How to Make Rice Crispy Treats

How to Make Rice Crispy Treats How to Make Rice Crispy Treats It is not only easy to make rice crispy treats but is very wholesome and tasty too. You can even be joined by your kids in cooking up this delicacy. In fact, you can even trace the beginning of this item to the late 1930’s when some girls got together to make this recipe to raise money. They used only a few things to make the treats and cooked it up within an hour. But today, we find a lot of variations with a number of decorations and toppings. They can even be prepared in different shapes to welcome the traditional festivals and get-togethers.

Let us find out what the ingredients are first. We need about 6 cups of Rice Krispies cereal, 3 tbsp of butter and 10 oz of regular marshmallow. For making the recipe, you also need one large saucepan, another 13 x 9 x 2 pan, spatula and cooking spray.
Now you can start making the treats. Take the large saucepan and heat the butter over low heat. When the butter starts melting, pour in the package of marshmallows while stirring it briskly. Slowly, the mixture will become very soft. Then you can add Rice Krispies cereal so that the mixture coats the cereal grains very well.
Spray the second pan with cooking spray. With the help of a spatula, add the mixture of butter, marshmallows and Krispies to the pan. Spread out the mixture until it evenly covers the pan. Leave the mixture to cool. It will take about 15 minutes to cool completely.
After cooling down, cut them into diamond shapes or squares and store them away. It is better to serve and finish them as soon as they have cooled down lest they become stale.
You can also create many variations of the Rice Krispies Treats. If you would like a chocolate flavor then take some cocoa Krispies and shape them into footballs after they are cooked. You can also apply icing over them.
You can also add some peanut butter to make it taste still more delicious.
1/ cup of caramel ice cream topping will do wonders to the mixture.
You can also base your creations on a particular theme. Decorative icing can set the mood and so can colorful sprinkles of red and blue. Use licorice to tie up the treats and give a new look.
Cut out different shapes with a cookie cutter. If it is nearing Christmas, then shape like the Christmas tree and Santa Claus. You can also make holiday lights from the Treats.

There is no end to the number of ways in which you can make the Rice Krispies Treats. You only have to let your imagination run wild and come up with new ideas to decorate the Treats. And the taste is of course a great favorite with young and old alike.