house.

I made mine on the stovetop (only simmered it for 2 minutes) and threw in some chocolate chips at the last minute and they were fabulous! Love how crunchy they were and that there was no a lot of saturated fat yet felt very sinful thanks to all the sugar. Big hit with friends too. A great summer treat that really feeds a crowd.

These were so easy to make and delicious! Having made rice krispies the same way, the key is to not over cook your syrup and sugar! Over cooking leads to rock hard cookies! I added another cup of cereal to get a better consistency and some small semi sweet chocolate chips (about a cup). For cook timing, I used my 700W microwave and only cooked the mixture for 2 minutes. Keep in mind that if you can do this quickly the mixture won't be too hard to stir together and much easier to spoon out onto your wax paper.

I didn't think these would be anything special, but they are really yummy. and so quick! It took less than 5 minutes for everything.