The best Rice Krispie treats ever.

Finished product first

1/4 cup butter + butter for the container and lid, 3 cups Rice Krispies, 3 cups Cocoa Krispies, 10.5 oz package of small marshmallows, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter (optional), salt. I always use the old Tupperware container on the right with the blue lid. Butter the bottom and sides of the container plus the lid.

Melt the butter low and slow. Really, make it a little warmer than the “simmer” setting on your stovetop. Heat it until it browns and gives kind of a nutty fragrance. If the butter is too hot, the finished product is too hard.

Yes, that beautiful browned butter. Add those marshmallows. If you use a small bag of big marshmallows, the bag only has 10 oz, so using the 10.5 oz bag of small marshmallows is a win all around.

Add a tablespoon of peanut butter with the marshmallows and stir, stir, stir.

Yum! Resist the temptation to eat this gooey goodness right off the spoon here as it will burn you and you will have regrets. Remove from heat as soon as the marshmallows are melted.

Between the burners and off the heat. Add the 6 cups of Krispies (Rice and Cocoa) and mix with a sturdy spoon. Mix, mix, mix.

Dump into the buttered container, sprinkle with a little salt, and put the lid on to smoosh them down

This Tupperware container is the best, it is 1.5 inches in height and 12 inches across. The measuring tape lifted here but it is 12 inches across. With the lid on you can shake the container to get all those Krispies to snuggle up together real close. Wait until they cool to cut. Enjoy!

Chef’s tax.

Crooksy tax. Edit for measurement updates
Butter 1/4 c = 56.7 g
Marshmallows 10.5 oz = 297.7 g
Peanut butter 1 Tbs = 16 g
Rice Krispies 6 cups = 158 g
Container 12 in x 1.5 in =
30.5 cm x 3.8 cm