Extra-Marshmallow Crispy Treats

(from castro15’s recipe box)

Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 6 tbsp. butter
  • 10.5 oz. bag plus 2 cups mini marshmallows
  • 6 cups crispy rice cereal

Directions

  1. Line a 9×13-inch pan with foil and spray with cooking spray. In a large pot, melt the butter over high heat. Add the bag of marshmallows and 1/2 tsp salt and, using a silicone spatula, stir until smooth. Remove from heat. Add the cereal and mix until evenly coated. Mix in the remaining 2 cups marshmallows, stirring just until incorporated but not melted. Transfer the cereal to the prepared pan. Spray a clean spatula with cooking spray; pat the cereal into an even layer. Let cool for 2 hours. Cut into squares.

  2. Classy Confetti: Stir 2 tsp vanilla bean paste or pure vanilla extract into the melted butter. Add 1 cup fancy sprinkles when you mix in the 2 cups marshmallows. Top the warm treats with 1/4 cup fancy sprinkles.

  3. Triple Chocolate: Stir 2 tbsp. cocoa powder into the melted butter. Replace the crispy rice cereal with chocolate-flavored crispy rice cereal. Chop up a 4 oz. bar of chocolate. Add the chocolate when you mix in the 2 cups marshmallows. Melt 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Dip the treats in the chocolate and transfer to a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Sprinkle the treats with flaky sea salt. Let stand until set, about 1 hour.

  4. Strawberries & Cream: Replace the crispy rice cereal with strawberry-flavored crispy rice cereal. Add 1 cup white chocolate chips and 3/4 cup freeze-dried strawberries when you mix in the 2 cups marshmallows. Top the warm treats with 1/4 cup freeze-dried strawberries.

  5. Sweet & Salty Sesame: Reduce the butter to 5 tbsp. and melt it with 1 tbsp. toasted sesame oil and 1 tbsp. soy sauce. Add 5 oz. can chow mein noodles and 1/4 cup mixed black and white sesame seeds when you mix in the cereal. Top the warm treats with 1/2 cup chopped crystallized ginger and 1 tbsp. sesame seeds. Drizzle with honey just before cutting and serving.

  6. White Chocolate & Marshmallow: Stir 2 to 3 tsp matcha powder into the melted butter. Add 1 cup white chocolate chips when you mix in the 2 cups marshmallows. Melt 1/2 cup white chocolate chips and, using a fork, drizzle over the treats. Let stand until set, about 1 hour.

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