- 10 cups puffed wheat cereal
- 1 cup corn syrup
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Grease a 9×13-inch pan. Place puffed wheat in a large heat-proof bowl; set aside.
- Bring corn syrup, white sugar, butter, cocoa powder, and brown sugar to a boil in a heavy saucepan. Remove cocoa mixture from heat; stir in vanilla extract. Pour cocoa mixture over puffed wheat cereal; stir until well combined.
- Press puffed wheat mixture into prepared pan. Allow to cool completely before cutting into bars.