Heart Shaped Rice Krispie Treats
Equipment
- Spatula
- 9x13 Pan
- large stock pot
- Large mixing bowl
- measuring cups
- Heart shaped cookie cutter
Ingredients
- 16 oz Marshmallows
- 4 tbs Salted Butter
- 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- pink or red food coloring
Instructions
- Start out be getting everything you need for treat making gatherd into one place.
- Use a little butter or some non-stick cooking spray to pre-grease your cookie cutter, spatula and pan
- To melt your butter and marshmallows you can use the microwave instructions below or the stovetop instructions in the article above.
- Toss together 4 tbs of butter and 16 oz of marshmallows in your microwave safe bowl or dish.
- Pop those into the microwave and heat them up for 30 - 60 seconds.
- Take the bowl out of the microwave and stir the butter and marshmallows together.
- Pop them back in the microwave and heat them for another 30 seconds.
- Take them out again and stir them up well.
- Keep heating for 30 seconds and then stirring until you have successfully melted your marshmallows and butter together.
- Take your pink or red food coloring and stir some into your marshmallow mixture. Add a little more than you desire the end color to be as it will lighten a little when the cereal is mixed in.
- Take 6 cups of rice krispie cereal and slowly dump some into your marshmallows. Stir in in well, then add some more. Continue this until all the cereal is throughly mixed in.
- Take your pre-greased pan and add your pink cereal and marshmallow mixture to it.
- Gently press the mixture down in the pan. You want it to be about the same thickness across the entire pan.
- Wait about 30 minutes so the treats can cool some and then use your heart shaped cookie cutter to cut out individual treats.
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Nutrition information provided is just an estimate and may vary based on specific ingredients used.