Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats

I have a confession to make, guys. The recipe I was planning on sharing with you all this week didn't really turn out the way I would have liked.

My boyfriend, Cole, and I were prepared to make Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats, but we didn't realize we had an incomplete recipe until I did some more research and found the real one today.

Here's how they're supposed to look: 

  Photo Credit Ali Ebright

    

Ingredients:
3 tbsp butter
1 bag of mini marshmallows
1/3 cup yellow cake mix (the dry cake mix, not prepared into a batter!)
5 cups crispy rice cereal
Sprinkles

First, melt the butter in a large saucepan over low heat, then add marshmallows.

Stir in the dry cake mix a spoonful at a time.

Pour in the cereal (add some sprinkles, if you'd like) and stir until covered in marshmallow goo.

Smoosh the mixture into a baking dish, top with sprinkles and set aside to cool at room temperature for about 30 minutes.

Enjoy!

Ali Ebright, of Gimme Some Oven, posted the original recipe.

My Tips:

The recipe that Cole and I used was very vague regarding the cake batter. We assumed that we should actually prepare the batter and mix it in with the marshmallow- and that's what we did. 

It didn't ruin it, but I definitely want to make these treats the correct way soon.

I would also suggest not mixing the sprinkles in with the cereal/marshmallow mixture. We mixed a bunch in and it turned the whole thing a grayish color. Everyone still thought it was pretty good, don't get me wrong. Gray just isn't a very appetizing color for dessert!

Shopping Tip:

Instead of buying bottles of sprinkles at your local grocery store, make a trip to Dairy Queen. They gave us about 8 oz of sprinkles and only charged $1.04.