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My Rice Krispies Treats™ Holiday Table Show-Stopper and a $100 Visa Gift Card Giveaway

Earlier this month Rice Krispies and The Motherhood contacted me about participating in another Rice Krispie Treat Recipe Box Challenge with the goal of creating a Rice Krispies Treats™ Holiday Table Show-Stopper.  (See my winning recipe from the July 4th Rice Krispies Treats Recipe Box Challenge here.) I am very impressed with the other entries that I’ve seen which you can view here.  You will find a complete list of all 30 participating bloggers at the bottom of this post.  Judges will choose and announce the winner of this Rice Krispies Treats Recipe Box Challenge December 21st, so check back here to find out who won!

Below is a photograph of all of the ingredients and supplies I bought for my Rice Krispies Treats recipe, not knowing what I was going to make at the time.  The funny thing is.. my final Rice Krispies Treats™ Holiday Table Show-Stopper recipe doesn’t include ANY of the ingredients in the photograph below, except Rice Krispies and marshmallows… oh, and icing.

Rice Krispies Treats - The Motherhood Blogger Challenge

So, here it is..
my Rice Krispies Treats™ Holiday Table Show-Stopper

* Mismatched Rice Krispies Treats Gingerbread Men *

Rice Krispies Treats Holiday Table Show Stopper recipe challenge

Rice Krispies Treats - Mis-Matched Gingerbread Boys and Girls

Not only are these little Mismatched Rice Krispies Treats Gingerbread Men adorable (I think), but they are also a super fun activity for kids!  Give your kids a bottom and top half and some colored icing and let them have at it!  Like to party? Invite a few friends over and have a Mismatched Rice Krispies Treats Gingerbread Men decorating (and eating) party!  One complete Gingerbread Man equals one regular Rice Krispies Treats serving.

Recipe Ingredients and supplies:

  • 6 cups Rice Krispies
  • About 40 large marshmallows
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 teaspoon  ginger – optional
  • 1 teaspoon  cinnamon – optional
  • Icing – various colors
  • Gingerbread Men cookie cutters

Instructions:

  • Melt 3 tablespoons butter in large pan over medium-low heat
  • Add 4 cups miniature marshmallows to melted butter and stir until completely smooth – on medium-low heat
  • Optional – stir ginger and cinnamon in for ‘gingerbread’ flavor
  • Remove from heat
  • Stir in 6 cups of Rice Krispies
  • Transfer Rice Krispies Treats mix onto clean counter top or a shallow pan and flatten to about 1 inch thick
  • Use gingerbread man cookie cutter (use cooking spray to ensure easy removal from cookie cutter) to cut gingerbread shapes and transfer individual gingerbread men to wax paper
  • Cut gingerbread men in half
  • Decorate the halves as you like and enjoy the yumminess!

$100 VISA GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY courtesy of Rice Krispies

What do you think of my Mismatched Rice Krispies Treats Gingerbread Men?  Share a comment below and follow the rules below to enter to win a $100 Visa Gift Card courtesy of Rice Krispies!

1. Leave a comment telling me what you think of my Mismatched Rice Krispies Treats Gingerbread Men and/or what your favorite Rice Krispies Treats recipe is.

2. Contest runs from December 15th through December 22nd at 11:59am.

3. You may only enter the contest once.

4. Winner will be selected randomly December 22d and will be notified via email.

5. Winner has 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen.

The Motherhood Holiday Rice Krispies Treats Exchange Blogger Giveaway Rules:

Abbreviated Rules. No Purchase Necessary. Begins no earlier than 12:00:00 AM (ET) on 11/29/10 and ends no later than 11:59:59 PM (ET) on 12/21/10. For complete Official Rules, go to http://web.mediacdt.com/docs/motherhoodholiday

Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Subject to complete Official Rules. Void where prohibited. Sponsor: TheMotherhood; www.TheMotherhood.com

Disclosure: I am working with Rice Krispies and TheMotherhood.com on this project and have received a stipend and supplies to participate.

Here is a full list of the bloggers who are participating in this Rice Krispies Treats Recipe Box Challenge:

Each of these wonderful bloggers is hosting a giveaway, so be sure to visit each of these terrific blogs and post a comment on their creations for a chance to win a $100 pre-loaded debit card!

Yes, this is my final Rice Krispies Treats recipe decision and it’s Very Berry!

Updated June 25th – Congratulations to the winner of our Rice Krispies Treats Recipe Cookbook giveway, Susan R.!

I’ve decided to enter my star shaped Rice Krispies Treats with raspberry sorbet, Cool Whip, and fresh berries recipe in the Rice Krispies Treats recipe challenge I’m participating in as a Rice Krispies ambassador along with 9 other great bloggers.

Being a part of the July 4th Rice Krispies Treats Recipe Challenge has been a blast for me despite the fact that I’ve been traveling and haven’t been able to make as many recipes as I would have liked.  I was able to spend several hours creating a few different recipes and have finally settled on my favorite.. Very Berry Rice Krispies Treats. The other two recipes I made but am not submitting for the contest are (1) Rice Krispies Treats cup filled with sorbet and fresh fruit, with a chocolate rim, and (2) Rice Krispies Treats chocolate covered bowl filled with ice cream and fresh fruit.

My kids, 10 and 4, had so much fun helping me with the Rice Krispies Treats Recipe Challenge.  Madelyn stirred the melting marshmallows and helped put the Rice Krispies in the mix while Sebastian filmed what turned out to be a very shaky video of me going through the entire process of making these delicious Rice Krispies Treats.  I am so proud of Sebastian for trying!  He did a great job.

Star shaped Rice Krispies Treats with raspberry sorbet, Cool Whip, and fresh berries

Instructions

  • Make Rice Krispies Treats as usual
    • Melt 3 tablespoons butter in large pan on low heat
    • Mix marshmallows in and stir constantly until completely melted
    • Remove from heat
    • Stir in 6 cups Rice Krispies
    • SPECIAL – Separate Rice Krispies Treats mix into two 13×9 inch pans to make two thin layers
  • Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour – not necessary, but keeps the sorbet you are going to put on the soon to be cut out stars, from melting quickly
  • Once cool, cut Rice Krispies Treats into star shapes with a cookie cutter and put the individual stars on wax paper
  • Coat 1/2 of the cool Rice Krispies Treats stars with raspberry sorbet (substitute with your favorite flavor, ice cream, or frozen yogurt)
  • Place a star on top of the sorbet covered Rice Krispies Treats stars
  • Top with Cool Whip, strawberries, and blueberries
  • Garnish the plate with fresh fruit and enjoy immediately!  😉
Rice Krispies Treats recipe ingredients and cookie cutters
Madelyn's Rice Krispies Treats star

– So what do you think of my Rice Krispies Treats recipe?

GIVEAWAY! – This contest has ended.

I have been given the opportunity, as a Rice Krispies brand ambassador, to give a lucky reader a Rice Krispie cookbook.  To enter to win, leave a comment telling us what your favorite Rice Krispies Treats recipe is and/or your favorite Rice Krispies Treats memory.  Entries accepted through 5:00pm ET on June 24th. View official giveaway rules here.

Disclosure: I received a box of  Rice Krispies cereal and marshmallows free to use for the Rice Krispies Treats recipe challenge and a gift card to buy additional ingredients (sorbet, Cool Whip, fruit, etc..). I am being compensated for being a brand ambassador for Rice Krispies. My Rice Krispies Treats recipe is being submitted to a contest from which the winner will have their recipe posted on the Rice Krispies Web site and possibly in a Rice Krispies Treats recipe cookbook.

Which Rice Krispies Treats recipe looks yummiest?

Sebastian trying a Rice Krispies Treats star with raspberry sorbet filling

As you may know, I am a Rice Krispies brand ambassador and am participating in Rice Krispies latest Recipe Challenge along with 9 other great bloggers. We have been asked to come up with a Rice Krispies Treats(TM) recipe that includes something refrigerated or frozen – and the winning recipe will be featured on www.RiceKrispies.com and on the Rice Krispies® Facebook page!

Our recipes are due by June 24th, but because I am leaving for Orlando Tuesday, my kids and I worked for about 6 hours Sunday.. no kidding, making several Rice Krispies Treats recipes. The kids didn’t complain.. in fact Sebastian loved being a Rice Krispies Treats taste tester and Madelyn loved stirring the gooey marshmallow mixture and cutting out the star shapes with the cookie cutters.

Rice Krispies Treats are an experience.. not a snack, to me. When I want a snack I grab some Cheddar Bunnies but when I want a treat.. something special.. I want a Rice Krispies Treat or ice cream..or a swiss cake roll..or all three. Ok, I have to stop! When I was asked to be a Rice Krispies brand ambassador for their current Rice Krispies Treats Recipe challenge I was excited, nervous, and happy. Happy mostly because this gives me a REASON an EXCUSE for making tons of Rice Krispies Treats and did I ever! I went through almost all of our glass plates, spoons, knives, and wax paper in the last 6 hours.

I get to submit only one of my Rice Krispies Treats recipes and I can’t decide which one to submit so I’m letting my readers decide for me – thank you very much! 🙂

So here are my 3 Rice Krispies Treats recipes:

#1 – Rice Krsipies Treats bowl with chocolate rim, raspberry sorbet, cool whip, and fresh berries

  • Make Rice Krispies Treats as usual
    • Melt 3 tablespoons butter in large pan on medium heat
    • Mix marshmallows in and stir constantly until completely melted
    • Remove from heat
    • Stir in 6 cups Rice Krispies
    • Transfer mix into a pan coated with cooking spray – let cool
  • When Rice Krispies Treats are cool, line a small glass bowl with 1/2 thick layer of Rice Krispies Treats
  • Push firmly to pack Rice Krispies Treats into bowl and make sure there aren’t any holes
  • Melt chocolate candy in microwave or in double boiler
  • Take Rice Krispies Treats bowl out of glass bowl – the Rice Krispies Treats bowl should be firm and cool by now
  • Dip Rice Krispies Treats bowl into the melted chocolate to cover the rim
  • Fill the inside of the Rice Krispies Treat bowl with raspberry sorbet (substitute with your favorite flavor sorbet, frozen yogurt, or ice cream)
  • Top with Cool Whip, strawberries, and blueberries
  • Garnish the plate with fresh fruit and serve
#1 - Rice Krsipies Treats bowl with chocolate rim, raspberry sorbet, cool whip, and fresh berries

#2 – Rice Krispies Treats stars with raspberry sorbet, cool whip and fresh fruit

  • Make Rice Krispies Treats as usual
    • Melt 3 tablespoons butter in large pan on medium heat
    • Mix marshmallows in and stir constantly until completely melted
    • Remove from heat
    • Stir in 6 cups Rice Krispies
    • Separate Rice Krispies Treats mix into two 13×9 inch pans to make two thin layers
  • Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour – not necessary, but keeps the sorbet from melting quickly
  • Cut Rice Krispies Treats with star shaped cookie cutter and put stars on wax paper
  • Coat 1/2 of the Rice Krispies Treats stars with raspberry sorbet (substitute with your favorite flavor, ice cream, or frozen yogurt)
  • Place a star on top of the sorbet covered Rice Krispies Treats stars
  • Top with Cool Whip, strawberries, and blueberries
  • Garnish the plate with fresh fruit and serve
#2 - Rice Krispies Treats stars with raspberry sorbet, cool whip and fresh fruit

#3 – Rice Krsipies Treats bowl covered with chocolate, filled with vanilla ice cream, topped with cool whip, and fresh berries

  • Make Rice Krispies Treats as usual
    • Melt 3 tablespoons butter in large pan on medium heat
    • Mix marshmallows in and stir constantly until completely melted
    • Remove from heat
    • Stir in 6 cups Rice Krispies
    • Transfer mix into a pan coated with cooking spray – let cool
  • When Rice Krispies Treats are cool, line a small glass bowl with 1/2 thick layer of Rice Krispies Treats
  • Push firmly to pack Rice Krispies Treats into bowl and make sure there aren’t any holes
  • Melt chocolate candy in microwave or in double boiler
  • Take Rice Krispies Treats bowl out of glass bowl and place on a plate right side up – the Rice Krispies Treats bowl should be firm and cool by now
  • Use a spatula to cover the outside and rim of Rice Krispies Treats bowl with melted chocolate
  • Place Rice Krispies Treats bowl, on a plate, in freezer to set for about 15 minutes – do not put the Rice Krispies Treats bowl back in a glass bowl yet!
  • Take out of the freezer and place Rice Krispies Treats bowl back into the glass bowl
  • Fill the inside of the Rice Krispies Treat bowl with vanilla ice cream (substitute with your favorite flavor sorbet, frozen yogurt, or ice cream)
  • Top with strawberries and blueberries and serve
#3 - Rice Krispies Treats bowl covered with chocolate, filled with ice cream, and topped with Cool Whip and fresh fruit

Disclosure: This is part of a paid campaign sponsored by Rice Krispies® cereal.

Which of these Rice Krispies Treats recipes looks yummiest to you? Please tell me in the comments below.