These Lucky Charms rice crispy treats are a quick and easy sweet to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (or any day)!
Lucky Charms rice crispy treats are very simple and only take about 15 minutes to make. This snack/dessert also has kid-friendly components (though that might make it take bit longer…wink wink).
For example, my boys had fun measuring (and eating) the marshmallows and cereal.
Ingredients:
- 16oz. Bag of marshmallows
- 4 Cups of Lucky Charms cereal
- 1/4 Cup of butter + a little extra for greasing baking dish
Directions:
- Grease a 9×13 glass baking dish
- Melt butter in large pot over medium-low heat
- Add marshmallows and stir until smooth
- Add Lucky Charms and mix until all the cereal is fully coated with marshmallows
- Pour into baking dish
- The mixture will be super sticky so read the below to tip to help spread it out:
- Wash hands thoroughly
- Massage a small pat of butter between your hands to melt and coat your hands
- Use your buttered hands to press down on the Lucky Charm Crispy Treats and press toward edges of baking dish
- The mixture will be super sticky so read the below to tip to help spread it out:
- Allow to cool
- Slide a spatula under the Lucky Charms rice crispy treats and remove entire sheet to a cutting board.
- Use a steak knife to cut into squares
- Enjoy!
Tip: If you don’t have Lucky Charms cereal, no worries! Simply add a few drops of green food coloring to the melted marshmallows and stir in whatever cereal you have 🙂
This is a simple, fun treat to make with your kids. And the fun doesn’t have to stop once they’re made. My boys had a blast building towers from the Lucky Charms rice crispy treats during my photo sesh 😉
Watch out! These Lucky Charms rice crispy treats are so yummy that you, too, may end up with a little thief on your hands!
Recipe Summary
Ingredients:
- 16oz. Bag of marshmallows
- 4 cups of Lucky Charms cereal
- 1/4 cup of butter + a little extra for greasing baking dish
Directions:
- Grease a 9×13 glass baking dish
- Melt butter in large pot over medium-low heat
- Add marshmallows and stir until smooth
- Add cereal and mix until all the cereal is fully coated with marshmallows
- Pour into baking dish
- The mixture will be super sticky so read the below to tip to help spread it out
- Wash hands thoroughly
- Massage a small pat of butter between your hands to melt and coat your hands
- Use your buttered hands to press down on the Lucky Charm Crispy Treats and press toward edges of baking dish
- Allow to cool
- Slide a spatula under the Lucky Charm rice crispy treats and remove entire sheet to a cutting board.
- Use a steak knife to cut into squares
- Enjoy!