Sweet treats

I came home after a trek to the grocery store a few months back with an unwanted item – someone had inadvertently placed a box of Trix cereal in my bags. Maybe they were inadvertently placed on my side of the grocery divider and I paid for them, I can’t remember. Anyway, I tried a small bowl with milk they way you’re supposed to eat them and they’re awful. Noel’s not much of a cereal eater and there’s no way I’d ever give them to Robbie, so I tried something I’ve wanted to do for a while: make Rice Krispie treats. I cook and bake from scratch a lot, yet somehow never made them before. I made them with Trix, so I guess they’d be Trix treats.
Following the surprisingly easy directions on the back of the marshmallow bag (I always thought they were ultra messy being sticky and all. Not so with the microwave instructions!) I came up with what you see above. I must admit, the first day they were bad. I thought, wow, I just ruined a perfectly good bag of marshmallows I could have made s’mores with! But after a day in the fridge (not sure if this is what you do with them…the marshmallow bag failed me on storage tips) they taste better. Like a fine wine, this junk food gets better with age. Straight out of the fridge it’s a bit tricky to pry them out of the pan, but once in your hands you feel like a kid again eating carnival food. I might make them again because they look fun and festive, but only for big kids. I do enough laundry and furniture stain spotting already!