Rice Krispie treat

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Rice Krispie treats prior to being cut into single-serving bars

A Rice Krispie treat (or Rice Krispie bar) is a sweet dessert or snack made from Rice Krispies, melted margarine or butter and melted marshmallows. Sometimes marshmallows and/or cereal that is seasonal is used to make these treats holiday specific. They are often homemade, but one can find them in many stores usually packaged under the Rice Krispies brand.

There are many variations to the treat; adding caramel instead of marshmallows, adding condensed milk to the mixture before adding the rice krispies, using corn syrup and peanut butter, adding mandarin oranges, vanilla and others. One variation is to use chocolate instead of marshmallows which is known as "Chocolate Crackles". Kellogg's has now produced commercial varieties of both the marshmallow and chocolate-based treats under the name of "Rice Krispies Squares".

1 History
2 Cereal
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Rice Krispie treats were invented in 1941 by Mildred Day, who was at the time working for the Kellogg Company, the maker of Rice Krispies.^[1] She used the cereal to develop the snack as a fundraiser for a Camp Fire Girls group.^[1]

[edit] Cereal

Kellogg's company came out with a cereal based on this treat. Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats cereal briefly surged in popularity, and received a 6 out of 7 rating on critic website Mr. Breakfast.^[2] Recently this cereal has become harder to find, though a page on the Kellogg's website can help make finding their rarer cereals easy.^[3]