Puffed Wheat Squares - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
3/4 cup corn syrup
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cocoa (optional)
8 cups puffed wheat cereal
candy sprinkles

Preparation

Measure puffed wheat into a large bowl.
Melt butter in a saucepan.
Add syrup, sugar, cocoa.
When mixture begins to boil, boil for 3 minutes and then remove from heat.
Add vanilla.
Pour over puffed wheat and mix well.
Press into a 9X12 inch cake pan.
scatter sprinkles while still warm and pat down to be sure they will stick.
Cool completely.