May 28, 2012
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Do your kids ask for the familiar rice krispy treats but you want a little more fiber and nutrition? How about a recipe without corn syrup?
I try to keep a well stocked pantry of snacks. Having a variety of them on hand allows my family to enjoy the convenience without sacrificing nutrition. By making my own, I know exactly what ingredients go in my food. Finally, these snacks need to come together quickly, because like yourself, I am a busy mom.
I make these whole grain rice krispy treat recipe so often, I actually had to look up the recipe to share it with you! It’s measurements have become engrained in my memory and now I make it on my own.
Not only are these gluten-free treats great for packing in lunches, they also work well individually wrapped to take along on summer road trips and picnics. They are the perfect portable snack.
These definitely aren’t the rice krispy treats I grew up with–super sweet and marshmallowy. Instead, these are peanut buttery and not too sweet, almost a bit salty. The perfect balance of sweet and salty if you ask me!
The brown rice syrup has a lower glycemic index than its high fructose corn syrup marshmallow counterparts. What’s not to love about that?
Dark chocolate sweetness and brown rice krispy crunch… yumm.
Melt, mix and pour. So easy the kids will love to help!
Brown Rice Krispy Treats
Ingredients
- 10 ounce brown rice krispies
- 1 ¾ cups brown rice syrup
- ¾ cup peanut butter almond butter or non nut butter
- ½ cup semi-sweet or non-dairy chocolate chips
Instructions
- Pour the rice cereal in a large bowl. Heat the syrup with a pinch of salt in a saucepan over low heat. When the rice syrup liquifies, add the peanut butter and stir well until combined. Pour over the rice cereal. Mix well.
- Once thoroughly cooled , stir in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the mixture into a 8×8 or 9×13 baking dish. Let cool for 1 hour before cutting into bars.
Equipment
Nutrition
I found this recipe in the Kind Diet.
brandy
Is the nut butter required? Or can I just use brown rice syrup to hold it together? Looking for a replacement for marshmallows. Thank you!
MOMables
for this recipe with these measurements yes.
Debra
My son is allergic to wheat, nuts, soy, seeds and legumes. And we are kosher. The only non nut butter I see is apple butter. How do you think this recipe would work with apple butter? Would it be ridiculously sweet? Any other ideas? Thanks so much!
MOMables
apple butter is not a “nut butter” replacement Debra. Yes, I know they call it “butter” but it’s more like an apple curd or jam. I’m sorry to tell you that it will be a bit too runny for this recipe. have you gone to our recipe index and scanned some of our allergy friendly recipes? we have a large section.
Noellia S
Maybe try coconut oil?
April
I am avid cook and freeze girl… Busy life. So I was wondering, do you think these would freeze well individual servings? Id love to bulk make and serve in kids lunch. Thoughts?
MOMables
April, these do not freeze well. when they thaw out the cereal gets mushy.
Tricia
Any idea how many servings this allows for and how many calories in each serving?
MOMables
Tricia, I’m sorry, but we don’t calculate calories -especially in treats.
Andria Hanski
I just made this recipe with a variation (not as healthy, but tasty!). In place of the peanut/nut butter, I used Biscoff Spread. I did not add chocolate chips as I thought it was enough of a sweet treat already with the Biscoff Spread. I used a 10 oz. box of Brown Rice Crisps as that was the only size I could find. FYI, at Trader Joe’s Biscoff Spread is called Speculoos Cookie Butter. Thank you for posting the above recipe. I love that I can now use brown rice syrup instead of marshmallows!!
Cat
Great recipe! I make something similar with brown rice krispies, 1 cup of peanut butter, 1 cup of agave nectar, and 1 cup of brown sugar. Thanks for keeping the recipes coming and the kids healthy!
MOMables
Glad you liked them Cat!
Heidi
I made your marshmallow fluff last night and am looking for ways to use it, besides in PB/Fluff sandwiches. Do you think I could substitute it for marshmallows to healthify rice krispy treats?
Tammy Lens
So, no surprise to me, but these ingredients are not available where I live. I was able to find Gluten Free Whole Grain Brown Rice Kellogs Rice Krispies. I had no luck finding Brown Rice Syrup or any Rice Syrup. I did some googling and found I could substitute Corn Syrup or Molasses. I have never used either, do you know which one would be a good substitute for this recipe? Thanks in advance
MOMables
I order my rice syrup and much of my supplies on amazon. they get shipped directly to my house and it’s a win win. check out our store tab it’s in there. as far as corn syrup, no it won’t work as well. it doesn’t solidify as well. you might as well do it with marshmallows if you are going to use corn syrup. same thing about molasses
Stephanie
These sound great!!! I’m curious if you’ve ever used honey or maple syrup instead of the brown rice syrup?
MOMables
they do not stick as well. traditional rice krispy treats have marshmallows (made with corn syrup). take marshmallows out the better alternative is rice syrup. honey or maple are runny and don’t solidify. sorry!