Nutella Rice Krispie Bars
January 10, 2012 | Print | E-mail | Filed under chocolate, nutella
How is your New Year going? So far, mine is moving along a bit faster than I expected. Usually in my neck of the woods the snow and cold have settled in by now, which seems to slow things down and make us upstate New Yorkers want to hibernate as much as possible. Instead, the weather has been crazy warm for this time of the year and I’ve been inspired to be extra productive, at least in the morning. By the time the afternoon comes though, I find my motivation waning, and I’ve decided that what I need is a little afternoon pick-me-up. You know, when it’s 2:30 in the afternoon and your energy level drops to about zero, and your motivation for doing anything suddenly plummets? I originally created these bars a few weeks ago to bring for dessert at a fun girl’s night, but I also found that when cut into halves or thirds, they make a light, perfect afternoon snack for when my energy levels are low and I need a little something to make it through to dinner time. Everyone at my girl’s night was asking me for the recipe, so I can definitely say they were a hit. Plus, since I’m slightly obsessed with nutella, I can’t get enough of them. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
- 3 Tbsp butter
- 4 cups mini marshmallows
- 1/4 cup nutella
- 4-5 cups chocolate Rice Krispies or other rice cereal
- 1 ounce white chocolate, melted
In a small, microwave-safe bowl, heat the nutella for 30 seconds, until warm and somewhat runny. In a larger microwave-safe bowl, heat the butter and marshmallows 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each time, until melted and smooth.
Stir in the nutella.
Stir in the rice krispies until they are well-coated with the nutella mixture.
With greased hands, press the mixture into a greased 8×8″ baking dish.
Fold the mixture in half over on top of itself (or, to double the recipe, simply make another layer as above and place it on the top of the first layer).
Drizzle with the melted chocolate.
Refrigerate until the drizzled chocolate has set, and then cut into bars.
January 10th, 2012 at 10:20 am
Those look amazing! I’ll definitely have to try them myself.
January 10th, 2012 at 10:46 am
What a perfect afternoon snack! Chocolate motivates me to do just about anything! =)
January 10th, 2012 at 11:53 am
Oh these are totally perfect. Love it!!
January 10th, 2012 at 11:54 am
i like cutting them into bars! seems kind of like a biscotti
January 10th, 2012 at 11:59 am
I could use some of these right now and they seem so easy to make.Thanks for sharing.
January 10th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
I love your nutella obsession, because it produces such wonderful recipes!
January 10th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
I love nutella and RKBars are some of my fave treats…match made in heaven!
January 10th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
So…next time I’m wandering through the grocery store and I pass the jars of Nutella and contemplate tossing a jar into my basket, I’m going to DO IT. So I can make these sweet treats – yum!
January 10th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Um you KNOW I love my Nutella!
January 10th, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Another Nutella recipe! Hurray! This bar makes me so happy. I love how you stacked one on top of the other. Lovely!
January 10th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Easy and delicious looking. I’ll need some of these in my snack bag
January 10th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Oh wow- this is genius! I used to make pans of Rice Krispie Treats after school and eat the whole thing before my mom got home. I might do the same with these.
January 10th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
Ohh, I love the biscotti-style cut of these – making rice krispie treats classy
It’s funny, just the other day I was like, “I wonder if anyone has ever made Nutella rice krispie treats.” I mean to Google it but forgot – but no Googling needed now! These look and sound incredible.
January 10th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Oh my, these look scrumptious!
January 10th, 2012 at 11:01 pm
These look like little biscottis; so adorable
January 11th, 2012 at 8:09 am
Oh my gosh, finally someone that shares my Nutella obsession! I NEED to make these krispie bars!
January 11th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
REALLY? Nutella Rice Krispie Bars — it may not get any better. Delicious photos!
January 11th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
What a great treat!
January 11th, 2012 at 10:56 pm
I am a Nutella freak. It is the best thing ever invented. Your recipe looks scrumptious! Come visit us. We have a great low fat crockpot recipe this week and tomorrow, roasted veges with grade seed oil. Yum.
January 12th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Yum!! I love Nutella in rice krispy bars… One of my favorites! These ones look delish.
January 12th, 2012 at 6:35 pm
This is genius – pure, evil genius!
January 13th, 2012 at 2:56 pm
these remind me of biscotti! yummy nutella rice crispy treat biscotti!! YUM!!!
January 23rd, 2012 at 9:01 pm
First of all, these obvs sound amazing. In college we used to make versions of fluffernutters with nutella instead of peanut butter…so anything that’s nutella + marshmallows works for me.
Second, I love that how you cut these! Such a simple little thing, but it really makes them stand out!
January 25th, 2012 at 12:13 am
Oh man! As if rice krispie treats aren’t amazing enough on their own you just had to add Nutella and take them over the top. Incredible!!!!
February 1st, 2012 at 6:16 am
Thank you for sharing! Made this for my family tonight and it was a HIT!!! You can’t just have one!
February 8th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Oh holy heck I’m in hazelnut heaven!! This is so worth all of my “H” alliterations
~Megan