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
You will love this bright and colorful cake batter rice crispy treats recipe! Great for special occasions!
Ingredients
- 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
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
These looked and sounded fun but my family didnt like them at all! Sticking with the original rice krispie recipe!
These are awesome! I pinned this over a year ago on Pinterest and just finally made them today. I used strawberry cake mix after reading the comments. My whole family loves these!
I just want to tell you how enjoyable this was to make and how much fun my three year old granddaughter had! We didn’t even wait the full thirty minutes to set. Thanks again!
Elsa
I’m looking for the cookie recipe too. I have leftover mix from the treats.
Hi. I was just wondering if the 10oz of mini marshmellows was correct?? Doesn’t seem like alot of marshmellows for 5 cups of rice krispies. Thank you :)
Hi, did you take the recipe down for the cake mix cookies to make with the left over cake mix? It was on here the other day and now it is gone? Thanks!
I just made these but because everyone was talking about the sprinkles melting (I have zero patience, I even do the melting the butter and marshmallows in the microwave) I used the confetti cake mix for my “sprinkles” and just added some actual sprinkles on top. So good! There is a good chance that my husband might not get any of these if he doesn’t wake up soon.
I HAVE MADE THE EXACT RECIPE AS INSTRUCTED ABOVE BUT INSTEAD OF REGULAR RICE CRISPIES I USED CHOCOLATE RICE CRISPIES INSTEAD AND MY HUSBAND JUST LOVE IT ( and he doesn’t even care for Marshmallows ) HE LOVED HOW THE CAKE BATTER ADDED A DIFFERENT TWIST TO THE RECIPE AND HE EVEN THOUGHT THE SPRINKLES ADDED A NICE TOUCH TO IT TO.
PS.
I TOO ADDED MORE CAKE MIX TO IT ABOUT 1/2 CUP
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I just made these and they turned out great. I used about 2/3 c. of the cake mix. My sprinkles started to melt just a bit but not bad. I also used the cake cookie recipe, and it can’t be right. Is 6 oz. 3/4 a cup? If so, it was a runny mess. I just added in the cake mix until it was the right consistency. Getting ready to pop them in the oven. I’ll report back. :)