# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**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, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/41 "2008-03-13T12:22:34Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] 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.) [/QUOTE] Oooooh. It’s 8:20 am…I get out of work at 5:00, then go to school…should be out of class by 9:00pm…Aha! 24-hour Kroger! ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/42 "2008-03-13T13:14:13Z")
[QUOTE=zweisamkeit] In your part of the Midwest, sure. I never heard of that. [/QUOTE] Preach it. I grew up in Western Wisconsin and now live in Minneapolis, and while \*\*Jodi \*\*and \*\*Dio \*\*are right in their general definition, I know of no one who’d ever refer to the yummies in question as “bars.” There’s tons of dessert bars 'round these parts, but there is only one way to refer to said krispie and marshmellowy goodness, and that is as “treats.” I’ve never heard anyone refer to them as Rice Crispie bars. ---
**Author:** ![lunar\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lunar\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lunar_elf)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/43 "2008-03-13T13:27:56Z")
…project my hubby can handle for a picnic this weekend while I make cakes and cookies! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/44 "2008-03-13T13:37:59Z")
There is a good chance that as a result of this thread, I’ll be taking rice krispy treats to a potluck this Sunday. (There may be an even better chance that I fix the rice krispy treats at some point this weekend so that I can enjoy the whole panful, and figure out something else to take to the potluck). ---
**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 13, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/45 "2008-03-13T14:24:44Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] 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. [/QUOTE] Catering size or something, I guess… I want one the size of a surfboard. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/46 "2008-03-13T14:35:37Z")
They’re a kind of traybake. Things you bake or chill in a tray and cut into squares (like brownies, caramel squares, rice krispie treats or date squares) are traybakes. They’re what church ladies and the mothers of small children spend their weekends making. I make crunchies, which are basically melted butter, golden syrup and rolled oats, they’re damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/47 "2008-03-13T15:21:25Z")
Where I come from, they’re simply squares, as you termed them in the OP. Like date squares and apple squares. “Squares” was definitely a legitimate dessert category when I was growing up. Cakes, bars, candies, pies, ice cream and squares – the double trinity of my youth. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/48 "2008-03-13T15:46:01Z")
[QUOTE=Snickers] I’ve never heard anyone refer to them as Rice Crispie bars. [/QUOTE] Gah! I never said ANYONE refers to them as “rice krispie bars”! These are Rice Krispie Treats, which are a type of “bar,” which is the term used by SOME midwesterners – not ALL – for a category of dessert. The OP asked what they _are_ generally, not what they are _called_ specifically. Jeez, it’s like pointing out a Ho-Ho is a species of cake and having someone reply, “I’ve never heard anyone refer to them as Ho-cakes.” ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/49 "2008-03-13T15:52:13Z")
[QUOTE=Snickers] Preach it. I grew up in Western Wisconsin and now live in Minneapolis, and while \*\*Jodi \*\*and \*\*Dio \*\*are right in their general definition, I know of no one who’d ever refer to the yummies in question as “bars.” There’s tons of dessert bars 'round these parts, but there is only one way to refer to said krispie and marshmellowy goodness, and that is as “treats.” I’ve never heard anyone refer to them as Rice Crispie bars. [/QUOTE] I’ve never heard anyone refer to them as anything _but_ Rice Krispie bars. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/50 "2008-03-13T15:57:03Z")
A couple of my local grocery stores carry strawberry flavored marshmallows. However, each time that I buy these marshmallows, my husband snags them for snacks, before I make the treats. ---
**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 13, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/51 "2008-03-13T16:01:59Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] Gah! “I’ve never heard anyone refer to them as Ho-cakes.” [/QUOTE] I think ho’s call them that. ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/52 "2008-03-13T16:04:43Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] The Rice Krispie treat was a buck. I’ll see you all in hell. [/QUOTE] Stay far away from the Hostess fruit pie thread in MPSIMS. That one cost me 90 freakin’ cents. ---
**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, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/53 "2008-03-13T16:17:14Z")
[QUOTE=irishgirl] They’re a kind of traybake. [/QUOTE] As someone who has grown up in the US, I’ve never ever heard that term before, and would have no idea what it meant if someone used it. ---
**Author:** ![beanpod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/54 "2008-03-13T16:25:16Z")
Glue. delicious, delicious, crunchy glue. ---
**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 13, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107/55 "2008-03-13T16:29:19Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] As someone who has grown up in the US, I’ve never ever heard that term before, and would have no idea what it meant if someone used it. [/QUOTE] I’ve heard the term before, but only ever in connection with things that are actually baked… in a tray. So refrigerator cakes et al wouldn’t normally fit (IMO). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marshmallow-krispie-squares-are-a-type-of/441107.md?page=2)