Take a break from customary rice krispie treats and whip up these whimsical Fortunate Charms treats as an alternative. You want simply 4 substances for this enjoyable and simple deal with that’s excellent for St. Patrick’s Day. A dip in white chocolate makes these gooey cereal bars further magically scrumptious!
I initially revealed this recipe in 2013.
Consider these treats as rice krispie treats with a colourful makeover. I additionally used the MAX quantity of marshmallow that I may, as a result of isn’t that the most effective a part of these cereal bars? Further marshmallow on prime of the particular Fortunate Charms marshmallows. Double the marshmallow enjoyable!
Q: Which marshmallow form is your favourite? Hearts, stars, and horseshoes. Clovers and blue moons. Unicorns and rainbows, and attractive pink balloons!
Why You’ll Love These Fortunate Charms Treats
I can’t promise these treats will deliver you luck, but it surely definitely couldn’t damage to make them and cross your fingers.
You Want Simply 4 Components
- Butter: Like many tasty desserts, these treats begin with melted butter.
- Marshmallows: These treats are further gooey and marshmallow-y. For the most effective outcomes, be sure that your marshmallows are recent.
- Fortunate Charms: Clearly! You want 6 cups of cereal, which can go away you with some leftover in a typical 14-ounce field.
- White Chocolate: Dipping the bottoms of those bars in melted white chocolate takes these treats to a different stage—over the rainbow, you may say! 😉
A pinch of salt is optionally available, but it surely does stability out among the candy.
St. Patrick’s Day Treats
The best way to Make Fortunate Charms Treats + a Few Success Suggestions
After I’m making any sort of cereal deal with bars, I all the time use extra butter (and fewer cereal) than your typical recipe. The marshmallows are what harden and switch your treats to rocks the subsequent day, so that you wish to butter them up as a lot as you may. Soften the 2 collectively on the range over low warmth and consistently stir. You need the combination to be very buttery. It can make your bars so gooey and filled with these superb stretchy marshmallow strings.
As soon as the marshmallows are melted with the butter, take away from warmth, pour the Fortunate Charms in and stir all of it collectively, ensuring to take action gently—you don’t wish to break the cereal.
After the cereal is totally coated, switch the sticky combination to a lined 9-inch sq. pan.
To stop sticking, line your pan with greased parchment paper. I line the pan first, then evenly spray the parchment paper with a bit of nonstick spray.
Don’t press the treats into the pan with pressure. That’s what creates a tough cereal deal with! As a substitute, you wish to mould them into the pan’s form by very, very gently urgent down with a spatula. I spray the bottom of my spatula with nonstick spray for ease.
Enable the treats to set for about 2 hours at room temperature earlier than reducing. (Refrigerating them would make them rock laborious.) As soon as they’ve set, carry the bars out of the pan utilizing the sides of the parchment paper. Reduce into bars, then dip right into a pot of gold—er, I imply, melted white chocolate.
The cereal bars aren’t as mushy as my rice krispie treats, as a result of Fortunate Charms is a a lot crunchier cereal.
The Greatest White Chocolate for Melting
The very best white chocolate for melting are the bars of “baking chocolate” discovered within the baking aisle close to the chocolate chips. I like Baker’s and Ghirardelli manufacturers, which are available 4-ounce bars. You want 8 ounces of white chocolate for this recipe, so that you’ll use 2 bars. You might additionally use almond bark, which isn’t chocolate, however an easy-to-melt candy sweet coating.
Don’t use white chocolate morsels or sweet melts right here—get the real-deal bars of white chocolate.
Melting white chocolate is straightforward: Begin by chopping up the white chocolate and putting it in a microwave-safe bowl. (I often use a glass liquid measuring cup.) Microwave it in 20-second increments, stopping and stirring after every increment. You might additionally use a double boiler in case you have one.
After reducing the bars into squares, dip the bottoms in white chocolate and place the Fortunate Charms treats the other way up on a lined baking sheet (so that you don’t mess up the moist chocolate). Allow them to set at room temperature or within the fridge, you then’re executed!
These are really easy to make, and so they’re a very no-bake dessert recipe. Good for any last-minute get-togethers or events you will have for St. Patrick’s Day, or any day of the yr. And aren’t they stunning? And, could I add… magically scrumptious, too!!!
White Chocolate Fortunate Charms Treats
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Prepare dinner Time: 0 minutes
Complete Time: 3 hours
Yield: 16 squares
Class: Bars
Methodology: Baking
Delicacies: American
Description
Take a break from conventional rice krispie treats and make these magical Fortunate Charms treats as an alternative. And, for a bit of added pizzazz, dip them in white chocolate!
Directions
- Line a 9-inch sq. baking pan with parchment paper, leaving sufficient parchment overhang to carry the bars out of the pan. Evenly grease the parchment. I all the time use a really mild mist of nonstick spray. Put aside.
- Soften the butter over medium warmth in a really giant pot. As soon as melted, add the marshmallows and salt (if utilizing). Stir the combination till the marshmallows are fully melted. Take away from warmth, after which fold within the cereal. Be sure that each bit of cereal is coated with the marshmallow combination.
- Switch combination to ready pan. Evenly grease the again of a flat spatula and really gently press the combination down into the pan. Don't pack it down with pressure, simply evenly press down till it's safe and even within the pan.
- Enable treats to set for at the very least 2 hours at room temperature, and as much as 1 day. Cowl tightly if leaving out for various hours.
- Carry the cereal treats out of the pan utilizing the sides of the parchment paper. Reduce into squares. Line a big baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Put aside.
- Dip in white chocolate: Soften the white chocolate in a double boiler on the range, or just use the microwave: Place chopped white chocolate in a big microwave-safe bowl, and microwave in 20-second increments, stirring after each 20 seconds till fully clean. Maintain the deal with and dip the underside into white chocolate, ensuring to coat it generously. Place treats, white chocolate facet up, on ready baking sheet. Enable chocolate to set at room temperature for about 1 hour, or within the fridge for 20 minutes.
- Cowl and retailer leftover treats at room temperature for as much as 3 days. To retailer, place in an hermetic container, with sheets of parchment or wax paper between layers.
Notes
- Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): 9-inch Sq. Pan | Massive Saucepan (like a Dutch oven) | Silicone Spatula | Baking Sheet | Silicone Baking Mat or Parchment Paper | Double Boiler or Liquid Measuring Cup (for melting chocolate)
- Greatest White Chocolate to Use: The very best white chocolate for melting are the bars of “baking chocolate” discovered within the baking aisle close to the chocolate chips. I like Baker’s and Ghirardelli manufacturers, which are available 4-ounce bars. You want 8 ounces of white chocolate for this recipe, so that you’ll use 2 bars. You might additionally use almond bark, which isn’t chocolate, however an easy-to-melt candy sweet coating. Don't use white chocolate morsels or sweet melts right here—get the real-deal bars of white chocolate.
- Skip the white chocolate dip: In case you don’t wish to dip them into white chocolate, you might add 1 cup of white chocolate chips to the cereal earlier than coating with the melted butter/marshmallow.
