Daddy DayCare

Ah, the joys of teacher holidays! Not wanting to gloat but it is nice, especially given the nice weather we've had here in Mayo over the past few days. While her nibs slaves away in the corporate corridors I've been spending some quality time with our little princess. Between playground activity, cycling, visits to coffee shops and general fun and games it's been a busy few days. Needless to say there have been one or two melt downs, but the princess doesn't take much notice of me at the best of times anyway!
We did a little baking today. To apply the term 'baking' is a little generous; nothing was actually baked but hey, there was a mixing bowl involved and the end product was presented in cupcake papers with sprinkles on the top. Best of all however was the low carb count of my confectionary efforts; just 1 cp per treat. And they were, according to the verdict of the princess, "yummy scrummy". The fact that the completion of the task neatly coincided with a borderline hypo rounded things off nicely, thank you very much.
So I guess I should tell you what was on special in our little bakery today. I may even share the recipe, though it's not exactly complicated. As you'll see from the picture, today's bake was a plate of chocolatey vanilla rice crispie treats. Not exactly a contender for the Great British Bake Off but I'm pretty sure I saw the Barefoot Contessa have a go at them once. I also reckon they'd go down well with Nigella, the thinking gourmand's crumpet!
Seen as you're such nice folk I'll share our 'recipe', though I doubt you'll need it; is there anybody out there who doesn't know who to knock out a round of rice crispie treats?

75g rice crispies
100g chocolate
A 'dash' of vanilla extract (a dash is a very exact measure in our house)
Sprinkles

Melt the chocolate in a Bain Marie. Add the vanilla. Stir in the rice crispies and scoop into a tray of 12 cupcake papers. Top with sprinkles and Bob's your uncle!
125g of yummy carbs on a tray. A very neat 10g of carbs per treat. Enjoy!