Crisp Rice Squares

For some one with an almost insatiable sweet tooth, I surprise even myself with how little I bake.  It isn't that I don't have the time or energy or don't like to, it is just that it isn't possible for me to bake a pan of brownies and have any left- after ten minutes.  I cannot be left alone with mass quantities of sweet things.  I cannot be trusted.  If you wanted some of those cookies, sorry Charlie.  They are probably gone.  History. 

It may also surprise you to know that after close to three years of being with a man who has not one, but two children who also have insatiable sweet tooths, did it occur to me to bake for them.  That way I can have my cake and they can too.  I am still so set in my ways that I don't bake and confect sweet things as much as I would like to, but even though old habits die hard, I am in for the fight.  After all, there are 'Crispy Rice Squares' at stake....

 

If you have never made these before, go now and by the three ingredients that you need and take five minutes out of your afternoon to make them.  You will not be disappointed.  They are a cinch to make by merely melting a pat of butter with a package of mini marshmallows, stirring it into a box of crisp rice cereal, and pressing into a pan.  Yes, they are terribly easy to make.  Yes, they are absurdly sweet.  Yes, they are much to easy to eat.  I say, go for it. 

These were adapted from the wonderful Nigella Lawson from Feast.

I cut the recipe in half because we were only four, but they were quite thin, so even if it is only a small amount of people, I would consider making the full batch.  There isn't anything in this to go bad anyways, so left overs are a mere gift, should there be any.

2T. butter
6c. mini marshmallows (one package)
6c. crispy rice cereal (one box)

-Melt the butter and marshmallows together over a gently flame in a pot, stirring occasionally.  It may seem tedious, but the goal is to avoid accidentally burning the sugar in the marshmallows.
-When melted, stir into the cereal, working quickly as the mixture cools surprisingly rapidly, and press into a buttered dish, 8x8 or 9x9.