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Homemade Rice Krispie Treats That Actually Taste Like Original Rice Krispie Treats

May 17, 2020 By: Anita

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I’ve always loved the Original Rice Krispie Treat Bars. They taste amazing—but quite different from homemade Rice Krispie treats. Although I love both homemade and blue bar treats, I’ve never figured out why the blue-wrapped treats tasted so different from the homemade recipes I would make…until recently.

By luck, I decided to make the standard Rice Krispie treat recipe using Kellogg’s Frosted Rice Krispie cereal. I was amazed at the difference. The Frosted Rice Krispies made the recipe taste very similar to the bars in the blue package. This was the ticket! I used Frosted Rice Krispie Treats and ended up with treats that tasted just like the blue bars.

Homemade Rice Krispie Treats That Actually Taste Like Original Rice Krispie Treats

Ingredients

3 Tbsp butter

5-1/2 cups Jet Puffed mini marshmallows

5 1/2 Cups Kellogg’s Frosted Rice Krispies Cereal

Instructions in recipe below.

Rice Krispie Treats Recipe That Actually Taste Like Rice Krispies Treats

Rice Krispie Treats Recipe That Actually Taste Like Rice Krispies Treats

Yield: 15
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

Rice Krispie Treats that taste like the brand name treats.

Ingredients

  • 3 Tbsp butter
  • 5-1/2 cups Jet Puffed mini marshmallows
  • 5 1/2 Cups Kellogg's Frosted Rice Krispies Cereal

Instructions

  1. Microwave butter in bowl until melted. Add marshmallows and stir to coat. Microwave for 45 seconds and stir. Repeat until the mixture is well blended.
  2. Add cereal. mix well. Press firmly into greased foil-lined 13x9 inch pan. cool.
  3. Cut into 24 squares to serve. Wrap leftover squares tightly. store in cool dry place.

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Homemade Rice Krispie Treats That Actually Taste Like Original Rice Krispie Treats

I've always loved the Original Rice Krispie Treat Bars. They taste amazing—but quite different from homemade Rice Krispie treats. #ricekrispie
 

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  1. Chelsea @ Life With My Littles says

    February 26, 2016 at 3:27 am

    No way! These treats look so dense and thick, just like the blue packaged ones! I’ll have to try them out!! Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Lucinda Nutting says

    February 26, 2016 at 6:59 pm

    These look ridiculously good, I’ll definitely be trying them!

    Reply
  3. Dawn says

    February 26, 2016 at 8:18 pm

    It looks like the sugar goes from 4g to 12g when you switch from regular rice krispies to the Frosted ones. No wonder they taste so different!

    I actually prefer the regular homemade rice krispie bars . . . or ones with peanut butter added!

    Yummy!

    Reply
    • Anita Fowler says

      March 3, 2016 at 9:17 pm

      Yes I prefer both and all varieties. I have a Reeses Rice Krispie treat recipe here. It was just fun to find a way to replicate the blue bars 🙂

      Reply
  4. Michelle | A Dish of Daily Life says

    March 3, 2016 at 10:05 pm

    You’re going to laugh, but I never even knew there was a frosted version! When we buy them to make rice krispie treats, we buy the plain kind. My kids always liked them when they were little. I’m sure they would have liked these too. 🙂 Once we made a castle out of them for a birthday cake…they make great building blocks! I might have to do this for my niece and nephews when they visit this summer…the kids all loved it!

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    • Anita Fowler says

      February 24, 2017 at 8:24 pm

      That is so fun Michelle! I’m going to have to try making castles out of them—great idea for a potluck with kids. It would be a hit!

      Reply
  5. Jess says

    July 31, 2019 at 7:24 pm

    My question is; are they as soft as the pre-packaged ones? I love not only the flavor but the ooey-gooey-ness of them too. Mine always get hard!

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