These fun Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispie Treats are sweet and colorful, with double the marshmallows! This is a quick and easy dessert that’s great for kids, but just as loved by adults!
My husband is one of those guys who isn’t super concerned with style. If it’s comfortable, he will wear it.
Except sweatpants, he won’t wear those, which makes no sense to me.
For the most part he’ll wear what I buy for him. BUT left up to his own devices, even the most carefully and lovingly selected items can quickly go awry.
For example, the cargo pant. My husband is the one with his cargo pant pockets fully loaded. I have told him that you’re not supposed to actually fill the pockets, that they’re just a style. This logic makes no sense to him. If a pocket is there, surely it is meant to be used.
He’s trying to help the pants live up to their full potential, he says.
Next up, work-out wear. To him, this can be anything. He came home from a “run ” the other day dressed in jeans, a belt, boots and a tucked in T-shirt. He literally went running in a belt. I was telling my girlfriend about it and how weird it is to run in jeans and she asked me who he was running from…because the only time anyone should be running in jeans and a belt is when they fear for their life. I tried to explain to him that if there are buttons or a belt loops you shouldn’t be exercising in them, but my logic fell on deaf ears.
This brings me to my next point…jeans. My husband has yet to retire the “carpenter style” jeans that were popular back in the early 2000’s. My husband isn’t a carpenter and doesn’t regularly carry around a hammer, so any pant with a hammer loop is really unnecessary in our daily lives. BUT since these jeans are so baggy I am assuming that running in them isn’t as hard as say, a pair of skinnys.
He doesn’t understand why I get embarrassed. And honestly, the more embarrassed I get, the more he tried to push the envelope.
A few weeks ago we had a cold day…in the 20’s. He and I had to run to the store together and he went to get in the car dressed in a shirt and shorts. Basically like it was Spring Break. I told him to go put on his clothes, to which he replied, “Yeah, this is what I am wearing.”
He refused to change into weather-appropriate attire. I was so embarrassed. I tried to pretend that he was my father when we went to the store, instead of my husband…shaking my head and calling him “dad” really loud…which totally backfired when he started saying completely inappropriate sexy-time comments to me. I can’t win.
So anyway, I ask you, please..am I the only wife who has to deal with this?
I need intervention tips!
Now to comfort myself from the carpenter jeans humiliation I have to endure daily I make sweet treats. It’s a coping mechanism.
Today we have my most favorite thing of all, the Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispie Treat.
I have been making Rice Krispie treats with Fruity Pebbles for years and years and years. It’s my most favorite variation on the usual Rice Krispie Treat. And in the case of trying to keep things fresh I adapted my recipe slightly to accommodate for more marshmallows. Because the more the merrier. Plus, when I saw these mini “Mallow Bits” at Target a few weeks ago I knew exactly how I wanted to use them.
Here are the stars of the show…
Being the self-proclaimed Krispie expert that I am, I like to use a combination of the cereals. Through years of research I have perfected the ratio of Rice Krispies to Fruity Pebbles, for the best Fruity Pebbles Treats! *ahem.
Once you do the usual Krispie business: melting the butter, melting the marshmallows, stirring in the cereal you will need to take these to the next level by adding the Mallow Bits…
Stir that up and press the yumminess into a greased pan.
And if you bought an extra jar of the Mallow Bits you can pour some more on top for a pretty garnish. Pretty garnishes are important.
Cut them up and eat to help soothe the pain of living with your fashion crime of a spouse.
My husband begrudgingly approved this message.
Double Marshmallow Fruity Pebble Krispy Treats
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Resting Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 35 treats 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Description
These fun Fruity Pebbles Rice Krispie Treats are sweet and colorful, with double the marshmallows! An easy dessert to make with kids!
Ingredients
- 8 cups Rice Krispies
- 4 cups Fruity Pebbles
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
- 2 (10.5 oz) bags of mini marshmallows.
- 1 container of Jet Puffed Mallow Bits, plus more for garnish
Instructions
- Spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray
- In a large sauce pan melt butter over low heat. When butter is melted add both bags of mini marshmallows (not the Mallow Bits). Stir until melted, remove from heat.
- Pour in your Krispies and Fruity Pebbles, stir to combine evenly.
- Pour in your entire container of Mallow Bits and stir until incorporated.
- Press evenly into your prepared pan.
- * optional garnish ~ sprinkle extra Mallow Bits on top and press gently to secure.
- Let cool for 15 minutes and cut into squares.
Notes
Store in an airtight container for up to 2 days
YUM! Definitely have to make these
So funny…. glad to know my dear Husband isn’t the only fashion disaster walking around out there… just the other day he tried to leave the house in hiking boots, camo cargo shorts and a camo tee shirt. He got sent back in the house to change! 🙂
Hello! I found your blog on a picture/link from Amanda (Kevin & Amanda blog) from blissdom. I really liked your post today. Funny story & and a great looking tasty treat. My 2 1/2 year old will LOVE it!! Renea.
You just had me laughing out loud at my desk. My dad is a HUGE fan of the cargo pants, and like your husband, fills them to the brim. At one point he even carried around a couple of CDs in his pockets…And don’t get me started on his “lawn” clothes. Teal sweatpants and loafers. My mom is horrified.
hahah what is it with men and style??! I mean, I can’t even imagine logistically how you would run in jeans and boots…
I think we are married to the same man!!!! My hubby wears cargos too… and fills all the pockets. I really dislike the style. After 24 years of marriage and baggy jeans, we finally got rid of the jeans last fall after I told him he had a nice a** and it would look good in some updated jeans. POOF! The baggies were gone and we are lookin’ better in 2012! He refused to give up the cargo pants though. Thank goodness he doesn’t have Zubas! Love the recipe! I think this is a must make for spring break!
You are not alone. My husband refuses to get rid of clothing until it literally falls apart. He has horribly ugly shirts from the late 80s, early 90s that are “still good”. He wears socks with his (biking) sandals. AND, he refuses to purchase or wear any pant that is not a tapered leg. I’ve tried and tried purchasing straight leg jeans and slacks, but he just takes them back. Oh, and don’t even get me started on the pleats……dress pants must have pleats. NO ONE wears pleated pants!!
I love rice krispie treats..the more marshmallow the merrier!! And…while i wish i could help you out on the embarrassing husband deal..I can not! My husband is the King of embarrassing me..not because of the clothes, he has other ways..LOL! I have learned after 20 years to just grin and bear it. 🙂
so pretty! love these 🙂
Well maybe you’d prefer mine, who HAS to have all the gear necessary if he gets into something….bike riding….loads of cash on a new bike, the tight lance armstrong clothes (he doesn’t really have that biking bod either) and some weird “biking shoes” that you lock into the bike…you lock your feet into the bike while riding a bike? and yeah, guess what he fell in a parking lot while locked into the bike—that’s a cool move 🙂 now he’s into baseball and told me he needs more gear…..
Shelly,
Tell your husband about my blog – JoggingJeans.com – where people take pictures of people running and exercising in jeans! Maybe that will shame him into buying some “normal” workout pants. Or maybe someone already took his picture and it is here. 🙂
Love your site (I’m an addict too).
Jill
umm, omg. This is the most hilarious thing ever! a whole blog dedicated to jogging in jeans?! Pure awesome!