confetti rice crispy treats

Ever needed a fabulous kid pleasing recipe that required zero brain power? You know, one of those things you can throw together at 10:00 PM after a ridiculously long day without fear of burning the house down or needing to cut intricate shapes. {Read: no fondant.} I always love the seductiveness of cute kid-inspired desserts on Pinterest or Martha Stewart’s site, but never have the time or patience to tackle them.

Where was I last night at 9:00 PM? The baking aisle of the grocery store. My mission? Something easy peasy for the school bake sale, to be delivered to the school this morning. Luckily, I had prepared for my procrastination and at least had these fun rice crispy treats in mind. A super adorable twist on a traditional snack from Gimme Some Oven.

Why rice crispy treats? I didn’t have to worry about falling asleep and burning them. Yes, really, that’s how my decision-making-process goes these days.

The Bug literally squealed when she saw these on the table this morning. “Mom, confetti treats!” Hence, what these are now called in our house. {PS: Of course I let her have one for breakfast. It is whole grain after all, right?}

Just in case you find yourself in a similar situation one night, I’m giving you a photo tutorial.

Confetti Rice Crispy Treats

Ingredients:

• 3 Tablespoons of Butter
• 1 10 oz. Bag of Mini Marshmallows
• 8 cups of Rice Crispy Treats (or similar cereal)
• 1/3 cup of Yellow Cake Mix (unprepared)
• Sprinkles (about 2 oz)

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat.

Add marshmallows and stir while they melt. Silky smooth (in a sticky sort of way!). Add cake batter one heaping tablespoon at a time and stir until smooth and clear.

Add rice crispies and one-half of your sprinkles. Combine until sticky.

It’ll look something like this!

Press into greased pan and top with remaining sprinkles. Press sprinkles in with back of a spoon. Let cool. (I let mine cool for 2 hours and then covered until morning).

Slice and serve!

Or put into plastic sandwich bags and tie with whatever ribbon you have lying around. Bake sale ready.

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heather

Heather is editor-in-chief of (cool) progeny. When not scouting the best in everything kid and family, you'll probably find her running The Weisse Group or adventuring around town with her daughter (the Bug) and husband. Can be won over with a good glass of wine or something homemade. Addicted to Pinterest. Only pretends to know what she's doing with her SLR, even though she's got a fantastic lens on it. Thankful it does most of the work for her.