Missionary Farewell or Dad's Day Tie Shaped Rice Krispie Treats

 My cousin's son was leaving on an LDS mission and asked that I make some of

the Tie Treats for his farewell... we had so much fun making Jaden's we had to say yes!

My Uncle is a huge Dallas Cowboy's fan so I had to make a few that had

the Cowboys star ;-)

 I bought a cookie cutter in the shape of a tie and then just buttered the mold inside

and pressed the Rice Krispies right into the mold.  I discovered that if I sprayed the

waxed paper when I turned the cutter over so that the "finger pressing" was on

the bottom then the top had a very flat surface.  It was easier to spread the

melted chocolate disks on the top with a brush.

 Then I added melted white chocolate chips as the decoration. 

Since I don't cake decorate much... you can tell my hand got tired very quickly. 

The kids enjoyed them so that's all the really matters!

Missionary Tie Rice Krispie Treats

 I can't believe it's been 2 years since Jaden left on this mission.

I made the Missionary Name Tag Rice Krispie Treats for his farewell

 and I thought ties would be cute for his welcome home!

 I usually always have molds for my treats... but I had this cute

tie cookie cutter and decided to "mold" them inside the cutter.

It worked out pretty good.  I wanted the ties to have color and since

he wore a red tie home on the plane... I thought we would make them red.

I melted 2 bags of Wilton Candy Melts when we tried to dunk the tie in the

melted chocolate it melted the Rice Krispie treats and it would not work at all... 

so my sweet husband "frosted" them with the melted chocolate instead.

Since they didn't get molded they didn't have any butter on the top to

keep from sticking to everything.  We figured out that if we turned the tie over

after it had set for a while... not only did we have a smoother surface to spread

the colored chocolate on...but the tops became the bottoms and it had a

bit of butter on it from my fingers smooshing it into the cutter.

NO more sticking!

We laughed about the different shapes we could use the tie for with a few minor

smooth outs... one was a drum stick... a baseball bat and a fish!

As always I never plan enough time to make them "beautiful"

but they tasted delicious and that's what matters most!

Happy Crafting ~ Vicki

Missionary Name Tag Rice Krispie Treats...

Here is the marshmallow mixture ready to be smooshed in the pan...

I used a buttered glass to press the mixture together and to get a more even texture...

After I spread on the melted Black Chocolate Candy Melts...

When Josh told me that Jaden (my sweet daughter-in-law's youngest brother) had requested that I make Rice Krispie treats for his missionary farewell I was stoked! I love making them... but I don't ever make them in the pan... I use molds. I've been collecting them for 25 years now... you can see some of the molds here  but I didn't have anything that looked missionary like. I thought about it for a few days... and I kept coming back to dipping the rectangle shapes into black chocolate and then writing on the top with white chocolate to look like an LDS missionary name tag. It's been so hot lately... my mom thought the chocolate would melt... so I went back to the drawing board again. I decided to make them in the pan like above... but use the black sugar instead of the black chocolate... yeah bad idea! I admit it... I made a pan of them... and besides the fact they looked terrible and the white chocolate writing would not stick to the top... everyone would have had black teeth and tongues. Not what I was looking for... so I went back to the original plan of making them with the Wilton Black Chocolate Candy Melts. I used white chocolate chips and melted them in a baggie in the microwave... then snipped a tiny corner off and that was how I wrote his name on the treats. The problem was... I made them all the morning of his farewell so they would be fresh... but I was concerned about stacking them on top of each other and white chocolate name melting... so I just kept them in the pan... not the most attractive presentation... but Jaden said they tasted great and that is what is most important! Jaden is a wonderful young man and is going to be an amazing missionary... I can't wait to send him his first batch of Rice Krispie Treats when he arrives in Oklahoma!

Here's my recipe for my Rice Krispie treats...

1 Cube of Butter

1 16 Ounce Package of Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows ~ don't use the mini size

10 Cups of Rice Krispies ~ I use the Malt O Meal brand... they taste just the same and are much cheaper!

Melt the butter in a large tupperware bowl in the microwave for 1:10.

Pour the marshmallows in and stir the melted butter to coat all of the marshmallows. 

Put back in the microwave for another 1:30

*Please note the marshmallows will expand so make sure you have a large enough bowl.

Stir the butter/marshmallow mixture together for 15 seconds

Add 10 cups of Rice Krispies and stir until all of the Rice Krispies are covered.

Pour into your buttered pan or a butter holiday mold...

Clover Rice Krispie Treats...

 Me ad my trusty clover mold...

 Josh's creations...

 The amazing decorators... Josh and Kendra
(Don't they make a cute couple)

 Close up of the Pot of Gold ~ Rainbow treat

 Treats for Kendra's Family...

 Treats for Josh to take to work... W for Wade and

J for Joey... yes those really are flower sprinkles...

Josh showing "creative" side!

 More of the Pot of Gold ~ Rainbow look

Kendra and I have a new tradition... making treats for the holidays! It's always been Josh's job to help with the decorations... and he's slowly letting Kendra have her "space" in the kitchen too! He would go out in the living room to watch something on TV... and then would be back 2 minutes later to add some more decorations or (yes... he even added some flower sprinkles to the clovers... don't they say we should never squash our kids creativity?) to harass the Kendra and I... either way it was great to have both of them spending time with me and to make some delicious holiday treats! Kendra and I are already making Easter treat plans... maybe Josh will decide to sprinkle with the Red ~ White and Blue!

 

Valentine Rice Krispie Treats...

Kendra (my someday daughter-in-law) and I decided to make Valentine Rice Krispie treats but were on a very limited time schedule so we only did one batch for her to take home to her family (they love them as much as we do)... the two bottom treats were made special for Josh ... she even hand delivered them to him at work... she even shared a few of the others for the rest of the sports guys.

Football Rice Krispie Treats

 Cowboy treats

 Green Sprinkles

 Pink Sprinkles

 My boy... The Taste Tester Extraordinaire!

One of our friends at work has been going through a pretty rough time so Josh and I decided to make him some of our "famous" Rice Krispie treats!  Josh, as always, is my head decorator.  He made the laces out of red icing (in the tube) it was the only color I had.  Since he works in the sports department...he decided to be cute... and add pink sprinkles.  Since the treats were for Wade and he loves the Eagles... which is hard for us since we are such avid Cowboys fans... but he needed some extra TLC... so Josh sprinkled some of them in green. He got tired of making laces... so he just made a wavy design on the top of the rest of them.  I brought out the sparkling blue gel to experiment with making a cowboy star on 2 of them.  I really needed a template... my star was in no way perfect... but it tasted super delicious!

Vicki's "Famous" Rick Krispie Treats

1 Cube of butter

1 - 16 once bag of Kraft jet-puffed Marshmallows

10 Cups of Rice Krispies (or generic work perfect too)

In a very large bowl... I have a over-sized mixing bowl from Tupperware that I use.  Melt the butter in the microwave for about 1 minute and 10 seconds... or less if it is completely melted. Dump in the Kraft marshmallows (I have to be honest here... I don't skimp on my Kraft Mac and Cheese and I don't skimp on my marshmallows there is a difference!) in the bowl and stir until the butter covers the marshmallows and place the bowl back into the microwave and cook for another 1 minute and 15 seconds.  The marshmallows will get double in size so make sure your bowl in big enough or you will have a big mess.  Remove from the microwave and stir together for about 15 seconds. Add 10 cups of Rice Krispies to the mixture and stir away making sure that all of the cereal is covered.  Depending if you like more marshmallow or more cereal add more if you like. I have been collecting RK treat molds for 20 years... and have a mold for almost every occasion... and to be honest I don't know if you can still get them or not.  It also works spreading them in a 9x13 pan.  Add a little of flour to your face... do you remember this old time commercial...

Valentine Treat Bags

These were the Valentines treats I took to my family and friends.
Cute tag made with cardstock, cut with my Quickutz...
heart shaped die...a stamped saying...

some ink on the edges and all tied up with with 2 different ribbons!