I recently discovered Christina Tosi and her #bakingclub on instagram. If you like to bake and aren’t following her yet, you are seriously missing out. Tosi is the creator of Milk Bar and pastry chef of Momofuko. She is best known for her famed “crack pie” and compost cookies, and her birthday cake truffles have reached cult status. If you haven’t tried compost cookies, I have a similar compost cookie on my blog here. They are salty and sweet and fabulous. IFKYK.
But back to the baking club. Everyday at 2 PM ET, Tosi goes live on instagram. No worries if you miss the live, you can check out her saved videos on IGTV for all of the previous baking club fun. Tosi has made chocolate chip cookies, graham crackers, and lemon curd. Chocolate cheesecake bars, granola, even “choose your own adventure caramel sauce” are on the list. As of this post, there are 30 treats saved and of course, she is adding content daily. Find her on instagram at @christinatosi – you won’t regret it.
Rice Krispie Cereal Treats | Plum Pie
On day 12, Tosi made strawberry shortcake cereal bars – basically rice krispie treats kicked up a notch. The twins have never had rice krispie treats so obviously we had to make them. My kids have loved baking lately and like everyone else in quarantine, we welcome anything easy to fill the time. We stayed pretty traditional here – except using a variety of cereals and adding nonfat milk powder, sprinkles and white chocolate chips. So I guess not traditional at all. These are so much more flavorful than the rice krispies from your childhood. Don’t miss some ideas for a few variations at the bottom of the recipe. I hope you enjoy these as much as we did!
Celebration Rice Krispie Cereal Treats with Sprinkles
Inspired by Christina Tosi of Milk Bar
- 6 tablespoons of unsalted butter (save the paper!)
- One 12 oz bag of marshmallows
- 1/2 cup nonfat instant milk powder (or you can substitute 1/2-1 cup of white chocolate chips for 1/4 cup of nonfat milk powder instead)
- 9 cups of cereal (I used the following mix: 2 cups strawberry rice krispies, 2 cups chex or puffins lightly crushed, 5 cups rice krispie cereal)
- 1/2 cup of rainbow sprinkles, plus more for sprinkling on top
Butter or spray with nonstick cooking spray a 9×12 pan. You can also use an 8×8 square pan for thicker treats.
Microwave version: combine marshmallows and butter in a very large, microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Remove from microwave and stir mixture. Microwave for an additional minute until butter and marshmallows are melted.
Remove marshmallow mixture and combine nonfat milk powder and cereal mixture until combined. Add sprinkles and white chocolate chips (if using), add mix thoroughly. Spread cereal mixture into your pan and using the butter wrapper, press mixture down until cereal is compact. Sprinkle top with additional rainbow sprinkles.
Let cereal treats cool for 15-20 minutes then cut into squares. Enjoy!
Stovetop version: combine marshmallows and butter over medium to medium low heat in a large pot. Stir the mixture until it is melted and smooth. Remove pot from heat.
Add nonfat milk powder and cereals and mix to combine well. Add sprinkles and white chocolate chips (if using). Spread cereal mixture into your 9 x 12 and using the butter wrapper, press mixture down until cereal is compact. Sprinkle top with additional rainbow sprinkles.
Let cereal treats cool for 15-20 minutes then cut into squares. Enjoy!
Variations: Add 1/2 cup strawberry jam to above recipe for more strawberry flavor.
For a chocolate version, replace strawberry rice krispies and sprinkles with cocoa rice krispies (or other cocoa cereal) and crushed m&m candies. Replace chex with chopped chocolate wafers or mix of chocolate wafers and nilla wafers. Add chocolate chips.
