Update: Thanks for stopping by. This giveaway is now closed. Winner selected by Random.org is being contacted by email. Congrats Comment #41 (Karen).
This month, Team Philly is competing against 3 other teams in a national Rice Krispies Treat Challenge, the first of FOUR we will do this year. Our designated theme was "Easter" and we had to create a unique Rice Krispies Easter treat with a fun display using even more Rice Krispies.
And, we each get to giveaway a $100 Visa gift card. How incredible is that?! {Rules to win my gift card are at the bottom of this post!}
So, we gathered our pans and our wits and headed over to the kitchen of our challenge captain, Joey.
I knew I was at the right house when I saw the recycling bin full of Rice Krispies Cereal Boxes! Brave Joey had tried one display idea that just wasn't happening. We put our heads together and came up with this fun recipe!
Cocoa Butter Krispies Easter Egg Treats
Ingredients:
4 Tbsp Butter
3 cups Marshmallow
3 cups Cocoa Rice Krispies
1 cup shredded coconut, sweetened*
1 cup butterscotch chips
Coating: pastel candy melts with speckles
Instructions: Melt Butter in large pot over Medium Heat. Mix in marshmallows and Cocoa Rice Krispies. Turn heat to low as you add coconut and butterscotch chips. Mold into egg shapes and set on tray.
Follow directions on the bag to microwave candy melts until liquid. Dip into melted chocolate, whole or halfway. Sprinkle with colorful sprinkles and pipe with icing as desired. Kids LOVE this!
*Coconut could be optional. Butterscotch is the main taste that tingles the tastebuds. And, these treats are seriously mouth-watering.
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But, Team Philly was on a roll! As you can see in the display below, I was working with some serious overachievers and loving every minute.
Can YOU find all the Rice Krispies in this picture?
HINT:
- Look for the large Rice Krispies wrapped Easter Basket w/ chocolate bunnies inside,
- the Rice Krispies woven basket with candy pops inside,
- the iced Rice Krispies Easter Flower cut-outs on sticks in a yellow metal tin,
- and of course, our yummo Cocoa Butter Rice Krispies Egg Treats on egg plates in front.
(Team Philly: Captain Joey, Zareen, Tara, me)
Each of the blogs below are also running a $100 giveaway! Go visit and comment! (And, "like" our Cocoa Butter Krispies entry on Facebook when it goes live April 13th!! This is a contest after all and we need YOUR help!)
PHILADELPHIA:
Zareen Fidlon, Cooking with Z
Tara Bucci, Baby Momma Blog
Joey Fortman, Real Mom Media
We are competing with teams from Phoenix, Kansas City and Asheville! To see their entries, head over to The Motherhood Rice Krispies Circle where we will be posting our recipe too.
How to WIN Here:
1) Leave a comment here telling me your favorite way to eat a Rice Krispie Treat!
2) For additional entries to win: Blog, Tweet, and/or Facebook a link to this post. Or, subscribe to Genesis Moments via Networked Blogs, RSS feed or email. Come back here to tell me you did each thing in separate entries.
Tweet:
Enter to win a $100 Visa Gift Card via @SPeppel http://ow.ly/4sAto #RiceKrispies
4) Contest ends at midnight April 11, 2011. Winner will be randomly selected via Random.org .
Happy Krispy Treating!!
Official Rules:
Abbreviated Rules: No Purchase Necessary. Begins no earlier than 12:00:00 AM (ET) on 03/28/11 and ends no later than 11:59:59 PM (ET) on 04/12/11. For complete Official Rules, go tohttp://web.mediacdt.com/docs/EasterGiveawayRules.pdf. Open to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. Subject to complete Official Rules. Void where prohibited. Sponsor: The Motherhood; www.TheMotherhood.com.
View official rules here:http://web.mediacdt.com/docs/EasterGiveawayRules.pdf
Disclosure: This is part of a paid campaign sponsored by the makers of Kellogg’s® Rice Kr
ispies® cereal ®, TM, © 2011 Kellogg NA Co.
Check out Joey's awesome video of the event:
Check it! More giveaways this week from Philly Social Media Moms.
Rice crispy treats are MY FAVORITE dessert! I'm simple, I know. I like the plain jane original recipe. I actually really like the individually packaged ones they sell.
Love the basket! I also tend to prefer the plain ones, but homemade and still slightly warm are the best.
I'm a traditionalist, though always eat them when they're just mixed!
I like to eat rice krispies with peanut butter and kayro syrup, not marshmallow and with chocolate and butterschotch melted over it. It's a recipe my grandma developed and it's delicious!
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You guys are hilarious. My fave Rice Krispie Treat recipe comes from my inlaws' family. They are a Shane family tradition – we call them Scotcheroos. They have peanut butter mixed in with the rice krispies and marshmallows and chocolate on top. Nom.
Seriously impressed with those baskets! I made up my own Rice Krispy concoction with peanut butter and chocolate chips which is quite scrumptious!
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I like it with m&ms inside.
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I love to eat a rice krispy treat with little marshmallows.
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I love to eat them fresh from the oven when the its warm
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I like the rice crispies treats in there orginal recipe, but I ready to try your new recipe.
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I love the original treats but after seeing your recipe, I may have a new favorite. Can't wait to try! Good Luck!
I like it with M&Ms
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I like them with a little peanut butter mixed in. I'm a peanut butter nut! What's more, if they had a bit of chocolate on top I'd be in Rice Krispie Heaven, which I'm quite certain does exist.
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I love to add peanut butter chips to the original krispies!
I like to eat them plain.
I love the original recipe the best. Sometimes if I am in the mood I spread melted chocolate chips on the top.
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I just love them plain
Awesome ideas!! I love the original rice krispie treats and a glass of cold milk!
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Love to dip my Rice Krispies Treats in milk chocolate. You all did a great job with the contest entry. I love the baskets. They are amazing. Good luck.
I love to eat them with chocolate chips in them! So delicious warm with the melted marshmallows!
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My favorite way to eat a rice krispie treat is when they are warm, fresh out of the oven!!
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fresh out of the oven!!
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Choco drizzled rice krispie treats
My favorite is the original! It is the best.
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I love dipping Rice Krispies in warm, melted chocolate
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I like rice krispy treats with chocolate chips in them!
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I love Rice Krispies in milk with fresh strawberries sliced on top!
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I like them just plain, but if I were to add anything, it would be chopped dried cranberries or cherries
The basket is really a cute idea!
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My favorite way to eat a Rice Krispie treat is with a little drizzle of chocolate on top and a big glass of milk!!
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Everyday at school, during lunch, my friends and I take turns buying a chocolate rice krispy treat. Then we break it into pieces and share it. Yesterday was my turn to buy the treat. That's my favorite way to eat a Rice Krispy treat! (:
I like to eat rice krispies with peanut butter.
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I love to eat rice crispie treats with choc chips and nuts mixed in.
I'm a plain Jane when it comes to eating Rice Crispy bars. My husband though, he loves chocolate and butterscotch chips melted over his. That's a little too rich for my blood.
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I like store bought Rice Krispie Treats. They taste better when someone else make it.
I like plain, but homemade ones are the BEST~!
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I like Rice Krispie Treats with chocolate chips and a tall glass of milk
My favorite way is the plain original recipe
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I like to make them with the original recipe.
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I like Rice Krispie Treats with Peanut Butter. My grandma made them that way – I didn't even know about the marshmallow kind until I was an adult.
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I just like the original ones, although adding chocolate chips is good too.
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i made a rice crispy treat cake for my husband's b-day one year- so yummy!
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wow cute basket!! i love 'em w/ peanut butter spread on top then drizzled w/ melted white chocolate
Your Rice Krispie treats are soooo cute! I love the original recipe but we always add extra marshmallows which makes them super gooey!!
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Right out of the pan! I like them plain, but they're also great with peanut butter or caramel. Yum!!
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I love the traditional Rice Krispies treats with the addition of peanut butter! MMMM
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my favorite way is to make them into a hershey kiss- pack it in a funnel and wrap alumium foil around it.
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I like Rice Krispie treats with M&M’s baked in.
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