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posted: 03/23/16

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These Carrot Cake Rice Krispies® Treats are an absolutely amazing twist on your favorite easy treat! I’m so happy to be partnering with Rice Krispies to bring you this fun and fantastic treat just in time for Easter! This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Rice Krispies®. As always, all opinions are my own.

The Carrot Cake Rice Krispies has little shreds of carrot within the rice krispies and topped with a cream cheese frosting topped with cinnamon.

When I was growing up, every year we drove out to Colorado to visit my mom’s parents and her brother. I LOVED going. It was the one time of year I saw my grandparents, and though I wasn’t especially close to them, I have such warm fuzzy feelings when I think about that week every year that we spent there. Watching gameshows with my grandfather, smelling my grandmother’s sauerkraut cooking, going hiking in the mountains, spending time with my cousins.

In a a glass casserole dish, the Carrot Cake Rice Krispies has a small slice that was cut out showing the little shreds of carrot that is mixed in with the rice krispies.

It was always around Easter, and we would do fun Eastery things. Like making bunny shaped cakes and coloring eggs. I even remember my gruff, totally not a softie grandfather dying Easter eggs with us.

So now when I think of starting Easter traditions with my own kids, I think about that week with my mom’s family and I get all mushy and sentimental and just want to make it all so special for them. I want there to be coloring Easter eggs, building houses out of candy for candy bunnies to live in, Easter egg hunts, Easter basket scavenger hunts, and enough paper grass to drive me insane. (Hint:  That’s like anything more than two straws.)

An overhead photo of the Carrot Cake Rice Krispies cut in little squares and topped with cream cheese frosting and cinnamon powder.

And treats! There always need to be homemade treats.

Easter treats are so fun to make, because there are SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS! But I especially like these Carrot Cake Rice Krispies® Treats. You guys. These are treat perfection. First of all, they seem way fancy, but they start with the basic Rice Krispies® Treats recipe, so you know they are super easy. But! They pack in so much flavor that they are absolutely addictive. And then you put the cream cheese frosting on top, and you take an amazing treat to a whole other world.

The Carrot Cake Rice Krispies has little shreds of carrot within the rice krispies and topped with a cream cheese frosting topped with cinnamon.

A few things about this recipe:  While it is very easy, you do really have to follow the steps, or you will end up with Rice Krispies® Treats that taste stale. You need to throw the spices in with the marshmallows to fully distribute them, but you need to wait on the carrots until the cereal is completely coated by the marshmallows. That way they will make a nice little coating for the cereal and it won’t soak up the moisture from the carrots. Finally, when I say a quarter cup of carrots, I really mean it. If you add more, you risk the stale soggy issue. But if you follow the recipe as written, you will end up with a pan of Rice Krispies® Treats that you know you should share with everyone but that happens to begin and end with you. ;)

The Carrot Cake Rice Krispies has little shreds of carrot within the rice krispies and topped with a cream cheese frosting topped with cinnamon.
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Carrot Cake Rice Krispies Treats

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Ingredients

  • 3 TBSPs unsalted butter
  • 10 oz marshmallows
  • 1 1/2 tsps cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 6 cups Rice Krispies®
  • 1/4 cup finely grated carrots
  • 8 oz cream cheese room temperature
  • 4 TBSPs unsalted butter room temperature
  • 2 cups powdered sugar not packed
  • 2 tsps vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Spray a 9 by 13 inch pan with cooking spray.
  • In a large saucepan, melt 3 TBSPs butter. Once melted add the marshmallows stirring regularly until melted. Add the cinnamon and nutmeg until well distributed. Remove from the heat and stir in the Rice Krispies®, stirring so they are fully coated. Finally, add the shredded carrots and pour into the 9 by 13 inch pan. Push down and allow to fully cool.
  • Beat together the cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth. Spread over the cooled Rice Krispies® Treats and serve.
Author: Lisa Longley

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The Carrot Cake Rice Krispies has little shreds of carrot within the rice krispies and topped with a cream cheese frosting topped with cinnamon.
The Carrot Cake Rice Krispies has little shreds of carrot within the rice krispies and topped with a cream cheese frosting topped with cinnamon.

Hi! I'm Lisa Longley, and I am committed to giving you simple dinner ideas and recipes that are easy to make; recipes that will fill your home with joy. I am the owner and author of SimpleJoy.com and I'm so glad that you are here.

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  1. Mir says

    Holidays are just more fun with kids. The planning/work can be a doozy, but it’s worth it in the end.
    These are MAGNIFICENT. Never woulda thunk of this one!

    • Lisa Longley says

      Thank you Mir!

  2. laura {not a trophy wife} says

    Hi Lisa I am sharing your recipe and image in two blog posts in the next week! One is for my Weekend Spotlight and then a more humorous one when I share my Carrot Cake fail! Both link to your post! Thanks for the inspiration! laura

    • Lisa Longley says

      Great! Thanks Laura!

  3. Rachel says

    Ohhh!! I love this play with rice krispies…so fun and festive! And I can pretend they are healthy, right, because they have a veggie in them!! So fun :)

    • Lisa Longley says

      Totally! I’m so glad you get me :)

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