Treat Yourself!: How to Make 93 Ridiculously Fun No-Bake Crispy Rice Treats

Treat Yourself!: How to Make 93 Ridiculously Fun No-Bake Crispy Rice Treats

93 cool and creative crowd-pleasing projects that begin with just butter, marshmallows, and crispy rice. From individual apples to a graphic zebra large enough for a party, here are 93 ridiculously fun no-bake rice treats. Just mix, shape (with help of 75 printable templates), decorate, and done! From donuts to dinosaurs—and a robot to a football stadium (to steal the show at your annual Super Bowl party)—these are easy, unique treats for birthdays, holidays, school events, and any other day that calls for dessert.   Gr 6 Up—What could be more fun than 93 dessert recipes that not only are tasty and easy to make but also allow room for creativity and flair and use inexpensive and readily available ingredients? (The base step for all entries is the Rice Krispies treats recipe.) Tinted with food coloring and shaped into sculptures of everyday objects, ordinary Rice Krispies treats take on wild transformations, from an avocado to a football field to a zebra. The tone is folksy and encouraging, and the organization is spot-on. The strongest feature of the work is the photo series for each recipe, captioned with helpful reminders. There are references to Instagram and other websites for stencils to use for the more intricate designs. In deciding whether to purchase this book, librarians may want to ask whether readers could obtain the same ideas and materials from the websites listed or even from Pinterest; however, the strength of this volume is its variety of themes and nuanced suggestions of ingredients and techniques. While cooks experienced with cake decorating and other edible art might not learn a lot, novices will gain much expertise. VERDICT A great pick for libraries with a wide range of cookbook resources, this would also make an eye-catching addition to a DIY display or collection.—Amy Thurow, Rome Corners Intermediate School, Oregon, WI "…will not leave you staring listlessly at your “Joy of Cooking” amid the holiday baking flurry." – Cree LeFavour, New York Times Book Review "Genius." – Refinery29 "Millennial favorite." – Huffington Post "I was reminded...of just how much fun playing with one's food can be."  – Book Riot "A great pick for libraries with a wide range of cookbook resources, this would also make an eye-catching addition to a DIY display or collection." – School Library Journal '" I promise this title will delight your children, your inner child, and your sweet tooth." – Geek Dad Crispy, crazy, cool. From individual APPLES to a graphic ZEBRA large enough for a party, here are 93 creative, crowd-pleasing projects that begin with just butter, marshmallows, and crispy rice cereal and end up wherever your imagination takes you. A giant dessert PIZZA, customized with coconut flake “cheese” and other candy toppings. Snack-size EMOJI, as delicious as they are expressive. A cake-sized CHEESEBURGER, the project that launched the Misterkrisp brand. Just mix, shape (with the help of 75 printable templates), decorate, and done! From DONUTS to DINOSAURS - and a FOOTBALL STADIUM (to steal the show at your annual Super Bowl party) to a ROBOT - these are easy, unique treats for birthdays, holidays, school events, and any other day that calls for dessert. Jessica Siskin is the food artist behind Misterkrip (Instagram: @mister_krisp), a business that specializes in customizable crispy rice treats. She left her job in the fashion industry to pursue Misterkrisp full-time after discovering her creative calling by accident. Jessica holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the New School.  She lives in New York City.