I’ve tried to stay away from sugar as much as I can. however, lately, I have been having a awful sweet tooth. Yesterday I was going through my cookbooks and found my rice krispies recipes book. It’s full off all kinds of ideas. I got my book from Barnes and Nobles but you can find it here on amazon.
While going through my book, I decided to come up with something different to do for the kids. Something fun that represents the summer time. Watermelon Rice Krispes Treats anyone?
Here is what you need:
9 cups rice krispies cereal
9 cups of marshmallow
6 Tb butter
Red and green food coloring
Handful of chocolate chips
Directions:
Prepare 2- 8″ cake pans by greasing with butter or non-stick spray.
Make the green (rind)-
Add 4 cups rice krispies to a large bowl, set aside.
Melt 4 cups marshmallows and 3 tablespoons butter in a large bowl in the microwave about 2 minutes, or until very puffy.
Carefully remove from microwave, stir, and add in green coloring. 1-2 drops should do.
Pour green marshmallow mixture over the bowl of rice krispies. Stir mixture together, quickly, using a buttered spatula.
Working quickly, divide the mixture between the two prepared cake pans, and press along the sides of the pans, creating a ring about 1 inch thick. Rub a bit of butter on your hands as necessary, to prevent the mixture from sticking to your hands.
Make the red (watermelon) center-
Repeat as above, using the ingredients listed (left).
Press red mixture into the center of the two cake pans, press down and smoothing the top surface with a buttered spatula.
Add “seeds”
place the chocolate chips over the treat
The kids thought it looked cool and tasted delicious!
