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White Chocolate Reese’s Krispie Hearts

January 27, 2013 42 Comments

White Chocolate Reese's Krispie Hearts

I love Rice Krispie treats.
Like, love them so much I can’t stop eating them until they are gone. It’s bad people.
Bad for the jeans in my life that is. Me on the other hand…
well, I am good with more krispies in my life.
I should probably stop making them when no one is home with me.

Today’s White Chocolate Reese’s Krispie Hearts will make you want to eat the entire batch in one day. What? That’s not normal to do?

White Chocolate Reese's Krispie Hearts

This batch of rice krispie treats starts out like a regular pan of krispies, but at the last minute you add a box of white chocolate pudding into the melted marshmallows. Pour in the cereal and stir until coated. Go ahead and press the hot mixture into a buttered pan. Yes, go ahead and lick the spoon. You know you want to.

But…you probably are going to burn your tongue. I know, because I do it every single time I make krispie treats.

I was at Target the other day and I just couldn’t resist buying a bag of the Reese’s hearts. Not that I can resist regular Reese’s, but there is something about cute fun shapes that makes me buy them even more. I didn’t have any idea what I was going to make with them. I just knew they had to come home with me. (Please tell me I am not alone in my random candy buying!!!)

White Chocolate Reese's Krispie Hearts

Enter the White Chocolate Rice Krispies cooling on the counter. All of a sudden I knew I wanted to share my love of krispies, CandiQuik, and Reese’s all in one glorious ADORABLE treat! You start by cutting the white chocolate krispies into a heart shape just slightly bigger than the Reese’s hearts. Then drizzle the tops of the krispie hearts with white CandiQuik and drop a Reese’s heart on the top. (go ahead and eat the rest of the Reese’s while the chocolate is setting…I won’t tell

Super easy! And so stinking cute!!!

The bonus part of cutting hearts from these white chocolate krispies???

Someone has to eat all the scraps!
It’s a rough job, but someone has to do it. ;-)

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White Chocolate Reese’s Krispie Hearts

Yield: 15 hearts

White Chocolate Reese’s Krispie Hearts

White chocolate rice krispie treats topped with white chocolate CandiQuik and a Reese's peanut butter heart.

Ingredients

3 Tablespoons butter

1 bag miniature marshmallows (10 oz.)

1 box Jello white chocolate pudding (3.4 oz.z)

6 cups Rice Krispies cereal

2 oz. white CandiQuik, melted

15 Reese's peanut butter hearts

Instructions

Place the butter and marshmallows in a large saucepan. Heat and stir on medium heat until melted and smooth. Add the pudding and stir for about 1 minute so the pudding can dissolve. Stir in the cereal.
Pour the cereal into a buttered 9x13 pan. Press gently and evenly. Let set about 15 minutes. Use a heart cookie cutter to cut out 15 hearts. Let cool completely.
Drizzle the krispie hearts with the melted CandiQuik. Press a Reese's heart on top before the CandiQuik sets. Let set before serving.

Notes

You could also cut the rice krispie treats into squares and top with the melted chocolate and hearts.

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Looking for ways to incorporate more Reese’s into your life this Valentine’s Day?
Here are a few of our family favorites.

PEANUT BUTTER PUDDING COOKIES

PEANUT BUTTER THREAT CHEESECAKES

MARSHMALLOW REESES BLONDE BROWNIES

REESES POPCORN MUNCH

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100 Grand Rice Krispie Treats

July 22, 2012 39 Comments

100 Grand Rice Krispie Treats are the perfect snack food for a picnic, barbecue, or a fun blog meet up.

100 Grand Rice Krispie Treats | Inside BruCrew Life

Ok, so I did something a little out of the ordinary…

for a shy person that is.

I know that most of you here would never have guessed that I am actually really a shy person.

It’s true…I am really truly shy and find it hard to talk to people in real life.
Thank goodness I talk to most of you through my computer.
Otherwise I would be stuttering and turning red…
and then quite possibly it would all end in tears and embarrassment.

I am much better one on one…most of the time.

So, for the past 5-6 months Aimee (from Shugary Sweets) and I
have been scheming when and where we could meet up since we only live 3 hours apart.
Finally I offered to drive out there and visit…she lives near IKEA after all.
Duh, super no brainer. Meet up with the most awesome bloggy friend…and shop IKEA!

Now that puts me totally outside of my comfort zone…
going out on a branch and driving to meet someone you have never met before. Yikes!!!
I was a little bit nervous that morning.

But Aimee and I have been commenting on each others blogs and emailing
for about a year and a half…so I totally felt like I knew her.
We have so much in common we are practically twins:-)

Let me tell you what…she is 100 times more awesome in person:-)
We had THE best time that day…going through IKEA first.
Then she took me to this huge grocery store thingy called Jungle Jim’s…
such a way cool place. You could find anything and everything food related there.

And then we just went back to her house, so our kids could play while we chatted…
oh, and we ate yummy snacks:-) Boy! Were they yummy!
She had cupcakes, cake, and fudge…oh, the cinnabon fudge.
Totally to die for…seriously THE.BEST.FUDGE.EVER!!!
and I have had a lot of fudge in my life:-)

(Guess what? She posted the recipe for it today,
so head HERE for the yummy stuff and a way to win some cinnabon goodness )

Now as a good foodie friend, I had to bring her some yummy treats too.
I had some of these Caramel Pretzel Brownie Cheesecakes still in my fridge,
so those came with me to get rid of them share.

But I also wanted to take something else too…
not just something that was in my fridge from the day before.
I knew that Aimee’s favorite treat is the all mighty rice krispie treat…
so that was what was going along for the drive too.

And to top it all off I made the krispies based off her favorite candy bar too…the 100 Grand bar.
Loads of caramel, crisp rice, and all topped with a milk chocolate layer…
oh and sprinkles, because they just make it look so much cuter:-)

I had such a fun day hanging with Aimee and getting to know her even better.
Our kids had a blast hanging out…helps that they are all the same age.
And they can’t wait for us to do “hang” again.
So, I definitely see us meeting up again very soon.
Next time though, the kids will be in school and we are headed on a bakery crawl.
Totally can’t wait for that!!!

Yup, best blog buds for sure!!!!!

100 Grand Rice Krispie Treats

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Yield: 24 squares

100 Grand Rice Krispie Treats

Rice Krispie Treats made with caramel and chocolate

Ingredients

1 cup Kraft caramel squares (about 26 unwrapped)

3 Tablespoons butter

1 (10 oz.) bag miniature marshmallows

6 cups rice krispie cereal

1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips

1 Tablespoon shortening

2 Tablespoons sprinkles

Instructions

In a large saucepan, combine the caramel squares and butter. Stir until melted. Add the marshmallows and stir until melted again. Add the cereal, and mix until all is coated. Press into a 9×13 pan that has been lightly buttered. Let sit and cool for 30 minutes.
In a microwave safe bowl, combine the chocolate chips and the shortening. Heat for 30 seconds and stir. Continue heating another 30 seconds and stirring until melted. Do not over heat. Spread over the top of the krispies and top with sprinkles. Let set. Cut into 24 squares.

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Candy Bar Stuffed Rice Krispie Treats

May 27, 2012 24 Comments

There are times when you want a candy bar

and times when you want a rice krispie treat.

Boy do I have a treat for you!!!

Today you can have the candy bar AND the rice krispie treat,

and no one will look at you funny for eating 2 treats.

Need a wild and crazy dessert combo?

Stuffed rice krispie treats are just the thing for you!!!

They will definitely make people do a double take

when you show up with them for the next picnic.

My mind is going crazy with every candy bar combo possible:-)

For this version I went with the peanut butter snickers

because it has quickly become one of my favorite candy bars.

In fact, I can’t buy bags of them unless they are going right into baking…

For some reason I can’t resist eating them ALL.

They disappear faster than you can say snickers.

Please tell me someone else has this problem:-)

The best thing about these treats

is that you can put them together in no time at all!

Seriously it will take you longer to go to the store to buy the ingredients.

But it will be totally worth it when you bite into that first one.

I predict you won’t be able to stop at just one;-)

Candy Bar Stuffed Rice Krispie Treats

by Inside BruCrew Life

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

7 1/2 c. miniature marshmallows
5 Tbsp. butter
7 1/2 c. rice krispie cereal
24 peanut butter Snickers candy bars, fun sized

Instructions

In a large sauce pan melt the butter and marshmallows over medium heat. Continue to stir until it is creamy. Add the cereal and stir until completely coated. Divide the mixture in half. Press half the cereal into a buttered 9×13 pan. Lay the candy bars end to end and cover the cereal. Drop the rest of the cereal on top of the candy bars and press down quickly. Let cool completely before cutting into 20-24 bars.

Note: There will be gaps between each candy bar when you lay them out. Use butter on your hands to keep the cereal from sticking to you.

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Almond Joy Krispie Treats

April 13, 2012 20 Comments

I have a bone to pick with the video game creators.

In fact I am down right upset with them!!!

I do not understand the need to put half naked women into a video game!!!

My sons are 8 and 12…

there is absolutely no reason they need to see games and the

game magazines tainted with these inappropriate pictures!!!

As parents of 2 boys, we are very careful about the things that

they see and do. And sadly now it is everywhere!!!

These magazines have been coming for a few months now,

and at first there was just a few outfits that I thought were slightly

distasteful for a game.

But the magazine that just came today…

had a lady very terribly dressed right on the back cover.

And there were quite a few pictures inside of women barely covered!

What’s a parent to do???

Rip every single offending picture out and tear them to smithereens!!!!

And definitely don’t renew that subscription!!

I know that they are going to see and hear things that are

very inappropriate as they get older, but

for now we can shield them from these disgusting displays!!!

Seriously can’t kids play games without having to worry about

a video game girl’s chest filling the screen???

Uuuugggg!!!! So not happy right now!

Whatever happened to Frogger and the old Mario?

I might need more of these treats to calm my irritations:-)

Last week I was able to guest post for my friend Aimee (Shugary Sweets)

and I made her these awesome rice krispie treats

because they are like her favorite homemade goodie!!!

Today is your lucky day

because now I am sharing them with you here too.

Do you like coffee?

Do you like coconut?

Do you like marshmallows?

Would you like all three in the best rice krispie treat ever?

(I know that is kind of presumptuous to claim the best ever!)

But seriously if you like all these flavors…

make them this weekend!

I have a sneaking suspicion that you will agree they are the best!

Just be careful…

they are highly addictive:-)

Almond Joy Rice Krispie Treats

by Inside BruCrew Life

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. coconut oil
1 bag (10 oz.) miniature marshmallows
2 Tbsp. instant coffee granules
5 c. chocolate rice krispies
1 1/2 c. shredded coconut
1 1 /2 c. extra mini marshmallows
1 1/4 c. Almond Joy chocolate pieces, divided

Instructions

In a large saucepan, melt the coconut oil. Stir in the instant coffee until dissolved. Add the bag of marshmallows and stir until melted. Pour in the cereal and stir until coated. Add the coconut, the extra mini marshmallows and 1 cup of the Almond Joy pieces, stirring quickly.

Spoon into a buttered 9×13 pan. Gently press into the pan with buttered hands. (pressing too hard will result in hard krispy treats) Press the extra chocolate pieces into the top. Let set up. Store covered loosely.

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Cherry Marshmallow Rice Krispy Treats

January 20, 2012 26 Comments

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Chocolate Mojo Bars

December 7, 2011 15 Comments

Do you get inspired by things you are eating?

A couple weeks ago I was on my way to pick up

our kids from school, so I grabbed a Cliff Mojo bar

as I ran out the door.

I was just driving along minding my own business

munching away on my bar.

There are quite a few red lights on the way

and as I sat at one of them

a lightbulb went off!!!

The Mojo Bar resembles a rice krispy treat!!!

What a fun way to change up an easy no bake item.

So on the next shopping trip I stocked up on items

to recreate this bar.

There is a difference though…the Mojo bar is a healthy snack

and I would love to tell you mine is healthy too…

but something about adding butter and marshmallows

to healthy items… it kinda ramps up the fat factor.

But that’s ok because with all the extra shopping

you are doing this month, you need a little more

healthy fats in your diet.

Just think of these as power bars to help you

make it through all those shopping trips!

So go ahead and make these and then

put them in your purse for when the cravings hit

and you are stuck in line at the store or post office.

You will thank me later!

Chocolate Mojo Bars

3 Tbsp. butter

4 c. mini marshmallows

3 c. chocolate rice krispie cereal

1 c. sunflower seeds

1 c. chopped peanuts

1 c. chopped pretzels

1 1/2 c. chocolate chips

2 tsp. butter

In a large saucepan over low heat, melt the butter. Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat and quickly stir in the cereal, seeds, peanuts, and pretzels. Lightly press into a buttered 9×13 pan and let set. Melt the chocolate chips and butter in a microwave safe bowl. Spread on top. Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container.

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Mocha Frosted Flakes Treats

June 8, 2011 11 Comments

Summer is in full force here.
90* plus some!!!
With all this sun and heat that means
lots of swimming and pool therapy!!!!
So far we have been to the pool twice
and have some light redness and freckles
to prove it:-)

Ya gotta love sitting at the pool and
just looking around at the people and
suits that they choose to wear.
I mean seriously…
do some of these people not look in the mirror
when they buy a swim suit?
Some are like train wrecks…
you just can’t look away!!!

But who wants that kind of image
burned in their brain, so let’s talk sweets!
This one might haunt you until you make it.
When I started thinking about it,
I had to make it RIGHT AWAY!!!

Now because I am kind of a baking junkie…
I seem to always have most of the things I need
in one of my cupboards when inspiration strikes.
LOL! You never know
when a baking emergency might come up:-)

Mocha Frosted Flakes Treats

3 tbsp. butter
10 oz. mini marshmallows
2-3 tbsp. instant coffee
6 cups chocolate frosted flakes
2 c. mini m&m’s

Butter a cookie pizza pan or a 9×13 glass pan. Set aside. Place butter in a sauce pan and heat on medium heat until the butter melts. Add the marshmallows and stir until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and stir in the instant coffee until dissolved. Add the cereal and stir again until the cereal is coated. Quickly stir in 1 c. mini m&m’s. Press into prepared pan using wax paper. Sprinkle the top with the other cup of m&m’s. Press them into the cereal lightly so they stick. Let set up for about an hour. Cut into wedges or squares depending on what pan you used:-) Enjoy!

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