
Rice Krispie Squares are probably my favourite sweetie (snack?) ever. I love them. They are my go-to sustenance (it’s true that they are probably providing me with very little actual sustenance) when I drive from Inverness to Glasgow and make my inevitable toilet and tea stop in Perth. I kid myself into thinking they are good for me because they are probably 70% air however I don’t think this means very much when the other 30% of them is pure sugar! I don’t care though, they are SO good!
This is not my first attempt at making my own. The last two attempts were not so much of a success, which is weird because there isn’t at all much to the recipe. The problem was that I was trying to make peanut butter krispie squares and by melting the butter, marshmallows and PB all at the same time, the marshmallows were getting over cooked which resulted in rock hard squares. Edible, but not a winner.

Following my oh-so-brief stint in a professional kitchen I picked up a few tips. It just goes to show that everything in life is a learning opportunity, even if it doesn’t work out the way you hope. PMA! Anyways, after my motivational message of the day, the tip was to melt everything in the microwave, but to do it in stages. Start with the butter, as that takes longest and add the marshmallows once the butter is almost fully melted.
I like to think that these are the sophisticated cousin of the turquoise wrappered Kellogs version. In these salted chocolate rice krispie treats, the cereal portion is much less sugary than the shop bough variety but the dulce de leche adds a subtle deep sweetness. The real treat here is the chocolate topping, the contrasting bitter dark chocolate with the sea salt sprinkles takes these squares in to decadent territory. Adding the syrup to the chocolate takes a bit of the edge off the strong cocoa flavour but also, along with the butter, stops the chocolate setting rock hard so that when you bite in to one of these the chocolate and marshmallow squares yeild at the same time. It’s a minor detail but makes the eating experience much more pleasant! (more…)