Easy Rice Crispy Treats - Thick and Chewy

Extra chewy, extra marshmallows, super delicious!

Prep Time 15

Cooling Time 1

Total Time 1 15

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Measure out all of your ingredients before you start. You don't have a lot of time before things can burn so it's better to be ready!
Line your 8x8" cake pan with parchment paper. Optional: use bulldog clips to hold paper in place (see tips in recipe)
In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
Once melted, add 2/3 of the marshmallows and still frequently until melted to avoid mixture burning. Note: if you don't want any marshmallow chunks in your squares you can add the whole bag here.
Once melted add vanilla, salt and remaining marshmallows and stir a few times. Then add Rice Krispy cereal to mixture and stir.
Quickly transfer to parchment lined cake pan and smooth out using spatula.
Let cool completely before cutting. Approx. 1 hour.

Work quick ! You don’t have a lot of time with these to make sure you have everything measured first.
I suggest doubling the recipe and using a 9x13 pan to make them extra thick !
Line the pan with parchment paper and then spray with cooking spray to make it easy to to get the rice crispy treats out of the pan. See the trick about using bulldog clips in my recipe for easy banana bread.
Make sure to leave them for an hour to cool completely before cutting but don’t put them in the fridge or they will be hard as rocks.
When putting them in the pan, don’t press down too hard or they will be hard once cooled. It’s also easy to smooth out the top if you spray the spatula with cooking spray so it won’t stick to the squares.

Keyword Marshmallow, Rice Crispy, Rice Krispy, Squares