"Rice Krispie Treats"

I'm not the only one who has thought of using rice chex as a substitute for rice krispies in these. I've used crisp brown rice, and that works just fine, but I more often have a box of the chex laying around. And when the munchies strike, no one wants to go to the store. And when they're made in the micowave to boot? Ohh yeah.


Here's whatcha do.

Take 3 T. butter and melt it in a big mixing bowl in the microwave. Do this slowly, in increments of 20 seconds or so, or use the defrost setting. You want to melt the butter, not blast the heck out of it.

Then, add in 4 cups of mini marshmallows (make sure they're GF). Heat them up in the microwave. The key is to not over-heat these or they will be stringy and harden. Heat them up slowly, as before, and stir in-between bouts of microwaving. Once it's smooth and melted, mix in 6 cups of rice chex cereal. Spray the spoon with cooking spray to minimize sticky messes.

When it's mixed up well, press it into a greased 13x9 pan. The easiest way to do this is to cover your hands in plastic sandwich baggies and spray them liberally with cooking spray. No marshmallow under the fingernails is a good thing.

If you can wait for them to cool, cut them into bars. I don't know why you'd want to do that, because they're awesome warm and gooey.