• Kids in the Kitchen: Winter Rice Krispy Treats

    Rice Krispy Treats

    The girls made these super cute rice krispie treats.    They made and decorated these special treats to share with friends.  Thankful for kids who love to spend time in the kitchen.  It is great seeing their creative juices flowing!

  • Welcome 2015 Treat!

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    Our “Welcome 2015” Rice Krispy Treat!

    The girls and I decided to make our rice krispies festive to bring in the new year.  Thankful for a new year!  I am looking forward to making new memories with my family and friends!  I am blessed!  Praying for health, safety, growth, and good times!

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    The “2” is made out of a Fruit Roll Up and Sour Patch Kids.

    The “0” is made out of Fruit Gummies.

    The “1” is a Blue Raspberry and Cherry Airheads that were rolled out and twisted together.

    The “5” is made out of Starbursts.

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    Thankful for the many blessings and great memories as we start off the new year!

  • Recipe: Cake Batter Rice Krispies

    Cake Batter Rice Krispies

    These rice krispies are tasty and add an extra twist to the regular recipe!  The recipe was inspired by How Sweet It Is and has been a hit at our house.  Our family loves rice krispies and sprinkles so these have been a lot of fun to make and share.

    • 3 tablespoons Butter
    • 1 (10 oz.) bag of Marshmallows
    • 1/4 cup dry Yellow Cake Mix
    • 6 cups Rice Krispies Cereal
    • 1 (1.75 oz.) container of Sprinkles

    Melt butter in microwavable safe bowl, add marshmallows, and cook until marshmallows are melted (approximately 1 to 2 minutes). Add the dry cake mix to the marshmallow mixture. Stir in cereal so it is completely coated with marshmallow mixture. Add in half of the sprinkles and mix. Press into a 9 x 13 baking dish and top with remaining sprinkles. Let it sit for a few minutes before cutting and enjoy!

  • Be My Valentine: Valentine Cake Batter Rice Krispies

    Valentine Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats

    The girls have to bring a goody for their school Valentine’s Day party.  When I asked them what they wanted me to buy or make they both said to bring the Valentine’s Cake Batter Rice Krispie treats with “extra sprinkles”!  I made this recipe earlier for another event so they were excited to try it out before their party.

    Heart shaped Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats with sprinkles

    The girls loved making this little Valentine Rice Krispies.  We added a little bit of cake batter, a drop of red food coloring, and some sprinkles than used cookie cutters to make the hearts.

    Having fun making designs with the Valentine Cake Batter Rice Krispie hearts

    We had fun making different designs with the treats.  Their favorite design was the flower.  Since we were taking them to more than one party we were able to have some fun getting creative with the treats.

    Rice Krispie Hearts of different sizes

    The big heart cookie cutter was cute, but we did more of the small heart to make sure everyone had a rice krispie treat to enjoy.  Thankful that the girls requested a pretty easy treat to share with their friends.  Do you have to bring treats for your kids classroom?

  • Recipe: Rice Krispy Christmas Wreath

    As a kid I remember my Aunt Becky making mini Christmas Wreaths with Rice Krispy treats around the Holidays (which were a huge hit at the family potlucks).  Since I had the ingredients on hand and people coming to visit I decided to make a festive dessert for dinner.  Instead of making mini wreaths I decided to make one big one that everyone could share.  I made a batch of rice krispy treats, put in a few drops of green food coloring in the marshmallow mixture, formed a Christmas wreath on a plate and decorated with red licorice, red hots, and pearls.  The girls thought these rice krispies were extra special and it really didn’t take me that much longer to put the wreath  together. You can make your wreath as light or dark green as you like, each one of mine (as you can see from the two pictures) are a little different.  I have included the rice krispy recipe in case you do not have it on hand.

    Rice Krispy Recipe:

    • 1/4 cup Butter or Margarine
    • 10 oz Marshmallows (usually 1 bag)
    • 6 cups Rice Krispy Cereal
    • Few drops Green Food Coloring

    Melt butter in microwavable bowl.  Add marshmallows and microwave until completely melted.  Stir the marshmallows and butter together until melted and smooth.  Mix in a few drops of green food coloring.  Add cereal and mix until evenly coated.  Put spoonfuls of rice krispies on a platter in a circle.  Butter your hands and form the rice krispies into a wreath.  Garnish with red licorice, red hots, m&ms, skittles, pearls or anything else you want.

    The girls requested that I make the “Christmas Wreath” again for another Christmas party and for their school party.  The only problem was I didn’t have any more red hots or pearls to decorate the wreath, but we did have Skittles!  The girls thought the Skittles were a beautiful and tasty addition to the Christmas wreath!  Plus this is an easy recipe that the kids can put together with your kids.

    If you have an upcoming Christmas party this would be another easy recipe to bring and share.  Enjoy! 🙂

  • Rice Krispy Super Bowl Footballs

    In celebration of the Super Bowl event tomorrow our family has put together Football Rice Krispy treats to share with our family and friends.

    Football Rice Krispy Treats with Chocolate Frosting!

    We used an oval football cookie cutter to make footballs in celebration of the Super Bowl weekend.  The chocolate frosting turned out pretty well.  The girls had fun helping us decorate and eating the extra rice krispy corners that were not made into footballs.

    Rainbow Football Rice Krispy Treats for the Super Bowl!

    The girls loved the rainbow colored footballs in celebration of the Super Bowl weekend.  I recommend staying away from the yellow frosting because it doesn’t show up as well.

    Are you doing any special recipes for the Super Bowl festivities?