Edible "Barn Owl Pellets"

Makes about 36 pellets.

6 cups crispy rice cereal
2 cups (12 ounces) semisweet or milk chocolate chips
1 cup sugar
1 cup corn syrup
1 cup peanut butter (either smooth or crunchy, which adds "authentic" texture!)
1 white chocolate candy bar chopped into bonelike bits (about 1/3 cup)
foil for wrapping pellets

1) In a large bowl, mix cereal and chocolate chips. Set aside.

2) Mix sugar and corn syrup in a small pan, and heat until hot and bubbling. Please have a parent help you!

3)Remove sugar-syrup mixture from heat and stir in peanut butter.

4)Stir peanut butter mixture into cereal and chocolate chips, and mix together well. (The chocolate chips will melt.) When cereal is completely coated, allow mixture to sit for five minutes to cool.

5) Using washed hands, pick up 2-3 tablespoons of the mixture. Sprinkle 4-5 white chocolate "bones" into the mixture in your hand.

6) Squeeze mixture in your fist until it looks just like an owl pellet. Smooth edges if necessary, and place chocolate "pellet" on a plate.

7) Wrap each pellet in foil and store in refrigerator. Enjoying digging in!

Taken from "Owl Puke" by Jane Hammerslough