Unabashed Nostalgic Fat Girl

[beetiger]

For the last while, I've had a craving for Rice Krispie Treats. So, hey, I'm a grownup, I have $5, my son occasionally has guests over to give me a veneer of an excuse that I'm making them for kids, I went ahead and made them. Using good traditional housewife methodology, I used the recipe on the side of the cereal box.

Much to my shock, they were meh. Maybe Rice Krispie Treats just aren't very good now that I am a grownup. This would make me sad -- after all, I still like Marshmallow Peeps more than is legally allowed in most states -- but so be it. But then my son also was lukewarm on them, which surprised me.

But I had a lot of cereal left, and we've got a kid-guest tonight. So I made them again, but this time I happened to look at the recipe on the marshmallow bag. It's got significantly more butter. I made them this way, and you know what? They're as good as I remembered.

So, hey, Kellogg's: why are you changing the recipe and pretending it's the "Original"? For health reasons? Who the hell eats Rice Krispie Treats for their health?

If I make them again, I'm making them with lots of butter. And perhaps, as someone on the Internet suggests, dipping them briefly in 151 rum before eating them. See if you can stop me.

ETA OH HAI GUYS I JUST TRIED THIS SOAKING IN RUM THING AND OMG I LOVE YOU RANDOM INTERNET TIPSTER THIS IS LIKE RICE KRISPIE FRUITCAKE.

Comments

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Rice Krispie Squares... Mmmmm......

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

There's the same problem with oatmeal cookies. Quaker changed the box recipe in 1987 (I saw it myself between one box I bought and the next) and the newer recipe had less butter.

Not only the flavor but the texture was affected, in that case. People fret over why they can't get their cookies to come out like their mother's. THAT'S WHY.

When I supply them with the pre-change recipe that I've preserved, they invariably report success.

Butter: your key to delicious baking since the Middle Ages!

[ladyperegrine.livejournal.com]

So, hey, Kellogg's: why are you changing the recipe and pretending it's the "Original"? For health reasons? Who the hell eats Rice Krispie Treats for their health?

Hey, this made me giggle out loud. Thanks. :-D

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Saoked in rum - wow, I'd never had considered that and must try it soon.

[mmsword.livejournal.com]

Curious... I'll have to make some notes.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Excellent butter, mmm....

And some sad souls will substitute margarine for butter, not understanding what they are doing.

[beowabbit]

Ooh, I love the rum idea!

[e-phemera.livejournal.com]

YUM. :)

[rowyn]

*giggles at the ETA* Hee!

[tracerj.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking, "That idea is worth breaking my diet for, at least once...."

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Once I tried yogurt.

...ONCE.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Experimentation is excellent -- and you learned something, even better!

I remember the time I substituted baking soda for baking poweder, or maybe it was the other way around. I learned not to do that!

[sapphire-d.livejournal.com]

Was just thinking about the documentary 'Fathead' where dude ate a diet of fat and butter and bad stuff, and lost weight. :) Mmm.. rum soaked krispie treats.

[cattitude.livejournal.com]

Don't read this until the rum has worn off, and you are sober. It contains a BAD IDEA.







What happens if you light rum-soaked Rice Krispie treats with lots of butter on fire?