Rice Krispy Treat
Welcoming & Toddler Friendly Recipe
2/13/20242 min read
Welcoming & Toddler Friendly Recipe - A recipe that welcomes all to the kitchen for a simple, low-ingredient recipe full of flavour!
These rice crispy treats are so hard to put down with 3 simple ingredients!!
INGREDIENTS:
1 & 1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 cups mini marshmallows
2 cups rice cereal
PROCESS:
*The melting of the butter with marshmallows should be done only by an adult and away from the toddler!*
Add parchment paper or butter a 6 x 6 pan.
*You can use any other sized pan; it would just change the thickness of the treat! Muffin tin, bigger 8 x 8 pans, or even go with a scoop on parchment paper!*Measure and add the butter and marshmallows to a saucepan.
Place saucepan over low heat
*NOT DONE WITH TODDLER*While the butter and marshmallows are melting away, keep stirring! Melt until all ingredients become homogeneous.
*NOT DONE WITH TODDLER*Turn off the heat and stir in the rice cereal to the homogeneous mixture. Once coated, begin pouring out the mixture into your prepared pan.
*NOT DONE WITH TODDLER*It will cool down quickly, so once poured press down to flatten the surface with a non-stick spatula.
*I allowed a bit of time to pass while the mixture cooled down to "warm", away from the oven obviously, and I had invited my toddler to join. I allowed my little friend to help me flatten while using oven mitts and a spatula as I watched him as a hawk. Be advised, I only did so because I knew he followed instructions and listened to safety protocols - he also had a lot of previous practice baking with me.*
*Thus, use your judgement if your toddler can participate in this step or not*Let cool completely, then decorate (optional) and serve.
ADD ONS:
Let your heart go wild! You don't even have to use Rice Cereal! Feel free to use any cereal of your choosing to make this treat extra delicious!
Apart from the recipe you can add so many delicious add ons while you are at the "incorporating the cereal" step! This includes, but not limited to: chopped nuts, dried fruits, chocolate chips, extra non-melted marshmallows, sprinkles, chopped chocolate bars, etc!
To change the flavour of the rice krispie treats you can add in 1-2 tablespoons of a paste to change the flavour, such as a nut butter, thick chocolate spread, cookie butter etc! you can even add a tablespoon of dried, powdered fruit for a fresh flavour such as strawberries!
DECORATING:
Decorating is so much fun! If you use a flat pan such as a baking sheet, you can welcome those little hands to use buttered cookie cutters to cut out their desired shapes!
Use chocolate drizzle to decorate, sprinkles or other non-choking hazards! Those little hands will know exactly what to do! Even if it means eating half by the time they add them as decor ...
you can also even dip a food grade stick in chocolate and insert it to pre-cut rectangular/square rice krispies! Then dip in chocolate and sprinkle some fun as seen in the picture!!
Possibilities are endless!