Crunchy pine cones

Biting into a caramel pine cone always makes me think of biting into a bees’ nest. I have added sesame seeds to the recipe which makes this recipe a cross between my two favourite Polish sweet snacks: szyszki and sezamki. These light-as-air rice cakes are made with the popular Polish sweet: krówki (little cows), which you can buy in all Polish shops and in the Polish section of supermarkets too. In a Polish shop this rice would be called ryz preparowany. I’ve found a brown rice cereal in the gluten-free section of my local supermarket which is a good substitute as are other cereals as long as they are quite solid and strong, as they need to withstand both the hot fudge and the moulding process.