Cocoa Puff Muffins

Great for Easter - taken and adapted from a 2005 edition of Super Food ideas. I sometimes add choc chips to mixture especially at Easter time.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 12 muffins

Ingredients

• 2  cups self raising flour
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa powder
• 3⁄4 cup brown sugar
• 2  cups  Cocoa Puffs cereal (or Cocoa Pops)
• 100  g  melted butter
• 1  cup buttermilk
• 2  eggs, lightly beaten
• 1  teaspoon vanilla essence

Directions

1. Heat oven to 180°C.
2. Grease 12 x 1/2 cup muffin tin.
3. Sift flour and cocoa into large bowl.
4. Add sugar and 1 3/4 cups cocos puffs; stir well.
5. Add butter,egg and buttermilk to dry ingredients. Stir till just combined.
6. Spoon mixture evenly into muffin pan.
7. Sprinkle with remaining cocoa puffs.
8. Bake 20 minutes, then stand 5 minutes.
9. Then turn onto wire rack.
10. Serve warm.