The Best Rice Krispies Treats

Adding some mix-ins, a heavy pinch of salt, and some extra marshmallows takes your run-of-the-mill rice krispies treats to a whole new level

A couple weekends ago, we were in Illinois for my nephew’s first birthday party. I was in charge of providing desserts for the party. My sister went with a monster theme for the party. She had a bunch of cute decorations! For the desserts, I made a 2-layer 6-inch cake for Ryan, 4 dozen cupcakes and some rice krispies treats.

Now some people are perfectly content with the recipe on the marshmallow or Rice Krispies box. Personally, I want more ooey-gooeyness in my rice krispies treats. So for years, I’ve always thrown more butter and marshmallows in mine. And of course, a sprinkle of salt on desserts always takes them to the next level. A couple years ago, I started throwing other things in my rice krispies treats too. I mean, why not.

My favorite combination these days is cinnamon chips and chocolate chips. But be warned, I am not at all a fan of the Hershey’s cinnamon chips that you can get at most grocery stores. To me, they taste waxy and really chemically. And not super cinnamon-y. Instead, I prefer the King Arthur Flour cinnamon chips. They pack a real cinnamon punch and I’ve been throwing them in everything.

For the party, I decided to go with my favorite combo for the adults in the crowd and made some with mini M&Ms and chocolate chips for the kids. In reality, kids and adults liked both flavors. They were a huge hit, as were the rest of the treats I brought. By the way, I used my go-to yellow cupcake recipe for half the cupcakes and the cake and my go-to chocolate cupcake recipe for the rest of the cupcakes. I used this white chocolate buttercream for the frosting.

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In other news. Today I’m 20 weeks! So I’m halfway towards meeting my little ninja!!

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