If you find yourself tasked with providing a treat for any sort of holiday or gathering, I have a suggestion: Crispy Rice Treats.
These are better known to the majority of people by their brand name, which can be abbreviated RKT. However, I use the Malt-o-Meal cheapo cereal we always have on hand for our Sunday Cereal, so I don't call them that.
Plus, I don't like misspelling anything. It should be Crispy, not Krispie.
Anyway.
This is the recipe I use*. It has extra butter and marshmallow than the original recipe does, and therefore is extra good.
The benefits of these treats are many: No baking involved, very few ingredients, the ability to make a large quantity without too much work (individual cookies, I'm looking at you), gluten-free, almost entirely dairy-free (most people with a lactose intolerance can still handle butter), easy to transport, and universally beloved.
I'm not kidding about that last one. I make them every year on Valentine's Day for every single kid and staff member at the school and everyone is SO EXCITED to get them. This year when I was handing them out, no fewer than three full-grown adults absolutely lit up when I handed them theirs and told me that these treats are their very favorite.
They are definitely much more than the sum of their parts.
So go ahead. Get the store-brand cereal, generic marshmallows, and some butter, and make these. No one will be sorry.
* Just a note that I never use mini marshamallows as called for in the recipe. The regular-sized ones are fine. And I just use my hands to press the treats into the pan. If you wet your hands a bit, they won't stick.
A good reminder to make these treats again.
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OK, this comment is in reference to a previous Tuesday, the one about cooking onions. I still don't do that. Instead, I apply it to chopping scallions. If I need scallions, I chop up the whole bunch and put what I don't use in a sealed container. I end up using them in everything once they're all cut up. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI save butter wrappers in my fridge to press down rice crispy treats. No sticky hands!
ReplyDeleteYum , I see these in my future...shortly.
ReplyDeleteMary W.: Cooked onions, chopped green onions . . . whatever makes it easier to make tasty food is the goal.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous: That's a good idea. I always save butter wrappers for greasing bread pans and so on.
G.P.: Enjoy!
If you're feeling particularly adventurous, try them with Fruity Pebbles or whatever Fruity Rice cereal you can find. I can't go back to regular anymore.
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