This is a wonderful sweet salty snack that I threw together and now cant stop eating! I am also not really a fan of pork rinds, but I love this because I cant really taste the pork flavor, especially after the first bite!

1) Cover a microwave safe dinner plate with pork rinds (the puffier the better) , warm rinds in microwave for 1 minute
2) drizzle with hot melted butter (2 tbsp, or more if you want)
3) Sprinkle with 2 tsp ground Cinnamon
4) Sprinkle with 1 heaping tbsp granular Splenda (or more, however thick you want to lay it on)
5) Eat this weird snack in front of somebody who will geek out over what your eating!

*** Instead of Butter, I have used 1 tbsp of natural peanut butter, melted till runny in the microwave and it was even yummier but higher in carbs of course!

April

Oh, now that looks freaky good! Hey Christine, I need to run to the store real quick!

Here's a similar idea that also uses pork rinds and cinnamon. I'm not a fan of pork rinds either but I've enjoyed this a few times. I make the variation.



SOFRESH'S MOCK CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH
3 tablespoons heavy cream
2 tablespoons water
1-2 tablespoons granular Splenda or equivalent liquid Splenda
1/2-1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 ounce coarsely crushed pork rinds, or enough to fill the bowl

Pour the cream, water and Splenda in the bottom of a cereal bowl; stir well. Stir in the cinnamon. Don't worry if the cinnamon clumps up a bit. Add the pork rinds and stir until completely moistened. Eat quickly with a spoon before it gets too soggy.

Makes 1 serving

With granular Splenda:
Per Serving: 252 Calories; 22g Fat; 13g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 5g Net Carbs

With liquid Splenda:
Per Serving: 240 Calories; 22g Fat; 13g Protein; 3g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 2g Net Carbs

This sounded so strange that I just HAD to try it. Amazingly, it really does have the texture and flavor of soggy Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. I tweaked Sofresh's recipe a little and give more precise amounts than she did. I increased the sweetener quite a bit, but you can taste the cream mixture before adding the pork rinds to get it the way you like it. I also increased the cinnamon quite a bit, but again, use it to your taste. I made mine with microwave pork rinds which are quite dry and not greasy like the ready-made kind. I don't know how much of a difference the pre-made kind would have. They might also be a little saltier. I weighed out an ounce of pork rinds on my food scale, but you could just pile some into an empty cereal bowl to measure. I then placed them on a big cutting board and chopped them with a knife to about the size of real Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal. If you have the microwave pork rinds, it took nearly about 2/3 of the bag to make one bowl of "cereal". This makes a very unusual snack, but one that I will most likely make again. Click here to see a close-up.

For comparison, here are the counts for a bowl of real Cinnamon Toast Crunch with 5 tablespoons of 2% milk on it:

Per Serving: 162 Calories; 5g Fat; 4g Protein; 27g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 25g Net Carbs

MOCK CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH VARIATION
1 tablespoon heavy cream
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons vanilla Da Vinci sugar free syrup
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 ounce coarsely crushed pork rinds, or enough to fill the bowl

Make just like the above recipe. This version has less carbs and fat than the original and tastes just the same.

Per Serving: 136 Calories; 11g Fat; 13g Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 1g Net Carbs

Hey Linda That looks good too, my problem is if there isnt an actual layer of splenda and another kind of salty fat like butter or pb on the rinds, they taste too porky to me.

The trick is to coat them well with the cinnamon flavored cream. I'll admit that I have to be pretty desperate to eat something like this, LOL. I don't usually have pork rinds on hand but if I have any left after using them in a recipe, I make this to use them up. I just remembered this other wacky pork rind recipe that I tried once:



LOW CARB PUPPY CHOW
4 cups pork rinds, 1 1/2 ounces
1/4 cup low carb chocolate chips, 1 3/4 ounces *
2 tablespoons natural peanut butter
1 tablespoon butter
1/8 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup granular Splenda *

Chop the pork rinds into 1-inch pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. Make sure not to include any crumbs. Put the chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter in a small microwaveable bowl. Microwave on 50% power until melted, about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, stirring after half the time. Do not overcook or it might scorch. Stir until smooth then stir in the vanilla. Drizzle the chocolate mixture over the pork rinds a little at a time, gently tossing before drizzling with more chocolate. Be careful not to break up the pork rinds. Toss and stir until the pork rinds are completely coated or as well as possible. Spread them out on a wax paper lined baking sheet and dust with half of the Splenda. Turn each piece over and dust with the remaining Splenda. Chill until the chocolate has set completely and store in an airtight container. I put mine in the freezer to help it set up more quickly. You may want to store it in the refrigerator to keep the chocolate from getting sticky.

Makes 4 cups or about 4 servings

* I used MiniCarb chocolate chips. You must use granular Splenda for this recipe.

Per Serving: 166 Calories; 12g Fat; 8g Protein; 9g Carbohydrate; 5g Dietary Fiber; 4g Net Carbs

Someone posted this idea on a low carb forum but hadn't tried it herself. The real Puppy Chow recipe is made with Rice Chex cereal and is coated with tons of powdered sugar. The chocolate mixture is made the same way as this recipe but uses real semi-sweet chocolate chips. This isn't quite the same as the real thing. It is salty from the pork rinds and it's more difficult to coat them with the chocolate mixture because of their uneven shapes. It's not bad though, once you get past the pork rind taste and saltiness. If you've never eaten real Puppy Chow, you won't be quite as disappointed by the difference. I wouldn't serve these to guests at a party, but they might be just the thing when you've got the munchies and need something crunchy and chocolate to ward off some cravings.

I've actually purchased these cinnamon puffy pork rinds. They are delicious.
Well at least to me they are. I like them as a treat with a diet 7. I cannot remember where, but I bought them online.