Rice Crispy Treat Recipe

Rice Crispy Treat Recipe Are you planning to make something delicious for your children during this summer holiday? Well, there is good option that you can try. Go for rice crispy treat. It’s a wonderful snack item that your kids are sure to relish.

Easy to make, the rice crispy recipe hardly takes 10 minutes to cook. Requiring limited ingredients and consuming less cooking time, this dish is also the favorite of many mothers. Following are some of the steps involved in preparing rice crispy treat. Just give it a read and you are sure to make a fantastic crispy rice treat for your family. However, once you learn about the basic recipe, you can make some changes to add variety as per your preference.

Ingredients Required

Almond butter or flex seed oil
Brown rice
Crisp cereal
Raisins (optional)
Bag of marshmallow

Steps Involved in the Preparation of Delicious Rice Crispy Treat

Take a 13×9 saucepan and a rubber spatula. Before using these utensils for preparing rice crispy treat, just apply some natural cooking spray on the appliances. You can also line the pan with waxed paper or parchment paper. This actually facilitates the process of removing the treat.
Now take some butter in a saucepan and heat it till it melts. Maintain a medium-low heat to melt the butter.
Once the butter is heated, you can add some marshmallows to the melted butter. It is always preferable to use small-sized marshmallows rather than the bigger ones because smaller ones melt faster and stirring becomes easier.
Stir the mixture continuously or else there are chances that it may stick to the pan and may get burned. Turn down the heat and leave the pan till the marshmallow gets completely melted. Now remove the mixture from heat by turning off the flame.
Immediately add the rice crispy cereal to the melted mixture with the help of the prepared spatula. Continue to stir the mixture till all the cereals blend finely with the butter and marshmallows.
Now spread the blend into the already greased pan. Spread it gently on the surface with the spatula.
Now allow it to cool and harden. Once it becomes hard cut it into even square pieces of 2 inches.
To make it look even more attractive, decorate it with jelly beans, cookies or other toppings.

You can also prepare a delicious topping for your crispy rice treat. Following is one of the methods of preparing a perfect topping for your crispy rice treat.

Take some chocolate chips, powdered sugar, butter and water
Put them in double boiler and allow them to melt
Continue to stir to stir the mixture
Once all the ingredients mix up well allow it to cool for a while
Now you can spread it over the pan of crispy rice treat

There are various toppings that you can easily prepare at home or buy it from a store.
Now, you know how easy it is to cook crispy rice treat. A delectable snack for your children, this treat is also good for health. Though there are variants available in the market, it is always good to go for home cooked treats because they are well-prepared and you also tend to save your money.

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