Looking for an incredibly easy but festive dessert to bring to a holiday party? Look no further than these Christmas Rice Krispie Treats 🙂 Perfect for any school party, holiday gathering, or late night snack, these come together in 15 minutes and are such a delicious twist on the childhood classic.
RECIPE TIPS:
- One easy mistake to make with this recipe is to crush down the mixture when adding it to the pan. You want to gently stretch it into the pan and lightly pat it level with a spatula or your hands.
- Worried about the mixture sticking to your hands? I have a tip for you: before you touch the Rice Krispies, run a few drops of water over your hands and rub them together. The water will prevent the marshmallow mixture from sticking to your hands and allow you to easily manipulate the treats without having to crush them down!
- In this recipe I use vanilla and almond extract. The vanilla extract is essential to the flavor, but the almond is something extra I added to add to the festive flavors. If you don’t like almond or don’t have any extract on hand, feel free to omit it!
- This is made in a 9×13 pan. I like to use one with a lid (like this one) so it’s easy to pack up and take to a party or pot luck!
The holidays are already stressful, no need to make an elaborate dessert that will add to that stress! This recipe is simple, colorful and delicious. It’s a hit at any party or gathering and you’re going to have friends asking for the recipe 🙂 If you decide to try them please leave a comment and review below. Enjoy!
Christmas Rice Krispie Treats
These Christmas Rice Krispie Treats are the easiest holiday dessert! This nostalgic dessert is amped up with brown butter, vanilla and almond extract, and become festive by using sprinkles and holiday M&Ms!
Ingredients
For the Rice Krispies:
- 1 cup salted butter
- 20 oz mini marshmallows
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract this is an extra touch of flavor but not required for the recipe!
- ½ tsp salt
- 10 cups Rice Krispies
- 1 cup red and green M&Ms
- ½ cup red white and green holiday sprinkles
For the garnish:
- 8 oz white chocolate or almond bark, melted
- ½ cup red and green M&Ms
- ¼ cup red white and green holiday sprinkles
Instructions
For the Rice Krispies:
- Line a 9×13 pan with parchment paper. Lightly mist with nonstick cooking spray and set aside. In a large pot melt your butter. Once melted, continually stir until the butter just begins to brown. The butter should foam up twice and then begin to give off almost a nutty aroma. Immediately remove from heat so the butter does not burn.
- Immediately stir in the two teaspoons of vanilla extract and the almond extract if using. The hot mixture will bubble up, so continue to stir an additional thirty seconds until the sizzling subsides. Add in salt.
- Add in one bag or half of your marshmallows and mix until almost completely melted before adding the remaining. Stir until all of the marshmallows are entirely combined and melted. At this point, add in the Rice Krispies, 2 cups at a time, and lightly stir until combined. Continue to add the Rice Krispies until everything is evenly combined.
- Add in the M&Ms and holiday sprinkles. Stir only until incorporated or the M&Ms will start to melt. Pour the mixture into the 9×13 pan. Lightly wet your hands and gently push into the pan to the edges. You don't want to crush it, so really be gentle with it!
For the garnish:
- Break up the white chocolate and add to a heat proof bowl. Microwave for 30 seconds, stir and repeat until completely melted. Once it's ready, set aside for 3 minutes to chill down to room temperature. Using a spoon, drizzle about half of the white chocolate onto the treats. Sprinkle on the M&Ms and sprinkles. Use the rest of the white chocolate to drizzle on top of the garnishes. This helps to lock them onto the dessert so they don't all fall off!
They tasted so good! I messed it up so it didn’t really work, but i retried and it was awesome!! I totally recommend this recipe!
The brown butter was something I never tried but there’s turned out to be the best rice crispies I’ve ever had! I was able to make these up within 15 minutes and then drizzled with white, green and red chocolate (white). Bought the different colors from Michaels store.
Delicious and so festive! Thanks!!
Does the white chócale harden afterwards?
Yes it does!
Not enough mini marshmallows for the amount of rice krispies, my recipe came out extremely dry and crumbly.
Yes, I didn’t end up using the full 10 cups of rice crispies because of this!
Instead of adding salt and using salted butter I added pretzels! *mwah chefs kiss* and half of it I just kept plain with unsalted butter marshmallow and rice crispy for the baby! Anyone can do this, perfect for family’s basically the kids could help decorate. Hardest part is the browning of the butter because you don’t want to burn it. So much fun!
Oh I love the idea of adding pretzels! Sounds delicious 🙂
10 out of 10! This recipe was delicious!!! I ended up running out of Rice Krispies at about 8 cups and it still came out perfect – moist and flavorful!! Not to mention the presentation as everyone at Thanksgiving thought they were store-bought! Thank you so much for this recipe!!
Worst recipe ever. Too much butter for the amount of marshmallows and Rice Krispies you need. With something like I would stick with a 1/2 cup of butter, not a cup!
Great recipe was concerned about the amounts, but they all went after stirring down the marshmallows and working the rice Rice Krispiesin 2 cups at a time as stated in the recipe came out looking great
Where is the almond extract added? I can’t see it in the instructions…
Where is the almond extract added. It’s not in the method.