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

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!