#12 of the Treat Yo' Self Challenge
Bars chapter
I love Rice Krispie Treats. Love, love, love. I've perfected the marshmallow to cereal ratio over the years, I can make these from scratch (probably while blindfolded), and I've also created a modification to include peanut butter and to substitute cheerios, making a really "healthy" and "wholesome" variation.
Yes, if you want a combo of marshmallows and cereal, I'm your girl.
So when I saw a recipe titled "next level" krispie treats, I was hooked! What could possibly bring this recipe any higher in esteem? How can one possibly improve upon perfection? What could the new technique or secret ingredient possibly be?
I quickly skimmed the recipe and my eyes befell the culprit:
white chocolate chips
(Gag.)
I know I've previously confessed my love of chocolate to you. Perhaps even mentioning it more than once. But have I ever confessed my absolute abhorrence all things white chocolate? It seems a travesty to even call it "chocolate" since it's basically the fat that's removed when you make REAL chocolate, plus some sugar and some additional milk fat. Blech.
Somehow I managed to end up in a household where my kid and my husband love this mockery of a chocolate, so I try to throw them a bone sometimes and bake something with white chocolate periodically. (Read: annually, at best) I figured it was probably time to throw them that bone again, plus I eventually want to bake everything in this book, plus we always tell Rose that "tastes can change!"
So I tried to keep an open mind...
Verdict: Well, it's a good thing I love Rice Krispie treats, because the marshmallows and cereal in this recipe can ALMOST overpower the white chocolate flavor. Then again, it is hypothetically possible that if I didn't KNOW there were "travesty chips" in here, they may have been the je ne sais quoi that the author describes. I guess we'll never know.
But on the plus side, Rose did call these the best Rice Krispie treat she had ever tasted, so I suppose that's a win.
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