Peep Krispie Treats Recipe!

A mouse got into my peeps!

Actually, my kids decided they didn't like peeps! 

And taking from the persistence of me, they kept trying to eat them again and again...

What kid doesn't like Peeps?!

Especially ones who LOVE marshamallows!

So I decided to try them out for Mere's party to make Rice Krispie Treats with Peeps!

I found this recipe but I didn't have enough PINK Peeps to fulfil the recipe.

So I modified and tried my own method...

I threw 24 peeps (disregarding the ones that were half-eaten!) and a handful of mini marshmallows.

I let everything melt over medium low heat, to create lovely pink mess of marshmallow...

Then I stirred in 4 cups of rice krispies. 

I pressed them into a dish, and they were so pretty and sparkly.

Thank you pink sugar crystals!

And they fit in perfectly with the pink theme of the party!

They were not sweeter than typical Rice Krispie Treats, and were quite yummy.

Read below for the full recipe!

Peeps Krispie Treats

3 TBL butter

24 Peeps (any color, all one color, or a rainbow of colors!)

6 cups of Rice Krispie Cereal

Heat a large pot over medium low.  Add butter and marshmallows and stir until completely melted. 

Marshmallows burn quickly, so please continue to stir! 

When melted, remove from heat and pour in 6 cups of cereal.  Stir until coated with marshmallows. 

Pour into a buttered 9x9 dish.  Wet your hand under cold water and push the treats into the dish.  Let set for a few hours before slicing.

*Tip* If you keep cold water running, you want actually dip your hand under the water and then pull the krispies "stuck" in the pot out without burning yourself.  Wet, pull out, wet again.  Use this same method to push into the dish without getting it stuck to your fingers! 

Enjoy!

Cake Mix Cookie Recipe!

Since we were having an Abby birthday party, I envisioned all the desserts being pink!

We made the perfectly delicious strawberry cookies shown below...

The first time I ever made these was for an Army function.

I needed something to take, and I didn't have a lot of time. 

I did have a chocolate cake mix, oil and eggs. 

I thought why can't I make cookies out of these?

After a search online, which pulled up a sea of recipes, I chose one I most liked.

Straight from Betty Crocker herself, this is what I did...

1 box cake mix any flavor (forgive me for not getting BC, this was onsale for $0.88)

2 large eggs

1/3 cup of oil

(The recipe says vegetable oil, which i never buy because i don't fry things.  The canola oil was substituted and worked wonderfully!)

So easy, that I let my almost 2 year old do all the steps!

Pour your cake mix in the bowl.

Add oil and 2 eggs and mix together until well combined.

I used my electric hand mixer, not the spoon as shown above.

Place teaspoons on a cookie sheet.

In a preheated 350* oven, bake cookies for 8 to 10 minutes.

And you will end up with this!

They are so moist and full of flavor.

You have to try it!

I LOVE doing this with my kids because there are no dry ingredients to measure. 

Low stress, low mess.

I have written the recipe below!

Cake Mix Cookies

1 box of cake mix, any flavor
2 large eggs
1/3 cup oil

Preheat oven to 350*
Pour cake mix in a bowl.  Add eggs and oil.  Beat with mixer for 2 minutes or until combined well.
Add teaspoonsof cookies to a cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.

Yields: 48 cookies!