Description
Festive holiday rice krispie treats bring joy to seasonal celebrations with marshmallow-coated crispiness. Colorful sprinkles and cheerful decorations make these simple desserts perfect when you want to share happiness at gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 180 g (6.3 oz) mini marshmallows
- 100 g (3.5 oz) Rice Krispies or Coco Pops
- 50 g (1.8 oz) unsalted butter
- 200 g (7 oz) milk chocolate
- 50 g (1.8 oz) white chocolate
- white sugarpaste or pre-coloured sugarpaste
- green food colour gel
- red food colour gel
Instructions
- Chocolate Fusion: Melt milk chocolate and butter in a saucepan or microwave-safe bowl using low heat, stirring continuously to prevent scorching.
- Marshmallow Integration: Blend mini marshmallows into the molten chocolate mixture, stirring until achieving a completely smooth and homogeneous texture.
- Cereal Coating: Transfer the chocolate-marshmallow blend into a large mixing bowl with Rice Krispies, folding meticulously to ensure comprehensive and even coverage of each cereal piece.
- Forming Treats: Slightly cool the mixture for easier manipulation. Dampen hands with water to prevent sticking, then shape compact spherical treats using a tablespoon and place on a parchment-lined tray.
- Chilling Phase: Refrigerate the formed treats for 30 minutes to solidify their structure and enhance stability.
- Decorative Preparation: Melt white chocolate using a double boiler or microwave, ensuring a silky smooth consistency for drizzling.
- Festive Embellishment: Craft holly leaves and berries from red and green sugarpaste, carefully molding intricate decorative elements.
- Final Decoration: Remove chilled treats from refrigerator, drizzle with white chocolate using a piping bag, and delicately attach sugarpaste holly accents for a whimsical holiday presentation.
Notes
- Control Chocolate Melting: Use low, steady heat to prevent chocolate from burning or seizing, stirring constantly for smooth consistency.
- Manage Sticky Hands: Moisten hands with cool water before shaping treats to minimize marshmallow adhesion and create clean, uniform balls.
- Optimize Cooling Time: Refrigerate treats for 30 minutes to ensure proper setting and easier handling during decoration.
- Master Decoration Technique: Use a piping bag or makeshift freezer bag with trimmed corner for precise white chocolate drizzling and clean sugarpaste placement.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 31 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg