Protein Bar Rice Krispy Treats

As I'm sure many of you can tell, I am a very health conscientious person. Ahem. Maybe not. I try though. Despite how it might seem, I do try. And I know that many of you out there are much better than me. So today I decided to step things up a bit. I pulled out the ginormous container of protein powder I bought on a health fluke one day and decided to put it to use. In a rice krispy treat. Because we all know a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Or the protein powder. Anyhoo...

Best Marshmallow Substitutes

Hey all, check out the guest post I did over at Dishfolio earlier this month - Best Marshmallow Substitutes for Rice Krispy Treats!!

Fun Friday Favs #10: Recent Pins

Yea, it's Friday Friday Friday, Ohhhhh Friday Friday Friday..... anyone? Anyone?.... never mind.

So today's favorites post is some of my recent favorite pins on Pinterest. Because I'm a Pinterest addict. I'm starting the 12 step rehab program. Tomorrow. Anyhoo... here are some recent good ones:

Muddy Buddy Rice Krispy Treats

So I've gotten a few requests for Muddy Buddy/Puppy Chow treats and let me just say it makes me so happy that there are other peanut butter and chocolate fiends out there. So what could I do but make some?

Toasted Marshmallow Rice Krispy Treats

Toasted Marshmallows, in my list of favorite foods they are second only to ice cream. Maybe peanut butter too... it's a tie... they'd be partners in a 3-legged race. Anyways, so I love toasted marshmallows. So WHY In The World have I never put Toasted marshmallows in a rice krispy treat?!? I Know.

Fun Friday Favs #9: Rice Krispy Treats

Today's post focuses on my favorite things about rice krispies. These little gems, if you're not a fan already you will be after today's post. Now I'm going to skip over the obvious facts that they are delicious morsels of goodness derived from sugar and butter... what's not to love? But let's dig a little deeper:

Strawberry Daiquiri Rice Krispy Treats

Before I get into this post, I feel it's important to note that these treats do not contain alcohol. As matter of fact, I don't even drink in the first place... so I'm really not going to be of any help for you party people. Ok, I just thought I'd better put that up front so nobody's disappointed :)

Nanaimo Bar Rice Krispy Treats

Before I get into today's post I have a confession to make: I have actually never had real Nanaimo Bars.

Fun Friday Favs #8: "Art"

I'd like to say I am an art connoisseur, but I'm not. I'm not going to lie, most of the pictures on my walls are from TJ Maxx or something like that. That being said, today is a post about some of my favorite signs that I want to put up in my house. Like legitly, these should be framed and on my walls. Here they are:

Lemon Meringue Pie Rice Krispy Treats

Hello Everybody, I'm guest posting today over at Pluckys Second Thought! Hop on over and check out these Lemon Meringue Pie Rice Krispy Treats. They're winners!!!

Butter Pecan Rice Krispy Treats

Now first I must say these are not the most beautiful treats I've ever made. I guess you can't tell by the pictures, but they have a funny brownish tinge from the pecan butter. But you know, some things you just can't judge by appearance: Susan Boyle... McDonald's dollar menu... My high school yearbook photo. Ahem. Yes, you definitely can't judge a book by it's cover. These treats are good. Period.

Fun Friday Favs #7: Baby

Oh my gosh, where to start. I mean I definitely have some favorite items when it comes to this child of mine. I'm going to limit them to 5 though. For everyone's sake. Here we go:

Coconut Rice Krispy Treats

Hello Everybody! I'm guest posting today over at Or So She Says - one of my favorite blogs! Hop on over and check out these Coconut Rice Krispy Treats! They're awesome! (did I use enough exclamation points?)

**I've added the recipe since there seemed to be link issues - but still go visit Or So She Says - it's an awesome blog!

Coconut Rice Krispy Treats

Notes: If you want to go really crazy coconutty you could use coconut oil in place of the butter for these. Only if you’re crazy though. You sane people just stick to the butter :)

4 Tbsp butter

6 cups marshmallows 

1 1/2 tsp coconut extract

1 1/2 cups toasted coconut (I toasted mine for a few minutes on the stove top on medium heat)

5 cups rice krispies

Pour the rice krispies and toasted coconut in a large mixing bowl and set aside. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Once melted add in the marshmallows. Stir until they are mostly all melted (this will take a few minutes–low and slow is key for perfect texture) then stir in the coconut extract. 

Once fully melted, take them off heat and pour over the rice krispies. Stir lightly to combine, then dump into a greased 9×9 pan. Allow to cool 5 minutes, then press lightly into pan with greased hands. Allow to fully set (about 20-30 min) and enjoy!

Tagalongs Rice Krispy Treats

I am slightly disgruntled right now. It just so happens that I spent an afternoon whipping up and photographing 2 new rice krispy treats, only to put my memory card in my computer later that evening to find 0 pictures. None. I don't know what happened. It's like I never even took them! Was I dreaming? I could see crumbs on my photo shoot area so I knew I actually did take the pictures. And I couldn't even go back and retake them because all the rice krispy treats had already been eaten. Lame.