You want to know what love is? Love is sifting through the Christmas bag of Rice Krispie Cereal and hand picking all of the green ones out in order to make a Valentines Day treat for your sweetheart. Ryan, I hope you enjoy them.
P.S. This is the best recipe I have ever made for these treats.
P.P.S The secret? Salt…oh, and brown butter.
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Rice Krispie Cereal (I used christmas colored krispies and took out the green ones for a Valentines Day twist!)
- 1/2 bag (200g) large marshmallows
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
Directions
- Using a large pot, heat butter over medium high heat until it melts and becomes foamy. The butter will start to brown and there will be brown bits at the bottom of the pan. Make sure to scrape those bits and continue stirring for 10-15 seconds. Be careful not to overheat or you will burn the butter. Remove the pan from the heat.
- Pour 2 tablespoons of butter into a square 9×9 pan – and use a piece of wax paper and speed it evenly on the pan to grease it.
- Add the marshmallows to the rest of the butter and stir constantly until the marshmallows melt. The mix will look a bit brown – from the browned butter – and thats ok.
- Once marshmallows are fully melted, add the salt and the cereal and stir until mixture is even.
- Spread the mix onto the buttered pan. Use the wax paper to press the mixture down evenly.
- Cool for 1 hour.
