Cinco de Mayo Meal: Mexican Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats

May 5, 2009

With all of this eating, we don't really need a dessert but we wanted one to finish out the meal, so it needed to be light and easy.  How about Mexican Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats!  To call these Mexican Chocolate is a BIT of a stretch, but it comes from the addition of cinnamon to the chocolate treats.  Whatever you call them, they're muy bueno!  I'm not usually a huge fan of Rice Krispie Treats, but I have to say the chocolate/cinnamon/vanilla aroma from these enticed me and I tried one.  They were so darn good!  Make these!

This is all you need!

This is all you need! Oops, I forgot to show the chocolate chips!

Mexican Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats
(adapted from Cooks.com)

1/4 cup butter
Dash of salt
1 10-oz pkg regular marshmallows
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp Mexican vanilla
5 1/2 cups Cocoa Krispies cereal
1 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Butter a 9 x 13 pan, or line with non-stick foil.

Melt butter in a large pan over low heat.  Add marshmallows, and stir until melted.  Remove from heat and stir in a dash of salt, the cinnamon and vanilla.  Add cereal and pecans.  Stir well and quickly.

Firmly press mixture into prepared pan.  Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips over the surface.  Cool and cut into squares.

Delicioso!

Delicioso!

~BigSis

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4 Comments so far

  1. Posted by SisMama

    May 5, 20091:17 pm

    those look so good…I’ll have to try that easy recipe..

  2. Posted by BigSis

    May 5, 20095:45 pm

    They were SO easy and SO good! My coworkers devoured them!

  3. Posted by buffy

    May 6, 200912:06 am

    Snap, Crackle and Pop still exist! WOW!

  4. Posted by BigSis

    May 6, 20096:20 am

    Hey Buffy,

    Thanks for “popping” in! Give these a try!

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