Easter Rice Krispie Treats
If you're looking for a cute and easy Easter snack or treat, these Easter Rice Krispie Treats are perfect for you! The delicious crispy and chewy rice cereal and marshmallow mixture is pressed into muffin pans to make cute little nests, and topped with sprinkles and mini eggs.
Servings: 12 pieces
Calories: 183kcal
Ingredients
- 85 g unsalted butter cubed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pinch salt
- 225 g marshmallows mini or regular
- 175 g rice krispie cereal
- 60 g mini marshmallows or chopped-up regular marshmallows
- 36 mini Easter eggs
- sprinkles to decorate
- oil spray to grease the pan
Instructions
- Lightly grease a 12-hole standard muffin pan with oil spray (or you could use a little bit of extra melted butter).
- Melt the butter in a large saucepan, over medium heat. Add in the salt, vanilla and the marshmallows and keep stirring until the marshmallows are almost melted. Remove from the heat and keep stirring until fully melted.
- Add in the rice krispie cereal in two additions, stirring to combine well. Add in the mini marshmallows, and stir just until distributed.
- Using two oiled spoons, or an oiled cookie scoop, divide the the mixture between the muffin pan holes. Work quickly, as the mixture will start to set and get stickier. If it sets too much in the saucepan while you're working, pop it back on the stove over very low heat and stir until it softens.Note: You may have a little bit too much mixture for the 12 muffin holes - if so, you can put it into another muffin tray if you have one, or just spoon it onto a piece of non-stick baking paper to set.
- Use the back of an oiled spoon, or your fingers, to gently press an indent into the top of the mixture to create a nest shape.
- Sprinkle over the sprinkles, and then top them with 2-3 mini eggs.
- Leave for half an hour or so until set, then lift the nests out of the pan.
- Store the rice krsipie treats in an airtight container at room temperature. They're at their best the day they're made, but they will keep for several days.
Notes
To make these gluten free, make sure you check that your rice crispy cereal, marshmallows, sprinkles and mini eggs are all gluten free!
Butter - If you only have salted butter, you can use that and omit the salt from the recipe.
Marshmallows - I use regular-sized marshmallows, and also toss in some mini marshmallows with the rice krispies, so they stay whole and make little marshmallow pockets. You can use all mini marshmallows, or if you can only get very large marshmallows, chop them into smaller pieces using oiled scissors.
Nutrition
Calories: 183kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 97mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 1147IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 4mg
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