Take 5 Candy Bar-Inspired Rice Krispies Treats posted by Staff Writer Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to Recipe Do you ever watch Chopped? It’s one of our favorite shows. Well, sort of inadvertently. Like, I never turn on the TV looking to watch Chopped, but if I stumble across it– I cannot turn it off. And they’ll run like 10 back-to-back episodes of it late at night, so once I get sucked in, I just get comfy for the rest of the night… Anyway, for those of you not familiar with the show, it’s a Food Network program in which they give contestants a basket full of ingredients. These ingredients hardly ever seem to go well together from the start (and sometimes they’re really weird!), but it’s the contestants’ job to use all of the random ingredients to create a dish more delicious than the other contestant’ dishes. Ever since I’ve started telling people that I’m a food blogger, that’s always something they like to throw at me: “oooooooh, you should be on Chopped!” Oh, right. Because the recipes on my blog (which primarily consist of sugar, butter, and chocolate chips) clearly qualify me to work with cow’s feet and oyster goop. Obviously. *eyes rolling* However…. I do sometimes like to walk in my office and play my own version of Chopped (aka: the easiest version ever). When I walked into my office today and dug through my drawers and shelves of candy and general chocolatey items, a few things caught my eye: caramel, chocolate covered pretzels, and rice krispies. What?! You expected me to get more creative than Rice Krispies Treats?? Not today, friend. We’ll have to save the oyster goop for another episode… er.. I mean, post. But back to these ingredients… I decided to add a layer of crunchy peanut butter and a milk chocolate drizzle on top to make a copycat Take 5 plopped right on top of a Rice Krispies Treat! So good. And so easy! I had these all ready in less than 15 minutes! Which means if you make them right now…. you could be eating them in 15 minutes!!!! What are you waiting for? Continue to Content Take 5 Candy-Bar Inspired Rice Krispie Treats Yield: 9 Print Ingredients 10 ounces miniature marshmallows 1/4 cup butter 5 cups puffed rice cereal 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter 1 cup caramel pieces 1 tbsp heavy cream or half & half (water is actually fine too) 1 cup chocolate covered pretzels, broken into large pieces (I just did a rough chop) 1/4 cup Hershey's Baking Melts Instructions Line a 9x9 baking dish with parchment paper or grease very well. Set aside.In a large mixing bowl, microwave the marshmallows and the butter for 1 minute. Stir until smoothUse a rubber spatula to gently mix in the puffed rice cereal. Mix until cereal is coated.Gently press the cereal mixture into the prepared baking dish. Don't press hard-- just enough to spread the cereal to the edges of the dish. (I use a greased rubber spatula to do this). Spread the peanut butter over the krispie treats, and set aside.Place the caramel pieces in a small, microwave safe dish. Pour the cream or half & half or milk or water (the fattier liquids make the caramel creamier, but you don't have to use them) over the caramel. Microwave for 1 minute. Stir until smooth. Pour caramel over the peanut butter.Press the chocolate covered pretzel pieces into the caramel.Place the baking melts into a gallon sized zip top bag, unsealed, and microwave for 30-60 seconds until the chocolate has melted. Snip the corner of the bag, and drizzle the chocolate over the pretzels.Let cool at room temp for about 30 minutes to let chocolate harden, OR put it in the refrigerator or freezer to set up the chocolate in half the time!Cut into 2 inch squares to serve. Store in airtight container for up to a week.
I posted something along these lines yesterday – but with Twix and chocolate and PB on top rather than Take 5 and my base was also a cereal base but with PB in it 🙂 I looooove RKTreats and cereal bars. I would be all over these. Amazing. Pinned. Reply
Look at us, channeling each other! Thanks for the pin! I pinned your cupcakes earlier today and have been thinking about them nonstop! Reply
I always get “So do you want to be on the Food Network?” These rice krispie treats look amazing. I just polished off a pan of plain ones, I apparently need to go and buy more marshmallows now! Reply
Dang Ashton, these look like they would satisfy any craving I could have on any given day! Which means I should make them OFTEN! I need to pin this! Reply
I never would have thought to add stuff to the top of rice krispies treats, hence I guess I couldn’t be on Chopped. These look great! Reply
Ashton, I love these bars! I just want to reach into my screen and grab one to eat right now. If I had all those ingredients, I would for sure take 15 minutes and make some this instant! Great photo collage at the end, too. Chopped sounds like a fun show! I’ve never seen it (or heard of it) before. Sometimes if I need something for dinner, and it seems like I don’t have anything to make, I’ll pull together what things I do have and create something from those ingredients. Haha, nothing like oyster goop though 😉 Reply
I like your version of Chopped … no oyster goop for me! Take 5 Rice Krispie Treats … yes ma’am 🙂 Reply
I LOVE take 5’s. Pinning these right now and plan on making them very soon! Just found your blog and it’s great! Always awesome to find fellow dessert lovers 🙂 Reply
Made these this weekend and they were awesome! They didn’t last very long in my house! Thanks for the recipe. Reply
Made 2 sheet pans of these for a benefit today… everyone RAVED about them! They were just SO awesome, and I still can’t get over how easy they were to make! Definitely sharing this recipe with friends. Thanks! Reply
