THE MESA TRIBUNE | AUGUST 1. 2021
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With JAN D’ATRI GetOut Contributor
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grew up with them. Watched them jump into and frolic in a bowl of milk and Kellogg’s Rice Krispies. Snap, Crackle and Pop were my cereal buddies. They each had their own solos in the commercials, and I like Crackle’s part the best:
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This Krispies treat crackles with color
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“I say it’s crackle the crispy sound. You gotta have crackle or the clock’s not wound. Geese cackle, feathers tickle, Belts buckle, beets pickle,” But Crackle... makes the world go round. When my mom made Rice Krispies treats for the very first time, I remember thinking that there couldn’t possibly be a better snack on the planet earth. Through the years, Kellogg’s has put out hundreds of recipes using Rice Krispies, but it’s hard to beat the iconic sweet cereal and marshmallow square. Well, let me share with you and “the boys” a very fun twist on the treat just in time for summer! It’s a giant
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treat in the shape and color of a watermelon. It’s simple. It’s fun. In fact you can make it in a snap! “Snap, what a happy sound Snap is the happiest sound I’ve found You may clap, rap, tap, slap but Snap ... makes the world go round. Snap Crackle Pop Rice Krispies”
Ingredients: For the Green Rind: For the White Rind For the Red Fruit: 5 oz mini marshmallows (half a 5 oz mini marshmallows (half a 10 oz. mini marshmallows (1 bag) bag) bag) 4 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons butter 4 cups Kellogg’s Rice Krispies 2 cups Kellogg’s Rice Krispies 2 cups Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Cereal Cereal Cereal ½ cup semi sweet chocolate Green food coloring chips for seeds Directions next to green cereal, Spray a 9 inch spring form or baking pan with Create another ring, a little wider than the green baking spray or grease with butter. rind. Fill ¾ of the way up the pan. Make green rind. In a microwave-safe bowl, Make Red Fruit. In a larger bowl, melt 10 oz. of melt mini marshmallows and butter until puffy and marshmallows and 4 tablespoons of butter. Add 4 melted, about 1 minute. Immediately add cereal and cups of cereal and red food coloring to desired color. a few drops of food coloring to simulate rind. Mix Press cereal into center of pan and with your hands with a buttered spatula or spoon. With your fingers, and press down to pack all three colors together. line the pan with green cereal so that it is about ½ Place chocolate chips, flat side up, randomly in inch wide and ¾ of the way up the pan. the red fruit part of the watermelon. Make white rind. In a microwave safe bowl, melt Let harden. Cut into wedges. For wedges on a marshallows and butter until puffy and melted. Add stick, insert stick into wedge while cereal mixture is cereal and mix with buttered spatula. Pressing up still soft. ■
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