Slow Food Organic Rice Krispies Treat

Conrad

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:59:22 GMT

Never thought of using anything other than butter, marshmallows and Rice Krispies.
I guess the closest thing we can come to here to in Canada is Cadbury Caramilk or Mars bars. Will have to try next time we make Rice Krispie squares. Warmed up in the microwave topped off with ice cream sounds like an idea to try too!

fx

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:48:51 GMT

Yes this was quite fun to cook, way more than if I were the one to make it. I think Taz had a good time too!

Feyoh

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:43:03 GMT

OK, FX, this is so funny. Congratulations on teaching Taz how to cook.

fx

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:32:22 GMT

Laura, indeed Taz did a good job and had the right look for this recipe. You can tell he really enjoyed making this! You can certainly use American caramel instead of Carambars!

fx

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:22:12 GMT

Damiano, I think the Mars bar might be an acceptable substitute for our beloved Carambars...

Damiano

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:41:44 GMT

Great, I remember doing something like this when i was younger, using rice crispies and melted Mars candy bars.

lauraC

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:45:21 GMT

Taz is adorable! Rice Krispies treats are one of my favorites. Who would have thought to add caramels to the marshmallow? Looks amazing, and can I just say how gorgeous the kitchen is?
I bet you could just add some American caramels to the mixture.

fx

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:45:55 GMT

Joanna, I"m glad to hear you liked the article!

fx

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:45:32 GMT

Hong, glad you liked Taz"s work and hope you can try this in your own kitchen some day!

fx

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:44:42 GMT

Kelly glad you liked my article!

fx

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:20:31 GMT

Molin, I am sure that candies made from raw peanuts and jaggery must be a whole lot healthier than this rice Krispies Treat was!

molin

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:12:08 GMT

Hello,

In India they do something called "chikki" especially in Mumbai areas which is done with peanuts and jaggery syrup which is kind of similar to what you have shown here. I don"t know how they do it, but i know i am giving you some research and development activity :-) good luck.

Kelly Shannon

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 06:28:42 GMT

This is hilarious! I knew the rice crispy treats I have had were always missing something: Carambars!
Aye caramba!

hong

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 04:52:01 GMT

I have ever bought similar snack in the supermarket here in China, but I have never seen the cooking process. Today I at last watched the concrete processing and happily enjoyed it. Very nice and the snack looks yummy. Taz did well.

Joanna

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 02:42:39 GMT

What a delightful photo story. You made me laugh! Thank you....

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:22:35 GMT

FX Hartigan, I can"t say I disagree with you, those treats are really sickly sweet and after the first one enjoyment starts to dwindle. But teenagers are from another planet and they can tolerate much higher doses of fat, sugar and alcohol than we grown-ups!

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:21:04 GMT

Tess, glad you liked my little cooking fumetti!

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:20:26 GMT

Susan, make sure to limit the number of Treats you eat, they are really seriously caloricious!

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:19:40 GMT

Gfron, I will post some real slow food cookies soon, although not carambar-based...

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:19:03 GMT

Julie this is indeed one recipe to show contemporary vegetarian kids that vegetarianism does not need to be boring!

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:16:27 GMT

Hello Mr Tavis, glad you liked the article, Taz was very cooperative and seemed to enjoy very much cooking that most American treat under your daughter Therese"s supervision!

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:15:18 GMT

Lily I think your mom"s best pan is doomed once you have cooked marshmallow in them, the trick is to use hand-picked high-altitude slow food organic marshmallows!

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:13:18 GMT

Cynthia I had to place a bouncer at the entrance of the kitchen to keep the parents out while we were shooting, they stood behind me and entered half a dozen time to remove a stray cup or pick up some rice crispies that fell to the floor. Lovely people but new to the world of food photonovels where continuity is of the essence!

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:11:13 GMT

Ariun there will be another recipe with Dan the Man Friday week.

fx

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:10:01 GMT

Fran, indeed I felt like posting something seriously gourmet for a change! Right up Taz" alley!

Fran Magbual

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:22:23 GMT

Well, I was wondering when you were going to start posting some real "gourmet" recipes! ;-) A very fun post and a good way to get the kids into the kitchen. Your friend"s son looks like he might actually enjoy being in the kitchen.

ariun

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 20:59:35 GMT

What a nice kid. He will surely get the chicks! Speaking of whom, where"s Dan the Man? We want more Dan! ;-)

Cynthia

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 20:54:18 GMT

Now, I soooooo want to have one of those rice krispies treats. Of course it does not help that you have that big beautiful photograph where almost the entire frame is filled with the treats!

When I saw the pic of Taz"s mom fixing his hair, I laughed to hard. Honestly, I think that mothers cannot help themselves at times.

Lily

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 20:09:51 GMT

I am finishing up my studies and I can say that the sugar rush you get after eating marshmallow treats has helped me plenty during exams.

I have only made these once in my life, after that my mom was very angry.

Is there a secret to getting sticky marshmallow off your mom"s best pan?

sparky tavis

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:39:34 GMT

How could we not enjoy this. Tas is our grandson. How great. As if we didn"t already know!!!.

Julie

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:28:18 GMT

Thank you FX for your excellent, educational article.
My daughter is vegetarian, in spite of not liking vegetables or mushrooms or eggs, so I shall be certain to make her read this so that she can get the full benefit of learning how to make a healthy home-cooked snack.

Gfron1

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:49:57 GMT

Looks great, but let me ask...what happened to the slow food? I was expecting your usual over-the-top style of puffing your own rice, marshmallows from scratch, etc. Get back in the kitchen and do it over for us :) Please.

Susan at Sticky,Gooey,Creamy,Chewy

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:47:36 GMT

Wow! Those look so good! I am a Rice Krispies Treats addict! If I make them, I can rest until I"ve eaten every last one. I"m fascinated by those candies. I will have to look and see if I can find some here in the US.

Tess

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:31:05 GMT

Awwwww! This must be the cutest illustrated recipe ever! :)

FX Hartigan

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:10:43 GMT

Cute kids, great kitchen, lighthearted series. The treats, though, tempt me not at all: I used to make them by the hundreds in a university bakery. (The easiest way I know to make those is to put the marshmallow cream and butter -- no Carambars here -- in a hotel pan and seal with plastic film and aluminum foil, then toss into a pressurized steamer for half an hour. Then toss in the cereal and mash into pans.)

Angelica

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:48:29 GMT

FX: Yes, I think it is. And I never chew toffee, I suck on it to make it melt. And that may have sounded weird, I don"t know... :p

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:41:48 GMT

Tina, this recipe is the exact same Therese quoted, it must quite famous I guess! Carambars are caramel candies, so sticky you can use them to repair walls. But if the sun comes, they will melt. They are wrapped in papers with silly jokes printed inside.

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:40:25 GMT

Kobi, I did not get your link, please if you can send it by replying to this email. I use a Nikon D300 and a bunch of lenses. The big difference comes from the lighting, off-camera flashes shot through umbrellas. Lighting - that"s the first thing you should look into, not the camera.

Kobi Tobinao

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:20:29 GMT

Hi FX, I hope you got a link from Facebook with my pictures that I want to share with you, if you didn"t I will resend it.
As I told you- I love you site and your pictures. Which Camera and lens you own? If will be very helpful to know. I"m looking to buy a good camera to take my food pictures.
Thank you so much.
Kobi. Los Angeles

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:59:57 GMT

Thanks Octavian, glad you liked the picture. We had some trouble as when we started the kitchen was bathed in sunlight, but I shoot manual and it kept changing. Then as the outside light dwindled while the sun set, my reflection started to appear in the window behind the young chef, and I didn"t realize this until too late!

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:58:11 GMT

Simon, how about a marshmallow strawberry soup to convince your youngest of the benefits of eating soup?

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:57:13 GMT

Paul, when Taz was cooking he put some (OK, a lot) of the caramel mixture over the stove, and he said "FX, you are soooooo cleaning this yourself!".
I phoned his father tonight and he said there was still some burnt marshmallow on his stove.

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:55:46 GMT

Xavier yes you are quite right the bubble-gum ice cream would have made a very nice complement, but it"s an advanced recipe and I didn"t want to tax Taz"s cooking debuts.

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:54:54 GMT

Luci thanks for visiting!

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:53:30 GMT

Angela we did really have fun with this one!

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:53:14 GMT

Zorra in fact Taz told me his dentists prohibited him from eating carambars on account of his braces!

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:52:16 GMT

Loicy, Therese told me you can do them without carambar, but any meltable caramel/toffee/fudge should do. If a reader knows about American equivalents of the carambar, please let us know! Here is the wikipedia link just in case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carambar

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:50:07 GMT

Rosa I"ll ask Taz" parents next week if their boy is now addicted to "slow food"!

fx

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:49:37 GMT

Javis, thanks it was indeed delicious although by the fourth I felt they were really sickly sweet!

Choosy Beggar Tina

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:45:25 GMT

I used to eat Rice Krispie squares all the time as a kid! They were also the first "dessert" that I ever made all by myself!! Ah, I still remember - 1/4 cup butter, 1 pkg marshmallows, 6 cups of rice krispies. What fabulous things.

I"ve never heard of Carambar before though. What is it like? Would it be similar to a Tootsie Roll (if you have those)?