Colorful Sugar Cookie Rice Krispy Treats

These.  Are.  Awesome.

This recipe, from Cooking Classy, seriously rocks my world.  It is the best of both worlds - rice krispy treats and sugar cookies.

Now, you know, no recipe is complete without a little tweaking by me.  I didn't tweak much... I just decided to make these look a little more festive by subbing half the rice krispies for Fruity Pebbles!! (Well, technically, Publix brand "Fruity Crisp"... whattt.. it was cheaper.)

They are so pretty, I decided to leave some of them unfrosted!

Colorful Sugar Cookie Rice Krispy Treats

Ingredients:

• 1/3 c butter (that's 5 and 1/3 tablespoons)
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 10.5 oz package of mini marshmallows (they're on sale at Publix! go go go! run run run!)
•  1/2 cup sugar cookie mix (Jaclyn suggests Betty Crocker brand, I bought the Krusteaz brand because it was significantly less expensive, and it worked just fine!)
• 3 cups rice krispies
• 3 cups fruity pebbles
• 1 recipe sugar cookie frosting, optional
• Sprinkles or sanding sugar, also optional of course

Directions:

1. Spray a 9x13 dish with cooking spray, set aside. Measure out your cereals, mix them together so that the colors are well incorporated with the plain pieces.
2. Melt butter in a large nonstick saucepan over medium-low heat.  Stir in salt.  Add marshmallows and stir constantly until completely melted. Remove from heat, stir in sugar cookie mix.
3. Fold in the cereal mixture, stir until evenly coated with marshmallow mixture.
4. Pour into the buttered dish and using a spatula covered with cooking spray, spread evenly throughout the pan.  Let cool slightly, for about 2 minutes.
5. Cover a knife with cooking spray, use it to cut into squares.  Jaclyn does 12 squares, but I felt like that was entirely too big, so I'd suggest 18 squares (2 slices long-way and 5 slices short-way)
6. Working quickly (spray your hands with cooking spray, totally helps!), round the edges of each square by cupping your hands and pressing on the corners.
7. Frost each treat with frosting and sprinkle, if desired.

Sugar Cookie Frosting

Ingredients:

• 1/4 c butter, softened
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• pinch salt (approx 1/8 tsp)
• 2 c powdered sugar
• food coloring of choice

Directions:

1. Using an electric or stand mixer, whip the butter, milk, vanilla, and salt.  Add powdered sugar, beat until fluffy and smooth.
2. Mix in a few drops of food coloring if desired, mix until incorporated.

This recipe is linking up at:

• Sweets for a Saturday (Sweet as a Sugar Cookie)
• Strut Your Stuff Saturday (Six Sisters' Stuff)
• Sundae Scoop (i {heart} naptime)