Friday, June 14, 2013

Watermelon Rice Crispy Treats


I am growing watermelon in my garden again this year.  I can hardly wait to pick my first, ripe, juicy melon from the vine.  If everything continues to progress on schedule, we should be enjoying our first home grown watermelon of the season in about another month.  Until then, we can enjoy watermelon rice crispy treats.  This recipe came from glorioustreats.com.  It's a keeper.

Watermelon Crispy Treats

Ingredients:

For the green (rind) outer ring-
4 cups Rice Krispies cereal
4 cups mini mashmallows
3 Tablespoons butter
green food coloring
For the red (watermelon) center-
5 cups Rice Krispies cereal
5 cups mini marshmallows
3 Tablespoons butter
red food coloring
mini chocolate chips

Directions:

Prepare 2- 8" cake pans by greasing with butter or non-stick spray.
Make the green (rind)-







Add 4 cups rice krispies to a large bowl, set aside.








Melt 4 cups marshmallows and 3 tablespoons butter in a large bowl in the microwave about 2 minutes, or until very puffy.






Carefully remove from microwave, stir, and add in green coloring.
Pour green marshmallow mixture over the bowl of rice krispies. Stir mixture together, quickly, using a buttered spatula.





 
Working quickly, divide the mixture between the two prepared cake pans, and press along the sides of the pans, creating a ring about 1.5 inches tall and 1-1.5 inches wide/thick. Rub a bit of butter on your hands as necessary, to prevent the mixture from sticking to your hands.


Make the red (watermelon) center-
Repeat as above, using the ingredients listed (left).
Press red mixture into the center of the two cake pans, press down and smoothing the top surface with a buttered spatula.


Add "seeds"
 

 Slice.


Serve on a stick ...


 or wrap wedges in cellophane bags.


 This might just be the sweetest slice of watermelon that I have ever had. 


Ciao!





Watermelon Crispy Treats

Ingredients:

For the green (rind) outer ring-
4 cups Rice Krispies cereal
4 cups mini mashmallows
3 Tablespoons butter
green food coloring
For the red (watermelon) center-
5 cups Rice Krispies cereal
5 cups mini marshmallows
3 Tablespoons butter
red food coloring
mini chocolate chips

Directions:

Prepare 2- 8" cake pans by greasing with butter or non-stick spray.
Make the green (rind)-
Add 4 cups rice krispies to a large bowl, set aside.
Melt 4 cups marshmallows and 3 tablespoons butter in a large bowl in the microwave about 2 minutes, or until very puffy.
Carefully remove from microwave, stir, and add in green coloring.
Pour green marshmallow mixture over the bowl of rice krispies. Stir mixture together, quickly, using a buttered spatula.
Working quickly, divide the mixture between the two prepared cake pans, and press along the sides of the pans, creating a ring about 1.5 inches tall and 1-1.5 inches wide/thick. Rub a bit of butter on your hands as necessary, to prevent the mixture from sticking to your hands.
Make the red (watermelon) center-
Repeat as above, using the ingredients listed (left).
Press red mixture into the center of the two cake pans, press down and smoothign the top surface with a buttered spatula.
Add "seeds"

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