Excellent Puffed Wheat Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 cups puffed wheat cereal
1 cup brown sugar, not packed
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup corn syrup
3 tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa (such as Fry's(R))
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation

Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
Place puffed wheat cereal in a large bowl.
Combine brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, and cocoa in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla extract.
Pour sugar mixture over puffed wheat cereal in the bowl; stir until cereal is evenly coated. Spread evenly into the lined pan. Cool until set, about 30 minutes. Cut into squares.