Smore Crispy Squares

Sorry about the picture. My nice camera is broken and this picture turned out a little blurry with my old camera.

After we roasted the homemade marshmallows and made smores, I had a thought, "What if I could make rice crispy squares out of my homemade marshmallows?" Then I saw my gluten free Chocolate brown rice crisps and thought, "What if I could make them taste like smores?" I got so excited I started experimenting! The end product is very yummy. They didn't turn out quite like I expected. They don't taste exactly like a smore, but what does unless it's a smore right? My kids and I still like these very much and they got put on the 'make it again' list.

Smore Crispy Squares

Ingredients

4 cups brown rice coco crisps

1 1/4 cups smashed graham crackers (make sure the pieces are not very big)

2 cups melted homemade marshmallows

Directions

Mix brown rice coco crisps and smashed graham crackers in a large bowl. Melt marshmallows in microwave for a few seconds then stir, repeating until marshmallows are liquid. Or heat over low on the stove top. Then add marshmallows to crisps/cracker mixture. Stir well making sure to coat all of the crisps. Pour into a greased 8x8 pan. Wet hands to smash. Put in fridge to set up. Once set, cut into squares and enjoy! These are also yummy when you drizzle melted carob on top.

Rice Crispy Treats

At Easter time and Thanksgiving I have an Aunt that always makes tons of rice crispy treats. This year I was excited to make these. A couple of weeks ago Alicia Silverstone was on Oparh. She has written a new cook book all about healthy food, after making these I would love to get a copy! I down loaded this recipe from Oparh.com that Alicia gave to viewers. I don't have a link to it because now I can't find it. :] I didn't really change anything. I added butterscotch chips. It made these taste so much like Scotcheroos, a rice crispy treat I loved growing up. So next time I'll put more of both carob and butterscotch chips in it. So yummy!

Alicia Silverstone's Crispy Peanut Butter Treats with Chocolate Chips

Ingredients

1 box brown rice crisps cereal

1 3/4 cups brown rice syrup

Fine sea salt

3/4 cup peanut butter or almond butter

1/2 cup grain-sweetened, nondairy chocolate or carob chips

Directions

Pour rice cereal into a large bowl. Heat the syrup with a pinch of salt in a saucepan over low heat. When the rice syrup liquefies, add the peanut butter and stir until well combined. Pour over the rice cereal. Mix well with a wooden spoon.

Once thoroughly mixed and cooled to room temperature, stir in the chocolate chips. Make sure the mixture is cool, or you will end up with melted chocolate instead of chocolate chips in your treats.

Turn the mixture out into an 8x8" or 9x13" baking dish. Wet your wooden spoon lightly and press the mixture evenly into the pan. Let cool for 1 hour- if you can- before cutting into squares or bars.