We really like to celebrate holidays around here, particularly when it comes to indulging in treats, so naturally we’ve been whipping up a few of our favorites this week, and thought I would share the how-to/recipes.
Heart shaped Rice Krispie treats seemed like a good and festive idea, even though Max informed me that “hearts are for girls, not boys!”, when I asked him if he wanted to help me make them. True to form, he had zero issue with eating them.
Also, this super easy fruit dip has been on heavy rotation around here lately… #pregnancycravings. We like to pair ours with strawberries, but feel free to go wild and try it with pineapple, bananas, apples, whatever you wish!
Heart Shaped Rice Krispie Treats
Ingredients
1 10 oz bag of marshmallows (or 4 cups of mini marshmallows)
1/4 cup of butter
6 cups of Rice Krispie cereal
4 drops of red food coloring
Valentine’s sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
We followed the standard, on the box, recipe for these, and melted the butter and marshmallows in a medium saucepan over low heat, stirring often. Once melted, we added the 4 drops of red food coloring. In a large bowl, for fun, we added 1/4 cup of festive sprinkles to the 6 cups of cereal, and then mixed in the pink marshmallow/butter mixture. Then we poured the entire bowl into a greased 9×13 baking dish, where we allowed the “treats” to cool for about 5 minutes.
Once cooled, we flipped the “treats” onto some parchment paper, and added some additional sprinkles on top, gently pressing them into the “treats”. Then, we used a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut out heart shaped treats!
2 Ingredient Fruit Dip
Ingredients
1 8 oz container of strawberry flavored cream cheese
1 7 oz container of marshmallow fluff
Fruit of your choice
Instructions
Allow cream cheese to come to room temperature. In a large bowl, mix cream cheese and marshmallow fluff together until combined. Chill, and serve with the fruit of your choice.
Hope you guys enjoy these fun and easy recipes!
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