Maple Bacon Rice Krispie Treats

Rice krispie treats are one of the best desserts! They are easy, gooey, melt in your mouth treats. I had to step it up with making some maple bacon rice krispie treats. Wow! These little bars are sweet, salty, and gooey. If you prefer the unadulterated rice krispie treats I have a fantastic recipe. Now, let’s get back to maple and bacon.  I love the combination of maple and bacon and thought it would make a glorious combo in rice krispie treats. Y’all these maple bacon rice krispie treats are so rich but not to sweet. They have the perfect balance of sweet and salty. You have to make a batch of these incredible treats.

Maple Bacon Rice Krispie Treats

Ingredients

• 12 strips of bacon, fried
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon bacon grease, from frying bacon
• (1) 10 ounce bag large marshmallows
• (1) 10 ounce bag mini marshmallows
• 1/2 cup real maple syrup
• 1 tablespoon maple extract
• 10 cups of rice krispie cereal

Instructions

• Grease a 9×13 pan with butter or cooking spray.
• Fry 12 strips of bacon.
• Let bacon cool and drain on a paper towel.
• Chop bacon into pieces.
• Melt 8 tablespoons of butter in a large stock pot over low heat.
• Add 1 tablespoon of bacon grease (from frying pan) into melted butter and stir with wooden spoon.
• Add 10 ounce bag of large marshmallows and 1/2 a bag of the mini marshmallows to stock pot.
• Over low heat melt marshmallows into the melted butter. Stirring constantly, using a wooden spoon.
• Add maple syrup and mix into marshmallow mixture.
• Take off heat.
• Add 1 tablespoon maple extract.
• Add half of rice cereal to marshmallow mixture and stir quickly.
• Add other half of cereal, rest of mini marshmallows and bacon pieces (reserving a few pieces of bacon to sprinkle on top) stirring until incorporated.
• Pour out into greased 9×13 pan lightly press rice into pan with clean hands.
• Sprinkle with leftover bacon pieces gently pressing into top to help stick.
• Let sit for at least and hour till cooled.
• Cut bars and store in an airtight container.

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