Just when I thought I had tried every rice crispy treat recipe under the sun….this recipe shows up on StumbleUpon.
I may or may not have immediately run to the store to by a cake mix to make it.
And…had a little too much fun playing with those gorgeous, colorful sprinkles.
And…enjoyed every single, glorious, hint-of-cake-batter-flavored bite.
And…shared the rest with friends so that I didn’t eat too many bites.
And…now I share it with all of you.
And…you should make some.
:)
Cake Batter Rice Crispy Treats
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 12-16 servings 1x
Description
You will love this bright and colorful cake batter rice crispy treats recipe! Great for special occasions!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 Tbsp. butter
- 1 (10 oz.) bag of mini-marshmallows
- 1/2 cup yellow cake mix (the dry cake mix, not prepared into a batter!)
- 5 cups crispy rice cereal
- 1 (1.75 oz.) container of sprinkles
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat and add marshmallows. Stir until they begin to melt, then remove from heat. Whisk in the (dry) cake mix, then stir in cereal so it is completely coated with marshmallow mixture. Sprinkle in half of the sprinkles and briefly stir. (Don’t stir too much or the sprinkles will bleed out their color.) Press the mixture into a baking dish (any size will do) and top with remaining sprinkles. Let sit for about 30 minutes before cutting. I find spraying a knife with nonstick spray helps to cut them cleanly.
- *Disclaimer: You consume dry cake mix at your own risk.*
Notes
Recipe slightly adapted from How Sweet Eats
I found this recipe from Pinterest and had to try them. They are very yummy. My only recommendation would be to add the sprinkles after you have already mixed the cereal and marshmallow mix for a little while. My sprinkles began to melt as I mixed. They still turned out delicious but would have been cuter with intact sprinkles!
These look amazing I will be trying them. Got a good laugh out of some of the comments!
Looking for a good use for the left over cake mix? Go to this blog for a recipe for Funfetti Cake Batter Dip. -I think any cake mix flavor would be yummy. Please don’t make the cake mix as directed though :) Just use the dry mix.
So….what do you do with the leftover cake mix now that it’s reduced in size??
Do you know if I could do this with from scratch batter? If so what to leave out? We have food allergies in my family so I do everything from scratch, but I’m still in the baby stage of baking!
I think my kids would love this treat.
Thank you
Made these for my boyfriend and my little sister. Both are away at college! Its the perfect thing because I get sick of sending plain old rice krispy treats. I snuck a couple bites before sending them. Sweet recipe. I’m also loving all of these comments about new add-ins. My only question; What to do with extra cake mix?
Thanks for this recipe! It’s very sparkly (daughter’s words). For “special” bakers like me who need to follow a recipe like a road map or I get lost and I don’t find my way, could you kindly change 10 oz. on the one whole bag because the first time I tried it I only used 10 oz. Yup. The second time I used the whole bag of marshmallows and the rice cereal actually mixed with the other ingredients the second time lol!
yumm
I am going to feature these on my friday favorites tomorrow. Come by and check it out! These look great.
Oh my! Sounds delish! I will have to try it with chocolate cake mix. Does it mix in enough so it’s not gritty?
I just found your site through pinterest. Thanks for sharing this recipe… I plan to make it asap!!!