Make Rice Krispies Treats

These sweet snacks are popular among kids and adults alike. Even though they're called "Rice Krispies" treats, you can actually make them out of any puffed cereal. Making them is easy and, if you're feeling really ambitious, you can make the marshmallows from scratch too!

Ingredients

 * Rice Krispies
 * Chocolate
 * 15 marshmallows
 * 1 or 2 bowls of the cereal

Steps

 * 1) [[Image:Homemade Rice Crispy Marshmallow Treats 918.jpg|thumb]]Put ¼ cup of butter in a pot, and put on low heat.
 * 2) [[Image:Homemade Rice Crispy Marshmallow Treats 9003.jpg|thumb]]'''Add the 33 marshmallows then rice crispies.
 * 3) [[Image:Homemade Rice Crispy Marshmallow Treats 2570.jpg|thumb]]Spread the cereal mixture on the tray and flatten with a spatula. You may need to repeatedly grease the spatula since the mixture will be very sticky.
 * 4) Let it cool to room temperature for about 15-20 minutes.
 * 5) Cut into 12-24 pieces, depending on size.

Tips

 * Add a ½ tsp of vanilla flavoring for a little flair!
 * Be super lazy and melt the butter and marshmallws in the microwave and then stir in the cereal.
 * Any kind of cereal works. Rice cereal is the original kind but Cocoa Puffs, Cheerios, and Fruity Pebbles are also delicious.
 * After you're done, maybe drizzle some melted chocolate or marshmallow fluff over it.
 * If you add a packet of powdered pudding mix (i.e. banana, chocolate, butterscotch, etc.) you can come up with some very interesting variations on the traditional rice crispy treat.
 * Dried cranberries, raisins, or chocolate chips also make excellent additions to this snack.
 * Use margarine instead of butter for softer rice crispy treats.
 * Add 1/2 cup or more of peanut butter. Excellent!
 * Add a cup less Rice Krispies for a chewier, marshmallowier treat.
 * Adding some food coloring to the marshmallow mixture is a nice change. For example, add orange for Halloween, red or green for Christmas, etc.
 * An alternative to greasing your pan is to line it with parchment paper. The benefit of this is that you can easily lift your treats out of the tray and cut them with a pizza cutter.
 * You may as well use the entire bag of marshmallows (about 7 cups) and have a little more to enjoy.
 * Have everything set up before heating the marshmallows, they may burn if you take too long looking for the pan and greasing it up.
 * once done cooking soak the pot immediately, marshmallow is tough to clean up once it gets hard.

Warnings

 * This can get messy.
 * Adult should supervise child when using stove.
 * These treats should be eaten carefully by anyone with loose teeth.

Things You'll Need

 * a medium sized pot
 * a bowl
 * a tray/cookie sheet
 * a stove

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