Grinch Marshmallow Treats
Servings: 24 bars
Ingredients
- 2 10 oz. packages of miniature marshmallows
- 2 13 oz. jars of marshmallow cream
- ⅓ cup butter
- 1 Tbsp. Vanilla
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. green food coloring
- 15 cups rice cereal
- ¼ green colored sugar
- non-stick spray
- tube of red icing
Instructions
- Line a 13x9 inch baking pan with foil, allow foil to extend over edge. Lightly butter with foil.
- In a large stockpot or dutch oven melt butter over low heat.
- Add marshmallows; cook and stir until melted.
- Stir in marshmallow cream, vanilla, and salt.
- Stir in green coloring to the remaining mixture.
- Reserve one cup of the marshmallow mixture and set aside.
- Gently stir rice cereal into the remaining marshmallow mixture.
- Transfer cereal mixture to the prepared pan; use spatula sprayed with non stick spray to gently press mixture into pan.
- Coat an offset spatula with nonstick spray and pour the reserved 1 cup marshmallow mixture over the top of the cereal mixture; top with the green sugar.
- Weigh mixture down by placing a piece of buttered wax paper on top of marshmallow treats and add another 9x13 pan or larger on top of the wax paper and place a couple cans of unopened food on top to add the extra weight and let stand overnight like that.
- Using foil edges, gently lift bars out of pan and cut using a buttered knife.
- Cut into 24 bars and using the tube of red coloring draw hearts on each bar.