These caramel puffed rice balls can be a great healthy snack or a kid’s lunch box essential, and need just 3 simple ingredients to put together. These balls are super crunchy and sweet, and can be prepped ahead of time too.
They taste almost like caramel popcorn, and are incredibly easy to make too. They’re vegan, gluten free and a healthy snack you can actually feel good about.
Ready to give them a try? Here is all you need to know about making them.
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Ingredients For the Recipe
You will need just three ingredients to make these caramel puffed rice balls
- Puffed rice: 2 cups
- Caramel: ½ cup
- Cardamom powder: A pinch
How to Make the Caramel Puffed Rice Balls
Once you have all the ingredients ready, here is what you will need to do to make these delicious caramel puffed rice balls
Heat a wide pan. Add the puffed rice and dry roast them for 2-3 minutes.
Next, transfer the caramel to the pan along with the cardamom powder.
While it’s still hot, put cold water on your palm and scoop out a portion of the mixture and shape it into a ball. Make as many shapes as you can.
Let it cool down to room temperature.
Enjoy as a delightful and easy to make dessert!
Frequently Asked Questions
In addition to the puffed rice and the cardamom powder, you can add a lot of other add-ons to these delicious sweet treats.
Crushed nuts like peanuts, walnuts and pistachios can be great additions to the puffed rice balls. If you are allergic to nuts, you can use seeds instead.
You can also choose to add your favorite cereal in addition to puffed rice to bring in a bit of variation. 
These caramel puffed rice balls can be stored at room temperature for up to a week.
To keep them nice and crispy, store them in an airtight container.
If these puffed rice balls have lost their crispiness, you can reheat them in the microwave for a few minutes and then let them cool down before you enjoy them again. 
Tips & Tricks to Make the Caramel Puffed Rice Balls
Before you jump into the recipe, you might want to take note of these little tips and tricks too. They will really help you nail the recipe.
- If you don’t have the caramel that the recipe calls for you can simply melt a bit of powdered jaggery or sugar in the pan along with a touch of ghee or butter and cook it until it turns into the golden brown, just like caramel.
- Remember to use a good quality nonstick pan for this recipe. This will help keep the caramel from sticking to the pain or ending up getting burned.
- If you are making this for the first time, I would recommend using gloves while handling the hot puffed rice bowls.
- Even if you are using gloves, remember to grease the gloves with a bit of water to keep the caramel from sticking to the gloves.
- I would recommend using a high quality non-stick pan to make these puffed rice balls. This will help keep the caramel from burning and sticking to the pan.
- Remember to keep the heat low while making these caramel puffed rice balls.
- If you don’t have cardamom powder, you can choose to add almond extract or vanilla extract instead, just to bring in some extra flavor to the rice balls.
- You can also add some honey butter, almond butter, mini chocolate chips or dried coconut flakes to the puffed rice balls mixture.
Serving Ideas & Suggestions
These caramel puffed rice balls can be enjoyed at any time of the day when you’re craving for a sweet treat.
You can have them as a light snack or serve them with tea during the evening along with other snacks.
In fact, you can also have them as a healthy dessert, teamed up with some vanilla ice cream.
Inspired and ready to try some more sweet treats? Here are a few good recipes you might want to check out
📖 Recipe
Caramel Puffed Rice Balls
Ingredients
- 2 cups Puffed rice
- ½ cup Caramel
- 1 pinch Cardamom powder
Instructions
- Heat a wide pan. Add the puffed rice and dry roast them for 2-3 minutes.
- Next, transfer the caramel to the pan along with the cardamom powder. While it’s still hot, put cold water on your palm and scoop out a portion of the mixture and shape it into a ball. Make as many shapes as you can. Let it cool down to room temperature.
- Enjoy as a delightful and easy to make dessert!
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