Rice Krispie Treats - the Originals and some Great Variations!

This easy and delicious recipe makes about 24 2 inch treats.  Here is the original version of the recipe.  My sister-in-law, Tina, does great variations on the original and I have listed some of her favorites at the end.    Cris 


Rice Krispie Treats - the Original

You will need a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan that has been coated with butter or sprayed with cooking spray.

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons butter
1 10 oz. Package (about 40) marshmallows, or
              4 cups miniature marshmallows
5 cups Rice Krispies cereal


Directions:

1.     In a large saucepan melt butter over low heat.

2.     Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted.

3.     Using a buttered spatula or wax paper, evenly press mixture into the pan.

4.     Cool.

5.     Cut into 2-inch squares.


Tina's Variations:     

This batch has blue sprinkles added.

1.     Substitute the Rice Krispies cereal with any other ready-to-eat cereal: frosted corn flakes, chocolate puffs, fruit-flavored loops, plain or honey Cheery-O's,  

2,     You can use multi-colored mini-marshmallows instead of the white ones.

3.     You can add 1 ½ cups mini-chocolate chips or 1 cup chopped walnuts (or both!).

4.     Before cutting, sprinkle top with Red and Green Crystals for a Christmas feel or multi-colored sprinkles for a birthday party theme.

5,     For Christmas treats: add a few drops of peppermint flavoring to the mixture.  Before cutting, sprinkle the top with crushed candy canes.  Gently press the crushed candy cane pieces into the treats.

6,     To make a Christmas Tree:
                Add green food coloring to the mixture and the entire batch pressed into a Christmas Tree shaped cake baking pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.  Turn the treat-tree out onto a platter and decorate the tree with M&M for balls and pipe icing tree trim on the branches.

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