I’m going to go ahead and call this post “The Cereal Diaries” part one of course. Â Hopefully I am not alone in that we are not big cereal eaters in my house. Â It’s just not something I buy. Â I’d much rather have a smoothie bowl for breakfast. That’s my truth. Â I also don’t buy it because when I do, my kiddos usually have one bowl of it, then the sad cereal box sits on the counter for a ridiculous amount of time. Â But, alas, I take the kids to the store with me, they ask for that colorful box of cereal goodness….I remind them that it never gets eaten. Â They say they promise with their sweet little hearts they will eat the cereal this time. They don’t. Â I love them anyway.
I love them so much that I take that box o’cereal that is about to go to waste, and make them some really yummy after school snacks out of it! Â I’m talking cereal at the next level. Â Cereal coated in marshmallow, just like those krispy treats we all love, then topped with a layer of sweet white chocolate, and drizzled with dark chocolate to really turn what could have been breakfast into dessert.
Like I mentioned above, these are exactly like making regular old rice krispy treats until we add the chocolate. Â Pretty darn simple. Â Since we are going to take these out of the pan to get the chocolate on them, make sure you butter your 9×13 really well so that you can flip them out onto a cutting board or parchment paper.
Now, go get your “I do what I want” attitude and cut them into whatever size you like! Â Dip them into the white chocolate and let them sit until the chocolate is firm. Â You can put them in the refrigerator for a bit to speed this process up. Â Just let them come to room temp before eating so that you don’t have to bite into a hard treat.
I always melt my chocolate on the stove top. Â The microwave makes me nervous because I end up with scorched chocolate. Â Play it safe folks! Â For your dark chocolate, once it’s melted, spoon into a little ziplock and snip the corner off to make your life and chocolate drizzling easy.
Enjoy your homemade cereal bars!
Recipe for you below!
***NOTE*** The cook time listed will be the time it takes to melt the butter and marshmallows, and the time to melt the chocolate. Â You may find that it takes you a little less or little longer.
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Marshmallow Crunch Berry Treats
Ingredients
Instructions
- Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish and set aside.
- Melt 6 Tbsp. butter in a large pot over medium-low heat.
- When butter is melted, stir in marshmallows and continue to stir until marshmallows are smooth and melted.
- Remove pan from heat and gently stir in cereal.
- Using a buttered spatula, spread cereal mixture into prepared pan.
- Allow to cool 1-2 hours, until firm.
- Loosen treats by running a butter knife around edges of the pan.
- Flip pan over onto parchment paper.
- Cut treats into desired sizes.
- Melt white chocolate slowly in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly.
- When chocolate is melted use a spoon to spread the white chocolate onto the treats, or dip them directly into the chocolate.
- Place treats back onto parchment paper, white chocolate side up.
- Allow white chocolate to become firm, about 30 minutes.
- Melt bittersweet chocolate in a small saucepan with 1 Tbsp. butter over low heat.
- When chocolate is smooth and melted, spoon into a small ziplock bag.
- Snip a very small piece off the corner of the bag and drizzle chocolate over treats.
