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The Rice Krispie Challenge Part 1: Easter and a $100 Visa Card Giveaway

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Ok guys.  It’s time to have a little fun around here.  I am participating in a year long competition sponsored by Rice Krispies where four teams of four bloggers each, get together once a quarter and create a rice krispie treat and centerpiece based on a given theme.  The submissions are then voted on by you and judged by the folks at Kelloggs.  The winning team has their recipe featured and after all four competitions have been completed, an overall grand prize winner is announced.


Meet the team.  My partners in crime include:

With all that talent in our pocket, just try and tell me we don’t have this one in the bag.

Meet our adorable rice krispie chick sitting in his oh so delicious chocolate rice krispie nest.  The chick consists of Rice Krispies, Marshmallow, butter, white chocolate and lemon zest.  Dip him in a little more chocolate, swirl him around in some coconut, pipe out a beak and some eyes and voila.  The nest is a simple chocolate butter cookie recipe that utilizes a combination of regular and coco krispies.

In case you’re wondering how we made them, take a look at this step by step diagram for making your own edible Easter chicks.

But the treat wasn’t the only part of the assignment.  We also needed to create a centerpiece to go with it.  And what’s Easter without a bunny rabbit.  Am I right?  These guys were the same recipe as the chicks, we just piped out ears with white and pink candy melts and attached them with a little “candy melt” glue to help them stick.

Here are a few shots of the project in action.  Such a fun, fun day we all had!

And when the Rice Krispies were all molded and the chocolate all dipped, here was the result of our busy day’s work.  Notice the bunny bums hanging out of the rabbit holes.

And a closer shot of the garden scene.  the dirt in the garden is coco krispies and all the veggies are real.  The grass is coconut died green.  We melted green candy melts and spread them over the top of the hill to help it stick better.  What do you think?

So now we hand it over to you.  Beginning April 12th, Rice Krispies will post all four entries up on their facebook page.  You’ll have one week to throw our team votes and then the winner will be announced shortly after by Rice Krispies.  You can also see all the entries come in throughout the week over at The Motherhood’s Rice Krispies Circle page which is designated as our one stop shop for all things Rice Krispie!

AND… as if that wasn’t enough excitement for one day, I’m also giving away a $100 Visa Gift Card in conjunction with the competition!  The contest runs through next Tuesday, the 12th of April when I’ll announce the winner.  All you need to do to enter is leave a comment below letting me know what you think of our rice krispie creation and you’re in like flint!  You can get bonus entries for:

  1. Subscribing to Mommie Cooks RSS Feed
  2. Liking Mommie Cooks Facebook Page
  3. Liking Rice Krispies Facebook Page

And don’t forget to stop by Amy’s, Sommer’s and Robyn’s sites to enter their Visa card giveaway as well.

Here’s the full timeline for all the fun!

* April 12th – Giveaway winner announced.
* April 12th – 15th – You are able to vote on your favorite Rice Krispies® Making Memories Challenge treat for Easter on the Rice Krispies® Facebook page.
* April 15th – Our team is participating as hosts of a fun chat at The Motherhood. I’d love it if you’d come join in the fun!
* April 21st – Rice Krispies® will announce the winner of the challenge on The Motherhood circle.

 

Thanks in advance for your support and may the best team win!

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Note: I am working on this project in conjunction with The Motherhood and Rice Krispies®.  I have been compensated for materials and stand to win an awesome prize should our team win out over the competition.

 

THE MOTHERHOOD MAKING MEMORIES KELLOGG’S TM RICE KRISPIES TM BLOGGER GIVEAWAY

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Chocolately Lemony Chick Rice Krispie Treat

Yield: Yields Approximately 46 Chicks

Total Time: 50 min

Ingredients:

For the Rice Krispies Treats:

3 Tbsp Butter or Margarine
4 Cups Miniature Marshmallows
6 Cups Rice Krispies
1/2 Cup White Chocolate Chips
11/2 tsp Lemon Zest, Not Compressed (about 2 Large Lemons)

To Make the Chicks:

1 Recipe for above Rice Krispie Treats
8 Oz. Yellow Candy Melts, Melted
1 14 Oz. bag Sweetened Flake Coconut
1 Cup Chocolate Chips, Melted
4 Oz. Orange Candy Melts, Melted

Directions:

For the Rice Krispie Treats:

Melt butter over low heat in a large saucepan. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.

Stir white chocolate chips and lemon zest into marshmallow mixture. Add in Rice Krispies® cereal and stir until all ingredients are well combined.

Spray a 13x9-inch pan or cookie sheet and a spatula with non-stick cooking spray. Pour Lemonade Rice Krispies® mixture into pan and spread with spatula. Cool completely.

To Assemble the Chicks:

Form 1 tablespoon Lemonade Rice Krispies® Treat into the shape of an egg. Dip treat into yellow candy melts and then roll in coconut. Place onto a large piece of parchment paper to dry.

Pipe eyes onto each chick with melted chocolate. Alternately, you can use a toothpick dipped into the melted chocolate and dotted onto the chick. Pipe a nose onto each chick with melted orange candy melts. Place onto parchment paper to allow to dry.

 

 

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Comments

  7. The chicks and the bunnies are soooo cute! I love them! The whole scenery with the veggies and the cute animals are adorable! Congratulations! Good luck!!

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  12. My favorite is the little bunnies diving into the holes with just their cute little feet hanging out!

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  30. Love your website. Rice Krispies are perfect for this time of the year. Great designs! I liked RK on FB and Mommie Cooks on FB. Thanks!

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  35. so stinkin’ cute. like i would have any doubt that you would not come up with something entirely fabulous… i can’t wait to hear about what you win!

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  36. That is my favorite Easter creation of any type ever! I also have a little thing for Rice Kripsies. I am just amazed at how adorable each aspect of it is!

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  60. Soo cute! I love your little garden hill covered with little hoppity critters! 🙂 Good luck with the contest. (great photo of your army of sweet bunnies ha ha)

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  62. I love it! The colors are perfect.

    I bet the coconut would also be good for making mini mummies at Halloween.

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  84. This is such a lovely concept of celebration and association with friends.I always look forward to such good times with friends and family.Julie, those little chicks are too cute, I would eat so many of them.You have done them so neatly even though these were so minute to handle
    Happy Easter in advance to all of you!I look forward all the posts.

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  87. I also “like” Mommiecooks on FB…and everywhere else. I would like you in a house, I would like you with a mouse…

    Sorry…I get a little carried away.

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  111. This is such a fun recipe! I love the idea and how well you executed it. I would have loved it even more if the rice crispies were used more than just for the base of the bunny/chick and dirt. However, that is probably because coconut is not one of my favorite ingredients and dyed coconut seems even less appealing, but I know its more for decoration. I’m sure you will win!! 🙂

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  119. You are so creative and talented. I thoroughly enjoy your website and this project just put you over the top in my book. What a fabulous group of ladies that came up with such a wonderful and creative display. I so admire your skill. Thank you for continually sharing your wonderful dishes.

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  134. This looks so cute and sounds like it would taste fantastic too, will be voting!

    shawn113(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  144. I just have to say that the little forest farm bunny chick scene you created is adorable and like nothing I have ever seen anyone do with cereal! LOL I love it! Thanks for the chance to win!!!

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  161. I am trying to come up with words other than “cute” or “adorable”! So sweet, and you make it look easy.

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  170. Not sure if this email will get lost amongst the rest, but I did exactly the same thing on March 27 and a tutorial on the Easter bunny yesterday. How interesting.

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