When I was in school, we had rice krispy treats that were super gooey and extra marshmallowy. I was wondering if there’s a specific way to modify the recipe so they turn out this way? And maybe as a super secret bonus question, is there a way to do this with peanut butter treats too?
I’ve never made rice krispy treats, but I’m told they’re idiot-proof. I want to make them super-delicious the first time around!
I’d assume you just put extra butter and marshmallows in it.
I often make rice crispy treats for Shabbat dessert, and they pretty much are idiot-proof. Cereal, marshmallows, butter/margarine- it’s pretty simple. You can put in too much cereal (which makes it drier than normal), but even that doesn’t make it inedible.
EDIT: The recipe I use goes pretty much like this:
Take 1 bag of marshmallows (or two smaller bags) and one stick of margarine. Melt until you’ve got a more-or-less homogeneous goop. Add in half a (normal-sized) box of Rice Crispies, stir, spoon into pan. Done.
Use less cereal…simple but it is going to be a pain in the ass to spread the mixture.
If you want to do a trial run, you can easily make small batches in the microwave. That’s the only way I make them, in fact.
Get a bowl, put a scoop of butter in it. Melt the butter in the microwave. Throw some marshmallows in the bowl and mix them into the melted butter. Nuke until the marshmallows get all puffy and melty. Pour rice krispies into bowl, mix, add more rice krispies, mix… It’s easier and less messy to mix if you add the rice krispies in stages. And that way you don’t add too much. When I get it to where I want it, I dump everything out onto a sheet of parchment paper and then sort of use the paper to manipulate the mix into a log or a square or something.
Very simple - takes maybe 5 minutes and all there is to clean is a bowl and a spoon.
I’ve used less cereal and I’ve doubled the butter/marshmallow and it’s worked perfectly each way.
They really are idiot proof. I even burned the marshmallow once and they still tasted good.
Oh, what a delightful idea! Then I don’t have to worry about storing a whole tray of it. Or getting a pot dirty 
I rather like adding a splash of vanilla to it, and I’ve had good luck mixing in chocolate chips, too. Mmmmmm.
My wife uses about 50 percent Marshmallow Creme instead of all marshmallows and hers are very gooey and marshmallowy.
What I have done in the past when I want more marshmallows but not so much “goo” is to add extra (non-melted) marshmallows in with the cereal.
When you mix it in this way, the melted marshmallows add enough warmth to slightly melt the non-melted marshmallows.
This way, you get “pockets” of marshmallows in your treats.
Yeah, cleaning up is almost as easy as cleaning up after eating cereal… which is how I justify making them for breakfast. That and them being rice krispies.
If you do have some to store, it’s easy too. Just stick the treats and parchment paper into a big ziploc bag. The parchment paper keeps it from sticking to the bag and if you don’t want to pre-cut you can just pull everything out and cut a piece off without needing a plate or something.
Cocoa Krispies Treats - Mmmmm.
OOOOOOO chocolate chips. I have to try adding those.
Hmm. I’ve had it decidely NOT work perfectly on a couple of occasions when there’s been too much fats. In fact, they never set properly.
Why did I start reading this thread when I’m just starting out on Jenny Craig? I have a serious craving right now.
It sucks a little that I can’t have these any more since becoming vegetarian, though I guess I could make them myself with non-gelatin mallows. It was more fun when other people made them, though.
Anyway - I used sprinkle my square with cinnamon. I wouldn’t recommend it on the whole tray because other people might object, but try it on an individual portion, it’s delicious!
Two birds one stone: Marshmallow fluff is vegetarian, and as MentalGuy notes it makes a much goopier treat. I would also caution against adding too much extra butter, as it can just be greasy rather than goopy. Try to keep the marshmallow/fluff to butter/margarine ratio the same as the traditional recipe, with perhaps less of the crispies. Also be careful not to overheat the marshmallow/butter mixture, which can lead to crunchiness and distinct lack of goo.
Oh man I want some rice krispy treats! Haven’t made them in years.
The trick is, as stated by The Lovely Margo Lane, is not to rush melting the marshmallows at too high of a temperature. The way I understand it, if the temperature is too high, you melt the sugar crystals in the marshmallows so when they cool down, you will have a bunch of rice crispies in a **hard candy **matrix. But, like really good sex, you want to melt those fluffy puffs nice and slow at a low temperature, until you have the gooey mess we all want to be.
FOODGASM!!! Take that Bluecoat filters!
The 'StayPuft Marshmallow Man doesn’t count as an animal; at least I dont think so…
The family prefers butterscotch chips or half chocolate/half butterscotch.
Have you…tried adding extra marshmallows?