# The Best Made Rice Krispie Treats of mice and men often turn to brick!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-made-rice-krispie-treats-of-mice-and-men-often-turn-to-brick/150750 "2003-01-24T23:58:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-made-rice-krispie-treats-of-mice-and-men-often-turn-to-brick/150750/1 "2003-01-24T23:58:29Z")

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Any SDopers have the secret for perfect Rice Krispie treats every time? Even with the freshest marshmallows, they often come out like bricks (or rocks). Anyway to prevent this? - Jinx

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-made-rice-krispie-treats-of-mice-and-men-often-turn-to-brick/150750/2 "2003-01-25T00:38:43Z")

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I’m not a **Rice Krispie Treat fan** , so take that into account.

I hunted recipes and in one it said not to substitute for butter. Then in another someone commented:

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> the rice krispie recipe calls for proportionately more marshmallows and less butter. That would make a big difference - these weren’t “gooey” enough.

Maybe you are not using enough butter or too many marshmellows.

[sup]My first reaction was to wonder if your Rice Krispies were fresh not stale.[/sup]

In any case, if they turn out hard again just grab a glass of milk and start dunking. 😃

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**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-made-rice-krispie-treats-of-mice-and-men-often-turn-to-brick/150750/3 "2003-01-25T00:45:28Z")

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I’ve never had a problem with hard-as-rock Rice Krispie squares.  
I use the recipie from the box, for the most part.  
I melt my marshmallows in the microwave, and always add the vanilla. Oh, and I use margarine, not butter.  
Sometimes I’ll add some peanut butter too, which makes them even softer, so maybe it is a butter/margarine kinda thing.

Maybe it’s just the altitude… 😉

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-made-rice-krispie-treats-of-mice-and-men-often-turn-to-brick/150750/4 "2003-01-25T00:59:22Z")

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I’d suggest turning down the heat when you’re melting the marshmallows - if you cook it too high you’ll turn all that sugar into candy.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-made-rice-krispie-treats-of-mice-and-men-often-turn-to-brick/150750/5 "2003-01-25T02:09:03Z")

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Cooking threads do best in Cafe Society, so I’ll move this thread over that way