Chocolate rice krispies
Chocolate rice krispies are one of the easiest no bake treats you can make with little kids. Simply mix in chocolate to the rice crispies, decorate and leave to set. Easy!
Chocolate rice krispies are by far the easiest thing you can ‘bake’ with your kids. As a no bake treat, there’s no hot ovens to worry about so they’re a great option for anyone with really young children or toddlers.
Chocolate rice krispies are the perfect bake for adapting to different holidays. Add mini eggs at Easter, themed candy at Halloween or Christmas, or love heart candy for Valentine’s day etc.
How can kids help make these chocolate rice krispies?
These are such an bake, even toddlers can help make them.
Anyone can help measure the ingredient out – it’s such a great lesson in numbers and measurement.
Older children might be able to help melt the chocolate/butter mixture. They can stir it all in, making sure to be careful around the hot bowl.
Younger children will be able to mix everything together. You can give them a job of coating all the rice krispies in chocolate and leave them to it.
My kids also enjoyed getting to decorate the rice krispie cakes. I just put the sprinkles etc out into little bowl and let them add whatever they wanted. As you can see, more is more where my kids are involved!
Other no bake treats
If you like these rice Krispie treats you’ll love our other easy no bake treats including:
Chocolate cornflake cakes
Tiffin
Rocky road
Rocky road fudge
Mars bar slice
Rice Krispie treats
Time: 20 minutes plus 2 hours setting
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 12-15
Ingredients
200g milk chocolate
2 tbsp golden syrup
50g butter
150 rice crispies
Decorations (sprinkles, mini marshmallows, M&Ms etc)
How to make chocolate crispies
Add some cupcake cases to a muffin tray
Melt the chocolate, syrup and butter
Get your kids to break the chocolate into pieces and then add them to a heatproof bowl.
Add the golden syrup. If you have a squeezy bottle of syrup hold the spoon steady while your child pours in the syrup or vice versa.
If you have a jar of syrup, just get your kids to spoon it into your bowl.
Finally, add the butter. You can get your kids to chop it into a few pieces with a blunt knife before you put it in your bowl to help it melt more quickly.
Pop your bowl over a pan of simmering water – otherwise known as a double boiler.
Leave it to melt, stirring it occasionally.
Older children can help with this step if you’re happy they’re safe around the hob.
Alternatively, you can pop this all in the microwave to melt, checking and stirring every so often.
Mix in the rice crispies
While the chocolate mixture is melting, get your kids to measure out the rice crispies into a large mixing bowl. This is a good job for any younger brothers or sisters.
Pour the melted chocolate mixture over the rice crispies and give it a good mix. As the bowl with the chocolate is hot, it’s safer to add the chocolate to the cereal rather than other way round.
Make sure everything is well mixed so the rice crispies are all coated in chocolate.
Make the chocolate rice krispies
Give your kids spoons and get them to fill the cases with the chocolate covered rice crispies.
Add some decorations on top. My kids liked using (a lot) of sprinkles but you could use M&Ms, mini marshmallows or anything else you have to hand.
Chill the chocolate crispie cakes in the fridge for a few hours to set.
Chocolate rice krispies
Ingredients
- 200 g milk chocolate
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 50 g butter
- 150 rice crispies
- Sprinkles or mini marshmallows, M&Ms etc
Instructions
- Add some cupcake cases to a muffin tray
Melt the chocolate, syrup and butter
- Break the chocolate into pieces and then add them to a heatproof bowl.
- Add the golden syrup. If you have a squeezy bottle of syrup hold the spoon steady while your child pours in the syrup or vice versa.
- Finally, add the butter. You can get your kids to chop it into a few pieces with a blunt knife before you put it in your bowl to help it melt more quickly.
- Pop your bowl over a pan of simmering water (double boiler.)
- Leave it to melt, stirring it occasionally.
Mix in the rice crispies
- While the chocolate mixture is melting, get your kids to measure out the rice crispies into a large mixing bowl.
- Pour the melted chocolate mixture over the rice crispies and give it a good mix.
- Make sure everything is well mixed so the rice crispies are all coated in chocolate.
Make the chocolate crispie cakes
- Give your kids spoons and get them to fill the cases with the chocolate covered rice crispies.
- Add some decorations on top.
- Chill the chocolate crispie cakes in the fridge for a few hours to set.
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