Cooking With Kids: M & Ms krispie Treats

Shiloh is nearly 12 and she can cook pretty well on her own. She raised over a hundred dollars in one month last year for missions, by making and selling whole wheat bread that she had made. She would carry the loaves in before church and they would be snapped up.

She is a confident cook because she has cooked for ages. Now she has Kyrie (4) help her and is passing on what she knows to her little sister. I love watching my girls cook together, and when all three of us are in the kitchen, or better, when my oldest daughter is home..well..watch out!

Kyrie can make very basic things and one thing she likes to “make” is rice krispie treats. We do them a little different, adding m&m candies to them.

Let your youngest chefs help with this.. They can stir, press, measure…and, of course, taste.

6 cups rice krispie cereal

1 package (10 oz) marshmallows

1/4 c unsalted butter

1 1/2 c m & m’s

Butter a 13 x 9 pan

Melt butter in heavy saucepan. Add marshmallows and stir until melted. Remove from heat.Quickly pour in rice krispies. Stir to coat cereal with marshmallow. Add candy and stir to mix. Spoon out into pan and press down firmly. Allow to cool.

Makes…ummm….ONE.

makes about 16 normal size ones.

You can make these festive by using red and green m and ms only.