Stars & Stripes Rice Krispies

The other day I was browsing blog land while Mr. C & little miss were climbing all over me. I saw these adorable red, white and blue rice krispies and Mr. C immediately asked me to make them for him. How could I refuse! I gathered all the supplies and this morning set out to make them for him (with a twist!). I’ve had these red and white paper straws sitting in my cupboard and haven’t had a reason to use them yet! I thought this would be a perfect project for them!

Here is the recipe I used:

3 TBL butter (melted)

4 cups mini marshmallows

6 cups rice krispies cereal

blue food coloring

In a microwave safe bowl I melted my butter, added my marshmallows and stirred them around quickly to coat them with the butter. Then microwaved them for about 1.5 minutes. Then I added the blue food coloring to that and then added my cereal. Mixed it all together and then patted them down in a buttered jelly roll pan. (I doubled the recipe to fit in the jelly roll pan. If only doing a single batch, it will fit in a 9×13.)

I probably could’ve added more blue food coloring, but it was too late.

Then I took my star cookie cutter, buttered the sides so it wouldn’t stick, and cut my shapes. I laid my stars on some parchment paper and stuck my red and white striped paper straws in the centers.