Rice Krispies treats; two ways!

One treat I always remember my mom making when I was a child was Rice Krispie squares topped with peanut butter chocolate. I remember her using her giant green Tupperware bowl and they would appear out of nowhere. I thought they were complicated until my mom showed me how easy and fast they can be made in the microwave. Yes, I said microwave! If you have 5 minutes you have time to whip these up!

I place the 40 marshmallows with 1/4 cup of butter and a splash of vanilla. I cook this for 1 minute and 45 Seconds  in my microwave but this is what you're looking for.  I stir this up to make sure all of the butter is melted.

I then pour 6 cups of per measured Rice Krispies in and mix fast and thoroughly. You need to work fast!

Once it's mixed well, pour it into any dish and with wet clean hands you spread it evenly flat.

At this point they are good to serve but i love the toppings!!!

Now for the two ways:

The Martin Classic peanut butter chocolate topping!

Put one cup of chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons of butter and a generous heaping of peanut butter in a microwaveable bowl. I heat this for one minute and then stir. I then heat this for an additional 30 seconds until smooth making sure to stir between intervals.

I spread this evenly and then put it in the fridge for an hour to set up before cutting it into whatever shapes you prefer.

These are always a hit!

Pumpkin carving break!

Our flower princess pumpkin!

Now for a non peanut butter option:

I had a toasted coconut and candied ginger mix that I had used for a carrot cake topping. In thinking about it; those flavours go great with chocolate so I decided to melt 1 cup of chocolate with two tablespoons of butter. I spread the mixture on the Rice Krispie cake and then sprinkled generously with the coconut and ginger mixture.

I put this in the fridge for an hour before cutting it into triangles.

We packaged these up to send to grandmas coworkers.

We sealed these with a cute sticker!

All ready for grandma!

This little monkey slept through that whole process; that was helpful!

What a couple of fun family projects. I always love doing homemade but realize for Halloween in this day and age that is unrealistic but you can always do homemade for the people you know well enough. That's what we did and it added a thoughtful personalized touch.

Have a safe and happy Halloween!