Sometimes it’s nice to just get back down to the basics. I like to cook, but I’m not going to say I’m a food connoisseur. Nor, will I say I’m ashamed to make cereal box recipes. No, I am not.
So,… SNAP!, CRACKLE!, and POP!
Remember these?!
The other day, my younger brother who was visiting us, accompanied me to Costco. I believe he began to think I was just his sugar mama and J, his sugar papa, because his 20 year old self, just began throwing whatever he chose into our shopping cart. Not a big deal normally, but at Costco it is. J and I don’t really drink soda much, so when S decided he wanted 32 cans of Coke, I told him he’d have to drink all 32 cans in the next 5 days before he left to return to the East Coast. He promised he would. But, alas, he left last night and there are probably 20 cans left. Anyone want any Coke?
But, back to the snap, crackle, and pop!
When I returned from getting the 3 pack of Crest toothpaste in aisle 10, I found that little S has sneakily put a box of Rice Krispie Treats, the size of Antarctica (slight exaggeration), in our cart. I realized it had gone too far. Yes, S is the youngest in our family of 5, maybe he did miss out on some things being the youngest and getting forgotten, but I wasn’t about to let him have the 52 pack of Rice Krispie Treats. So, I kindly asked him to put them back and told him we’d go to Vons and get a box of cereal and marshmallows and I’d make him homemade ones.
So, that is what I did.
And you know what? They were delicious,…that butter, marshmallow, and rice krispie combination.
I truly felt like a kid again… in the 80′s. It was great.
Try out the recipe, if you like, it was simple and easy and takes you waaaaaay back!
Kellogg’s Rice Krispie Treats
(taken from the site of the Rice Krispies Cereal Box)
Prep Time- 10 minutes
Total Time- 10 minutes
12 Servings
Ingredients
3 tablespoons of margarine or butter
(1) 10 oz. package of large marshmallows or 4 cups of mini marshmallows
6 cups of Rice Crispies
Directions
-Melt Butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
-Add Rice Krispies to mixture and stir until well coated.
-Using buttered spatula or waxed paper, press mixture evenly into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan coated with cooking spray. Cut into 2-inch squares when cool. Best if served the same day.
