Cocoa Rice Krispies Football Treats

I made these for my boyfriend who was working on the same day the San Francisco 49ers were playing the New York Giants for the NFC Championships. The sad part is, he didn't even end up having to go into work, and so he dropped them off at work for those who had to be there, and stayed at home and watched the game.

These were pretty good, although I'm not sure if I were to make them again, I would use peanut butter. I think the great taste of the cocoa rice krispies are enough. Damn, these treats are HUGE. Maybe I just can't shape them correctly, but next time, they'll be smaller. I'll probably end up making a half recipe or something.

Regardless, the 49ers didn't end up winning, but it was a great first season for Coach Harbaugh. Next year!

Apple Crisp [mbs]

MSB - Midnight Birthday Surprise. I know too many acronyms, but that's how I live my life.
So at Berkeley, normally we go at midnight and surprise the birthday person. Sometimes we make the birthday person wait for a couple of minutes before we go and surprise them with song and something made by me. This time it was Mimi's turn.
This is Mimi.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The crisp was nice and crispy but the apples at the bottom were nice and tender. YUM!\

recipe for the apple crisp
(inspired by the one found here)
Ingredients
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon [I used 1 teaspoon]
1/3 cup softened butter
1 1/2 cups KELLOGG'S* RICE KRISPIES* cereal
6 cups sliced, peeled cooking apples
Directions:
In large bowl mix together sugar, flour and cinnamon. Using pastry blender, cut in margarine until resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cereal.
Spread apple slices evenly in 23 cm (9-inch) square baking pan. Sprinkle cereal topping over apples. [I used a 9in circle baking pan and added more cereal on top of the topping already made.]
Bake at 180 degrees C (350 degrees F) about 30 minutes or until apples are tender. Serve with frozen yogurt or whipped topping, if desired.

*I would have more pictures, but I only had my phone on me when they cut open the crisp, so no good pictures*

Strawberry Cupcakes with Kiwi Frosting and Rice Krispies Sushi

So one of my friends, Kat, who I just met a couple week ago. She's apparently part of the Circle K at her school which makes all friends! Anyways, so she's leaving for Alabama for ICON (International Convention) and then she's going back to Ohio. =[. It was great hanging out with her and everything. So Friday night, before she leave, good bye dinner - at Minami Sushi. Seriously, we get sushi from there all the time. Only 8 bucks for sushi. YUMMY

Anyways, being that it is HER going away party, I asked her what type of cupcakes she wanted. She said that she loves strawberries and likes kiwi too, so I decided to look at my list of things that I wanted to make, and there it was - Strawberry Cupcakes and Kiwi Frosting. (8 out of 10!)

These were very simple to make even with strawberry yogurt. I had subbed out the yogurt for half a cup of buttermilk and half a cup of sour cream. I also added a little more than a cup of strawberries. It was really good. The frosting was easy enough to make.

I also created some rice krispies sushi for her. They are so cute and really simple to make. She knows that she doesnt get really nice sushi when she goes back to Ohio, so this is an homage to that.

recipe for the strawberry cupcake with kiwi frosting here . recipe rice krispies sushi here.