# Marshmallow Krispie squares are a type of... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107 "2008-03-12T14:45:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/21 "2008-03-12T16:40:08Z")
The Rice Krispie treat was a buck. I’ll see you all in hell. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/22 "2008-03-12T17:32:01Z")
If you have it, stir a splash or two of real vanilla into the marshmallows as they melt. mmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm Melting chocolate chips into the marshmallows is also good. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/23 "2008-03-12T17:37:24Z")
[QUOTE=Morgyn] Melting chocolate chips into the marshmallows is also good. [/QUOTE] GOOD? It’s fabulous and I was about to recommend it. I’d imagine then sprinkling coconut over the cooling chocolate would make it even better too. (I don’t make Rice Krispie treats because then I’d eat them all. And I have Oreos which don’t take cooking.) ---
**Author:** ![Della](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Della](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Della)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/24 "2008-03-12T17:46:44Z")
Even better are rice krispie treats made with coco krispies. Stir vanilla and a little cayenne pepper in with the marshmallows as they melt, and you have yourself dessert perfection. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/25 "2008-03-12T18:11:21Z")
I’d characterize them as like S’mores, but with Rice Krispies in place of the graham cracker crumbs. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/26 "2008-03-12T19:15:47Z")
This is all very enlightening, thanks folks. I’m actually working at the moment on the very ultimate confection of this type, and was wondering what best to call it. The project is under wraps at the moment for fear someone might steal my thunder, but I’ll post more details when it’s complete (it’s going to be an open-source recipe, not a commercial product, BTW) ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/27 "2008-03-12T19:17:22Z")
Mix in peanut butter, then top with melted chocolate chips. Let harden. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/28 "2008-03-12T20:11:16Z")
Rice Krispy Treats are in the crack family of desserts. I can no longer ‘bake’ them, as I will immediately eat the whole tray. Damn you, marshmallow fluff goodness!! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/29 "2008-03-12T20:13:22Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Marshmallow Krispie squares are a type of… [/QUOTE] Crack. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/30 "2008-03-12T20:25:38Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] **Mangetout** , if you had grown up in the American Midwest you would say with complete assurance that Rice Krispie treats are “bars.” Any dessert that is cooked up in a pan and then cut into squares is (are?) bars. Except fudge. The traditional upper midwest church-supper type buffet is: Hot dish (casserole); salad; fruit punch (non-alcoholic, of course); and bars. [/QUOTE] In your part of the Midwest, sure. I never heard of that. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/31 "2008-03-12T20:45:23Z")
[QUOTE=zweisamkeit] In your part of the Midwest, sure. I never heard of that. [/QUOTE] I didn’t mean to sound like I was speaking for every person who ever lived in the Midwest. But just because it’s a generalization and you personally have never heard of it doesn’t mean it’s not broadly true. [Cite](http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2006/12/07/a_question_for_the_ages_how_to_classify_); [cite](http://www.blacktable.com/schulte040331.htm); [cite](http://hotdishnsushi.blogspot.com/2006/12/holiday-cheesecake-bars.html). ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/32 "2008-03-12T22:38:27Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] \*\*Any dessert that is cooked up in a pan and then cut into squares is (are?) bars. Except fudge. [/QUOTE] And brownies. [QUOTE=Ferret Herder] Mix in peanut butter, then top with melted chocolate chips. Let harden. [/QUOTE] Now you’re moving into Special K bar territory. As much as I like Rice Krispie bars (crack), Special K bars are crack + heroin + oxycontin. 1 c sugar 1 c white corn syrup Heat over low/medium low and stir til sugar is dissolved. Add: 1 1/2 c peanut butter Stir until mixed. Pour over: 6 c Special K cereal Melt together: 1 c chocolate chips 1 c butterscotch chips Spread over top. Cool on counter. Get frustrated it’s not cooling fast enough and place in fridge. Decide it’s “cool enough” and burn mouth on hot peanut butter. Um. I have to go shopping now… ---
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[QUOTE=chique] And brownies. Now you’re moving into Special K bar territory. As much as I like Rice Krispie bars (crack), Special K bars are crack + heroin + oxycontin. 1 c sugar 1 c white corn syrup Heat over low/medium low and stir til sugar is dissolved. Add: 1 1/2 c peanut butter Stir until mixed. Pour over: 6 c Special K cereal Melt together: 1 c chocolate chips 1 c butterscotch chips Spread over top. Cool on counter. Get frustrated it’s not cooling fast enough and place in fridge. Decide it’s “cool enough” and burn mouth on hot peanut butter. Um. I have to go shopping now… [/QUOTE] _ **NOW** _ we’re talkin’! ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/34 "2008-03-12T23:29:42Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] I didn’t mean to sound like I was speaking for every person who ever lived in the Midwest. But just because it’s a generalization and you personally have never heard of it doesn’t mean it’s not broadly true. [Cite](http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2006/12/07/a_question_for_the_ages_how_to_classify_); [cite](http://www.blacktable.com/schulte040331.htm); [cite](http://hotdishnsushi.blogspot.com/2006/12/holiday-cheesecake-bars.html). [/QUOTE] I didn’t mean to sound snotty if that was how it came across, but honestly, in my area of Michigan (and I’d guess I could safely expand that to the Lower Peninsula in general), upper Mid West (Minnesota, Wisconsin I suppose) is considered extremely different in a lot of ways. I just meant that all the things I hear about the upper Mid West aren’t familiar really to me (or people around me) at all. Instead of Scandinavian influences, it’s more Polish, German and Italian by me (along with African American). ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/35 "2008-03-13T00:03:45Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] Yeah, I was going to answer the OP with “…meat”. Blasted gelatin is hard to avoid. Didja know that bitters, of all things, have gelatin? I got my little bottle of Angostura bitters home a few moths ago, and I was looking forward to many happy evenings of Old Fashioneds when I thought, “What are bitters anyway?” I turned the bottle over, and…let out a stream of curses. Who the \*&%$! puts gelatin in something you drink?! Anyway, to answer the OP, I vote for “treats”. Meaty treats. [/QUOTE] This is weird to me, since I was raised vegetarian (fourth generation vegetarian, in fact) and no one in my family ever objected to gelatin. I remember raising the issue with my parents when I found out what it was made from, but they said they had thought about it and didn’t think it was worth worrying about. Of course they also wore leather; I didn’t. I’m no longer vegetarian. I’m not good at half measures; if I hadn’t given it up, I think I’d be a breatharian by now. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/36 "2008-03-13T00:39:16Z")
[QUOTE=Alan Smithee] This is weird to me, since I was raised vegetarian (fourth generation vegetarian, in fact) and no one in my family ever objected to gelatin. I remember raising the issue with my parents when I found out what it was made from, but they said they had thought about it and didn’t think it was worth worrying about. Of course they also wore leather; I didn’t. I’m no longer vegetarian. I’m not good at half measures; if I hadn’t given it up, I think I’d be a breatharian by now. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I was going for humor moreso than really trying to be an ideologue. Personally, I don’t wear leather, and my basic rule is not to buy anything that requires the donor animal to die. So, I do consume milk and eggs and such but try to avoid gelatin and rennet. I do realize I’m drawing some arbitrary lines. But, by golly, gelatin is over one of them. And, I ask again, who puts gelatin in something you drink?! Curses! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/37 "2008-03-13T01:39:21Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Marshmallow Krispie squares are a type of… [/quote] Insulation. Similar to honeyed packing peanuts. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/38 "2008-03-13T05:07:26Z")
If they are refrigerated, wouldn’t they be called “refrigerator bars”, a term I have read. posting solely to subscribe ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/39 "2008-03-13T05:13:19Z")
In college, a kid in my dorm had a relative who worked for Kellogg’s Cereal, and he was able to get factory-made Rice Krispies Treats, individually wrapped in the blue foil pouches, except they were 13" x 9" x 1.5" (or something similar to that), officially produced and packaged in those dimensions – giant rectangles of krispy goodness. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/40 "2008-03-13T05:27:37Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] …torture designed to torment vegetarians because of the ridiculous scarcity of marshmallows that don’t contain gelatin. [/QUOTE] Did the rest of the vegetarians on this board not realize that you can make Rice Krispies Treats with Marshmallow Fluff (the stuff in the jar) which contains no gelatin? :eek: They come out just as good. (It does have egg white in it so if you’re vegan it’s still out.) I feel so bad that so many people have been missing out needlessly all this time. Edited to add: you follow the same recipe except use 1 jar of fluff instead of the bag of marshmallows (or “40 marshmallows” or whatever it is they say to use.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107.md?page=3)