M&S shares easy recipe for Percy Pig crispy bars for people to make in lockdown

Recipe contains just five ingredients

(M&S/Instagram/@platesoftate)

If you're looking for the perfect sweet treat to consume in lockdown, look no further than the Marks and Spencer's Instagram account.

The supermarket giant has just shared a new recipe for crispy cakes made from its signature Percy Pig gummy sweets.

Created by London-based food blogger @PlatesOfTate, the cakes are easy to make and contain just five ingredients, including one bag of Percy Pigs and Percy Pig dessert sauce, which is a sweet sauce sold by the retailer and made from its Percy Pig gummies.

The result is a sweet, gooey cake akin to conventional rice crispy cakes.

The recipe clearly came as a delight to fans of Percy Pigs, with M&S's Instagram post featuring the recipe garnering more than 3,000 likes and hundreds of comments from excited followers.

Here's the recipe.

Ingredients

• 40g knob of butter
• 250g of mini marshmallows
• 100g of Rice Krispies (or any rice pop cereal)
• 125g M&S Percy Pig strawberry dessert sauce
• One bag of Percy Pigs

Method

• Line a large square baking tin with greaseproof paper
• Melt the butter over a low heat in a large saucepan, stirring until completely melted
• Add into the saucepan 200g mini marshmallows, keep 50g in reserve to decorate, then add the 125g of Percy Pig dessert sauce
• Stir carefully until all completely melted. Take off the heat
• Stir in the Rice Krispies until completely covered in the marshmallow mixture
• Add in 125g of the torn-up Percy Pigs and stir gently
• Carefully press into the baking tin until flat and even
• Top with the remaining 50g mini marshmallows and 45g Percy Pig sweets, lightly pressing into the mixture
• Chill in the fridge for at least four hours, ideally overnight

Carefully slice into bars with a sharp knife

Enjoy!