Hello there :) It's been a while since I've posted...but that is because the last 2 weeks have been full of fun activities! :) I went to Palm Desert to celebrate my sister's bachelorette party with some friends - very fun! Got some sun...for the hour that we could stay outside!!! It was so hot - 109 on Thursday and Friday....well it was hot. Among other things, July 4th weekend was spent with Nate and my family - very fun indeed :) It was Nate's family's birthdays (all of the kids have birthdays within a week of each other!!) and so I got Nate a Chargers jersey for his birthday, he liked it a lot :)
So....with the weather being as it is (cloudy, RAINY...in July)...I decided to bake a little before doing some homework for my online class. I absolutely love rice crispy treats, but only homemade kind!!! The packaged ones are gross!! It's odd too because these treats seem like a childhood memory, but I never ate them growing up....anybody else have that experience with food? I'm weird, I know.
I decided to try a new recipe for these treats and they turned out ahhh-mazing. Like melt in your mouth amazing. As long as you like peanut butter. One day I will figure out a way to not make such a mess with this recipe - the mallows like to stick to the saucepan no matter what...
Peanut Butter Rice Crispy Treats
3 tbsp. butter
4 1/2 cups mini marshmallows or a 10 oz package of large marshmallows
1/2 cup crunchy OR smooth peanut butter - I used crunchy :)
6 (ish) cups Rice Crispy Cereal or some kind of crispy cereal...
1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter.
2. Add the marshmallows all at once and stir with a wooden spoon (or spatula) until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat!
3. Add peanut butter and stir until all combined.
4. Add about 4 cups of the mallows....you will need more, but sometimes not the full 6 cups. You don't want dry rice crispy treats - ever. So just add a little bit more at a time until you think you have a good consistency - gooeyer is better. (Is that a word?)
5. Spray a 13" X 9" X 2" pan with pam or line with parchment/wax paper. Pour the treats into the pan and press into the corners until evenly spread.
**Tip: Get a small sandwich bag, put your hand inside of it, and spray it with a teeny bit of Pam...then use this to press the treats into the pan - your hand stays clean and nothing sticks!
All done...just let it cool and EAT. You can make a little chocolate frosting to put on them...perhaps..
