M&M Rice Krispies Treats

"Always extremely popular with young and old alike."
 
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photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns) photo by Marg (CaymanDesigns)
Ready In:
10mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
16
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ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
  • 1 (10 ounce) package marshmallows
  • 6 cups crispy rice cereal
  • 1 (12 ounce) bag M&M's (regular or mini)
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directions

  • Measure out cereal into a large bowl and set aside. Coat a 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray or butter and set aside.
  • In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Stir in vanilla. Remove from heat.
  • Add cereal. Stir until well coated. Let cool for several minutes. Stir in M&M's, very gently! They will have a tendency to melt. Pour them over the mixture as spread out as possible so you don't have to stir much.
  • Using wax paper press mixture evenly into prepared pan. Let cool for 15 minutes or until set.

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Reviews

  1. I made them yesterday and our guest loved them , my husband and I are currently enjoying the left overs this morning . Definitely use Vanilla ..yum Also during the process of melting butter and marshmallows have the candy in the freezer . I did that and they didn't melt !
     
  2. My kids had these at their party yesterday. We left out the vanilla and they were still very tasty. We used pastel Non Stop (a candy in Norway similar to M&M's) and easily pressed the mixture into the pan with a silicone spatula. Pre measuring all ingredients is important. These will be repeated at our house!
     
  3. I love it and it work
     
  4. Great recipe! The vanilla makes ALL the difference to the taste! The Rice Krispies recipe (on the box) never contained this ingredient--big mistake!. And, no joke about waiting a few minutes to stir in the M&Ms. They do melt. I found that I didn't need or want all the M&Ms called for, so no problem if you have fewer than you need.<br/><br/>I double this batch, and make half plain (no M&Ms) and the other half with the M&Ms. By the time you get the plain batch pressed into the pan (and do spray a little PAM on the waxed paper before using it to press the mixture into the pan), the rest is cooled down just enough to put in the M&Ms without melting them all.<br/><br/>I also save about 1/4 cup of M&Ms to press lightly into the top of the batch once the mixture is in the pan. This makes it look that much more festive!<br/><br/>Also, be sure to use those pretty pastel M&Ms in the springtime! ; )
     
  5. it started off amazing but after 3 minutes the marshmallows basically turned into the water not using this recipe again stick with a 2-minute microwave.
     
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Tweaks

  1. We put the bag of mini M&Ms in the freezer for a couple hours, which allowed us to mix them in without them melting. It was easier and worked better than trying to just sprinkle them in.
     

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