Today, as we celebrate Father’s Day, I have noticed that it doesn’t seem too different than any other day of the year.
I remember when I was little and we celebrated Mother’s or Father’s Day and I would ask, “When is Kid’s Day?”
Of course my parents, like everyone’s, answered, “everyday is children’s day”.
Well, I’m kinda thinking the same thing applies to Father’s Day.
My mom didn’t tell me that little nugget.
My husband gets food cooked for him everyday and he gets gifts bought for him quite regularly.
Those are basically the two defining characteristics of having a “day”, right?
So, I am trying to make a big deal of all the things that I am doing for him today, so tomorrow when I refuse to make dinner or wash his clothes, I can be all, “It’s not Father’s Day anymore, husband….It’s REAL LIFE.”
And real life means laundry and toilet scrubbing.
That should be a bumper sticker.
Moving on…
Trail Mix Krispie Treats with a Salted Caramel Swirl.
Maybe this isn’t real life.
I have been wanting to try a trail-mixey version for a while, but just hadn’t had the chance.
But when I happened upon this snack mix down the aisles of Target, I knew it was karmic..or cosmic…or meant to be.
Yeah, all that.
Now if you can’t find this yummy stuff, no worries. Just use your favorite trail mix. I like this one because it has little pretzels, eensy cookies and M&Ms in it.
You just make it up kinda like regular krispie treats, but use half krispies, half trail mix.
Mix it up with the marshmallow.
It’s a beautiful thing.
But you mustn’t forget the salted caramel swirliness of it all.
So melt some caramel.
No. Don’t use ice cream topping.
THEN add a few pinches of coarse sea salt.
Oh yes.
Now plop it into your trail mixey, marshmallow concoction.
And DON’T stir it.
Just press it into your pan.
And let it sit for a bit.
THEN cut it.
Am I being bossy?
And this is why you don’t want to stir the caramel in…
You want to have nice little pockets of salted caramel through out.
Salted Caramel pockets are kinda the best.
And that’s it.
Trail Mix Krispie Treats with a Salted Caramel Swirl. Do it.
Now, go tend to your husband.
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Trail Mix Krispie Treats with a Salted Caramel Swirl
Description
makes 20 bars
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 (10.5 oz) bag mini marshmallows
- 3 cups trail mix
- 3 cups krispie rice cereal
- 1/2 cup chopped soft caramel candies or caramel bits
- 1 tsp milk
- 1 tsp coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Lightly spray a 9×9 baking dish with cooking spray, set aside.
- In a large pot on low heat melt butter.
- When butter is melted add marshmallows, stirring until melted. Set aside just while you melt caramels in microwave for 1 minutes. (You want the marshmallow to cool slightly before you add your trail mix in, because if there are chocolate pieces in the trail mix they will melt if the marshmallow is too hot)
- Immediately pour in you krispie rice cereal and trail mix, stirring until evenly coated in marshmallow mixture.
- Stir in coarse sea salt into caramel and drop my the spoonful into the marshmallow/trail mix.
- Without stirring the caramel in, pour mixture into prepared pan and press evenly into pan.
- Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes before cutting into squares.
Notes
If you use the M&M snack mix, like I did, you will need 2 bags, as 1 bag yields about 1 1/2 cups mix.
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HA my kid asked when kid day was too, I was all, you don’t get one, you have a birthday, he was not impressed. And I so need to try this like now, and that trail mix, it would be worth the drive across the boarder for sure.
Love the sweet and saltiness here! Great combo.
Where has that M&M snack mix been all my life? And where have these been??
That trail mix has COOKIES in it!?! Oh my goodness. And that last shot? Gimme one right now! Yum!
I am positively drooling right now…yumm!! This is like a ‘clearing out the sweets drawer to make place for new stuff’- kinda treat. Yeah right, like there is any leftovers ever! hahahaha!
whoa whoa whoaaa, did NOT know that m&ms that those snack mix bags. i could just eat the whole bag! And you even combined it into rice krispies treats? LOVE!
That trail mix with the sweet and salty is going to do. Me. In. Calories don’t count when it’s your “day”, right?
You had me at salted caramel pockets!!! I want these in a bad way right now!!! Sweet and salty is my favorite any day of the month:-)
I saw this salty/sweet mix at target on friday night (yes… that’s how i spent my friday night…) and was tempted to buy it! totally going back now. i looooove salty/sweet AND no-bake recipes. AND the salted caramel swirl takes it over the edge. love!