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Brown Butter Puffed Rice Krispie Treats

Did you know you could turn regular rice into puffed rice at home? Well you can and all you need is rice and salt to make homemade rice krispies cereal! We took it a step further to make these tasty Brown Butter Puffed Rice Krispie Treats that everyone will love.

This recipe stars U.S.-grown parboiled long grain rice and comes to us from our friend Alexa of @alexawhatsfordinner in partnership with USA Rice and thefeedfeed.

  • Servings
    3-4
  • Serving Size
    1 Rice Krispie Treat

Ingredients

  • 2 cups fine-grain salt
  • 1 cup long grain white rice, parboiled
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 2 cups mini marshmallows
  • Biscoff cookie butter, optional

Directions

  • Pour the salt into a large pan over high heat. Allow the salt to get VERY hot, and then pour in the par-boiled rice, starting with just a tablespoon. Working quickly, stir the rice in the hot salt, and it should start puffing up within a few seconds. Use a slotted spoon to remove the puffed rice from the salt and set it aside. Repeat this process until all your rice is puffed.
  • Add butter to a small nonstick pan on medium heat. Melt the butter and stir it frequently until light brown bits start to form. Allow the butter to brown slightly at the bottom, then remove from heat.
  • In a large nonstick pan, add in the mini marshmallows plus the browned butter. Melt the marshmallows down, then add in the reserved puffed rice. Mix to evenly combine, and you should have something closely resembling a gooey Rice Krispies Treat.
  • Grease a small baking pan and press the puffed rice mixture in to form into a rectangle. Allow to set then cut into squares.
  • Optional: microwave some Biscoff cookie butter in a microwaveable bowl for 30 seconds. Drizzle on top of the puffed rice treat. Enjoy!