Turtle Cereal Treats

4/12/2013

Ingredients like chocolate chips, marshmallows, caramel, pecans, rice crispy cereal and butter combined in any sort of way - cannot be bad. I am thoroughly convinced that if you start with these tantalizing flavors, no matter how you put them together, they are going to be delicious.

Short of just throwing them all into a big bowl and stirring them together, I did the easiest thing that I could think of with these delicious ingredients - I made turtle rice crispy treats.

I pictured these turning out differently when I envisioned this recipe in my mind. I imagined the caramel sitting on top of the rice crispy treat and the chocolate and nuts nestled into the thick caramel layer. What I realized (purely by mistake) was that the caramel actually soaks through the rice crispy treat and coats the entire dessert with sweet gooeyness. A delicious discovery if I do say so myself.

Turtle Cereal Treats
4 tbsp salted butter
6 cups mini marshmallows
1 tsp vanilla
5 cups rice crispy cereal
caramel sauce
1 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Melt marshmallows and butter in saucepan.

Stir in rice crispy cereal.

Pour into a greased 8" square pan.

Flatten with the bottom of a glass.

Pour caramel sauce over cooled rice crispy treats. If you happen to have homemade caramel sauce that is the best but if not, use store bought caramel.