Rice Krispy Treats

Did you know that if you make Rice Krispy Treats with stale rice krispies and old marshmallows, they taste stale even though they're newly made?  Of course you knew that.  But that didn't stop me from making these to use up the old box of cereal, and it didn't stop the kids from eating them.
Rice Krispy Treats
¼ cup butter or margarine
4 – 4 ½ cups marshmallows
6 – 6 ½ cups rice krispies

Melt butter. Add marshmallows and stir until melted. Take off heat and stir in rice krispies. Pat into buttered 9x13” pan.



Now that the kids are gone and we don't make these frequently, I often discover that the marshmallows in the pantry have gone stale. Here's a website that has a lot of suggestions for ways to use up stale marshmallows. Some of them are ingenious, like stirring into hot cocoa, ice cream, frozen yogurt, or even cold cereal (think Lucky Charms). You could add a slice of bread to the bag for a day or two to help "rehydrate" them. If you don't want to deal with any of these suggestions, putting the bag of marshmallows into the freezer before they go stale will keep them fresh.

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