I love food. I love trying variations on my favorite foods. Recently I had a huge craving for Rice Krispy Treats. Not the store bought kind, which seem to have a bizarre manufactured taste, but the wonderfully messy stickiness of homemade.

The first batch (good old original plain) was just as I imagined, a piece of cereal heaven in my mouth (just like your mom). Then I started thinking, can you make them any better?

So I set out to try some variations. First up is the Chocolate Orange RK. Not sure if they were better but they were definitely damn good eaten

The Recipe:

Ingredients:

  1. 1/2 stick of butter (4 tblspoons)
  2. 1 bag marshmallows ( i prefer to use the mini ones)
  3. 6 cups rice krispies
  4. Zest from 1/2 of orange.
  5. 1 cup (or more depending on your tastes) semi sweet chocolate.

Steps:

  1. Zest 1/2 of the orange if not already done. To zest use a fine to medium grate to grate the orange peel. Try not to go to far with the zesting, just take off the top layer of orange from the rind/peel.
  2. Melt the butter in a large pot.
  3. Add the orange zest, stir so it is mixed evenly.
  4. Add the marshmallows, stir until completely melted.
  5. While waiting for the marshmallows to melt, begin melting the chocolate.
  6. Grease a 13 by 9 pan with butter or crisco.
  7. Once the marshmallows are completely melted, remove from heat.
  8. Add the rice krispies and stir until evenly coated.
  9. Spoon into the pan.
  10. Butter the backside of a large spoon and use it to smooth out the rice krispies in the pan.
  11. Finish melting the chocolate and pour the melted chocolate on top. Smooth to desired thickness.
  12. Let cool.
  13. Cut and serve.

Tip: Cool in the freezer or refrigerator. One it sets the chocolate faster, two it seems to help set the marshmallows and butter faster as well which keeps the rice krispies krispier.