Strawberries and Cream Rice Krispie Treats

We’re not baking. We’re not turning on the oven. We’re melting stuff, stirring aggressively, and pretending that freeze-dried strawberries count as fruit.

Yield: 8 large squares| Prep Time: 5 minutes | Cook Time: 15 minutes | Total Time: 20 minutes

What Makes These Irresistible?

They’re pink. They’re no-bake. And they’re very hard to stop eating! These no-bake strawberries and cream rice crispy treats are the chaotic summer dessert you didn’t know you needed. Think classic marshmallowy bars—but grown up, fruity, and dipped in white chocolate like they just got back from studying abroad. Easy, dramatic, and dangerously snackable.

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Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, browned (113g)*

• 9 cups mini marshmallows, divided (450g)

• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (2g)

• ¼ teaspoon kosher or sea salt (1g)

• 6 cups crispy rice cereal (150g)

• 1 cup white chocolate chips (170g)

• 1 cup freeze-dried strawberries, crushed or chopped (15g)

Instructions

1. Brown your butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir until it smells like toasted heaven and looks amber (browning the butter is optional, see notes).*

2. Add the marshmallows to the pot. Stir until melted. Take off heat.

3. Stir in vanilla and salt.

4. Fold in crispy rice cereal ¾ cup of the white chocolate chips and ¾ cup of freeze-dried strawberries.

5. Press mixture into a greased or lined 9x13-inch or 8x8-inch pan.

6. Top with remaining ¼ cup of strawberries and white chocolate chips

7. Let them set for 30 mins or refrigerate if you're impatient. Slice. Eat. Repeat.

Notes:

1. Don’t skip the brown butter unless you enjoy emotional emptiness in your desserts. I’m just joking… you do not have to brown the butter for this recipe to be tasty! Once the butter is completely melted, you may proceed to add the marshmallows.

2. For cleaner cuts, grease your knife or slice while the bars are still slightly warm.

3. “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”
   — Galatians 6:9

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