Crispy Chocolate Cherry Treats

Name: Crispy Chocolate Cherry Treats
Yield: Makes 16 squares
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 10 ounces, marshmallows; 1/2 cup (3 ounces), white chocolate chips; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 5 cups, Rice Krispies cereal; 1 cup, dried cherries, chopped; 1/2 cup (3 ounces), semisweet chocolate chips

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

We set out to dress up this kids' favorite for Valentine's Day. While we were at it, we put the back-of-the-box recipe under the test kitchen microscope.

SERVESMakes 16 squares

TIME30 minutes, plus 1¼ hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We tweaked the cereal-to-marshmallow ratio of our Crispy Chocolate Cherry Treats to produce creamier, richer treats, and added a bit of vanilla extract and salt (both missing from the original recipe) for flavor. For thicker, more substanti...

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