Lump of Coal Rice Krispie Treats Recipe (2024)

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Everyone remembers the old story about Santa leaving a lump of coal in your stocking if you are on the naughty list. This year, you can leave these Lump Of Coal Rice Krispie Treats instead! Your kids will love finding a delicious snack in their stocking and you get to have fun with the story of telling them they are on the naughty list.

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This recipe for Lump of Coal Rice Krispie Treats is super easy to make. It’s a basic rice cereal and marshmallow treat recipe with the addition of my favorite cookie, Oreo’s. With crushed Oreo cookies and some black food coloring, you can turn a plain rice Krispie treats into a little lump of coal. This recipe is perfect for sharing around the holiday season.

If you want to use less food coloring and you have Cocoa Krispies and Chocolate Oreos available, then try our Double Chocolate Lump of Coal Rice Krispie Treats Recipe.

Lump of Coal Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 3cups miniature marshmallows or 30 large marshmallows
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
  • 4cups ricecereal (reduce to 3 cups if you want softer coal)
  • 1 1/2 cups crushed Oreo cookies, loosely packed (best to leave the filling in the cookies)
  • 4 – 10 dropsblack gel food coloring(enough to turn the melted marshmallows black. The amount required will dependon the brand you use). We have found this super black gel food coloris able to darken the marshmallow with the fewest drops.

Directions:

1. In a large microwave-safe mixing bowl, heat your marshmallows and butter for 60-90 seconds. Until the butter and marshmallow are melted.
2. Stir your marshmallows and mix in your food coloring until you achieve the desired color.

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3. Now mix in your rice cereal and the crushed Oreo cookies. Use a heavy metal spoon as it is quite hard to stir all of the Rice Krispies.

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4. Let sit for about 5 minutes until your marshmallows cool down
6. Use a tablespoon to scoop out your treats onto a piece of parchment paper.

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7. Let cool for 20 – 30 minutes.
8. Pack your treats a little more tightly by using your hands.

The final product will be harder, denser, and drier than your traditional Rice Krispies treats,but the Oreos will make it more flavorful.

Note about color: Some people have found that their food dye did not do an adequate job of coloring the Rice Krispies treats. One of my friends had this happen to her and she used Wilton Black Color Mist to give them an extra coat of black color of her lumps of coal.

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This is such a fun idea for Christmas! Make these lump of coal Rice Krispie treats and store in paper bags marked with “coal” on the outside. Slip them inside your kids’ stockings or gift them to your friends and family as a fun anddelicious holiday treat.

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Lump of Coal Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

This fun Christmas dessert is made by shaping chocolate Rice Krispie Treats into the shape of lumps of coal.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Lump of Coal Rice Krispie Treats

Servings 24

Author Alea Milham

Ingredients

  • 3 cups miniature marshmallows
  • Tablespoons butter
  • 3 - 4 cups rice cereal use 3 cups for softer "coal"
  • cups crushed Oreo cookies loosely packed (best to leave the filling in)
  • 4 - 10 drops black gel food coloring

Instructions

  • In a large microwave-safe mixing bowl, heat your marshmallows and butter for 60-90 seconds.

  • Stir your marshmallows and mix in your food coloring until you achieve the desired color.

  • Mix in your rice cereal and crushed Oreo cookies.

  • Let sit for about 5 minutes until your marshmallows cool down.

  • Use a tablespoon to scoop out your treats onto a piece of parchment paper.

  • Cool for 20 - 30 minutes.

  • Pack your treats a little more tightly by using your hands.

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About Alea Milham

Alea Milham is the owner of Premeditated Leftovers and the author of Prep-Ahead Meals from Scatch. She shares her tips for saving money and time while reducing waste in her home. Her favorite hobby, gardening, is a frugal source of organic produce for her recipes. She believes it is possible to live fully and eat well while spending less.

Comments

  1. Donna @ Modern on Monticello says

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    Such a fun new way to make these! Kids and adults will love them. This post will be a feature this week. Thanks for sharing it. #HomeMattersParty

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  2. Sarah Hill says

    How long do they last for?

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  3. Sophia says

    Can you freeze these?

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  4. Jess says

    Is it really just 1 & 1/2 tablespoons of butter? Why so little butter? (lol). I know these are not your “normal” rice krispy treats, and although Im used to making regular rice krispy treats, this doesn’t seem like its enough butter?

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    • Alea Milham says

      Since we leave the filling in the Oreos, you don’t need as much butter.

      Reply

  5. Lauren says

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    Thank you! I came here specifically looking for a tip on the oreo creme center and i liked that you mentioned to keep it in there. The food coloring tip was a life saver. I had 2 separate brands that didnt work at all. One turned it blue and the other light grey.

    Reply

  6. Emily says

    Does it matter if you use salted or unsalted butter?

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    • Alea Milham says

      No, it doesn’t.

      Reply

  7. Julie C says

    These turned out great! Very easy and they look like perfect lumps of coal! I used Wilton Color Right base black – part of their performance color system (which I don’t have). It took A LOT of the food coloring but it turned out!

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  8. Cathy says

    How crushed should the oreos be? Should they be small crumbs like when put into a food processor? Or just crushed by hand with larger pieces of crumbs?
    Thanks!

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    • Alea Milham says

      I crushed them by hand.

      Reply

  9. Lauren says

    Can I use regular black food coloring instead of gel? I understand the results will vary but I plan on buying the black food mist as well, just wanted to know if the regular food coloring will work at all.

    Every year we do a Christmas treat exchange with my husbands family- these are gonna be a hit!?

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    • Alea Milham says

      Yes, you can.

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Lump of Coal Rice Krispie Treats Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What happens if you put too much butter in Rice Krispie Treats? ›

What happens if you put too much butter in Rice Krispies Treats? If you put too much butter in rice krispies treats they will become oily, the cereal will soak up the butter and the treats will become soggy, rather than crispy.

What makes rice crispy treats hard? ›

High heat is the prime culprit for rock hard rice krispie treats. → Follow this tip: It will take a few more minutes of cook time, but melt the butter and marshmallows over low heat. You'll be rewarded with delicious, soft and chewy treats!

Why do bodybuilders eat Rice Krispie treats? ›

Rice Krispies treats are high in sugar and simple carbohydrates while remaining relatively low in fat and protein. Therefore, they give the body easily accessible energy without slowing digestion. This means someone can eat a portion shortly before a workout and not worry about getting an upset stomach or cramps.

Why can't Muslims eat rice krispie treats? ›

What about Rice Crispy Treats that have marshmallows in them, are they Haram too? Yes, they also use gelatin from pork. All pig products like pork are Haram (forbidden) for Muslims to eat.

Is it bad to eat a lot of rice crispy treats? ›

They are mostly high-glycemic carbs (meaning the type that spike energy quickly), Collingwood says. Other than some iron and B vitamins (thanks to the fortified cereal they're made with), they have little nutritional value. You'll still need to focus on a healthy diet throughout the rest of your day, Collingwood says.

Can you use old marshmallows for rice krispie treats? ›

Stale Marshmallows

You can but I would not recommend it. The marshmallows will clump instead of melting into a nice even goo. Stick to fresh marshmallows for your treats and save the stale ones for a cup of hot chocolate later.

How do you keep homemade rice krispie treats from getting hard? ›

Don't overcook the marshmallows and butter.

Sugars become more hard the longer they cook. So to keep your treats soft, make sure to only cook the butter and marshmallow mixture just until the marshmallows have melted, and not longer.

Why are my rice krispie treats rubbery? ›

Why are my Rice Krispie Treats rubbery? A rubbery of flimsy Rice Krispie treat is due to the addition of too much butter! The cereal is coated in more butter than marshmallow, making it soggy.

Is puffed rice the same as rice crispies? ›

This is because the rice grains of Rice Krispies are prepared with a sweetening, drying, rolling, and cooling process before the puffing, which does not happen to regular puffed rice. Another difference is that Rice Krispies are popped in the oven with oil, instead of a popping gun.

Are Rice Krispies okay for weight loss? ›

Rice Krispies are a low-calorie breakfast cereal that can be part of a healthy, balanced diet. They are made from rice and are usually low in sugar and fat. As a low-calorie food, they can help support weight loss efforts when consumed as part of a calorie-controlled diet.

Are Rice Krispies high in sugar? ›

Rice Krispies

On it's own with milk, 30g of Krispies is already 9g of sugar, so if you're kids are adding even more sugar on top of this, you're right to be cautious of this cereal!

Does rice Crispy give you a pump? ›

if you take it before you work out. But so will any other foods. that are rich in simple sugars and salt, like a Rice Krispie treat, which is high in both. That's because sodium. or salt is an electrolyte, which is going to pull water into the bloodstream, giving you a great pump.

What happens if I use too much butter when baking? ›

Classic signs of a cookie with too much butter include crispy-bordering-on-burnt edges, a greasy surface, an excessively brittle texture, and a predominantly buttery flavor that overpowers the other caramel and chocolate notes.

What happens if you add too much butter? ›

Too much butter will result in a very soft, sticky dough that's difficult to shape, and bakes up greasy and dense.

What happens when you put too much butter? ›

The more you add, the more moist and fluffy it gets. However, at a certain point, you might increase the amount of butter so much that the cake starts becoming dense again and begin to fall into itself—eventually getting closer to the texture of a greasy brownie instead.

What happens if you put too much butter in a cookie recipe? ›

Too much butter makes cookies turn out just as you'd expect: very buttery. This batch of cookies was cakey in the middle, but also airy throughout, with crispy edges. They were yellow and slightly puffy in the middle, and brown and super thin around the perimeter.

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