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Thursday, March 6, 2014 by Lolli 5 Comments

 

This is my life lately:

  • Wake up.
  • Wake kids up.
  • Get kids to school.
  • Update social media.
  • Shower (if I’m lucky).
  • Blog.
  • Cook.
  • Take pictures of food.
  • Eat food.
  • Run kids around in the car.
  • Put kids to bed.
  • Blog.
  • Sleep.
  • Start over.

 

I do the necessaries, I cook food to feature on my blog, and I write on my blog.

lucky charms treats for st. patrick's day

Last week, I bought a box of {generic} Lucky Charms with the intent of creating a fun St. Patrick’s Day recipe. Sure, I’ve seen plenty of “Lucky Charms treats” floating around the internets, but I had this brilliant idea to give them a unique, St. Patrick’s Day twist, similar to what I did with the AHHH-mazing strawberry rice krispie treats for Valentine’s Day. The idea? Add some green jell-o into the mix to turn the Lucky Charms treats green.

I made the treats, took the pictures before anyone was allowed to touch them, and then took them to one of my kids’ events where I was asked to bring a treat to share.

lucky charms treats for st. patrick's day

I have to say…the treats WERE appealing. They even took a good picture (which is not always the case with food). They caught the attention of the other kids at the event, and they were consumed rather quickly.

But when we got home, not one but TWO family members said, “Oh, good! I am so glad that people ate those things! They were gross!”

I may never know what all of those kids and parents thought of my little Lime Jell-O Lucky Charms treats, because no one else complained…but I had to agree with the others. As much as I LOVE rice krispies treats and as much as I WANTED to love these treats, there was something about the tart lime flavor combined with the super-sweet marshmallow on top of the taste of oat cereal (which I’m not very fond of to begin with) that was just not a winner.

I decided not to share the recipe. I mean, I’d hate for someone to come hunt me down and accuse me of sharing disgusting recipes (ok, really, I doubt anyone would hunt me down or even CARE…). But, I kept passing by the pictures and finally gave in. I figured I could share the pictures as long as everyone understood that I was not recommending that anyone make them.

lucky charms treats for st. patrick's day

Just in case one of you is DYING to know how to make these, despite my recommendation, I followed the basic rice krispie treat model: melt 1/4 cup butter and a bag of marshmallows, add 6-7 cups of cereal, and then sprinkle in 2 tablespoons of green jell-o in as you’re mixing it all together. Scoop it all into a 9×13 baking dish and let cool.

And now, I’m retiring this recipe. On to better things.

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About Lolli

Lolli has written 3740 post in this blog.

I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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Comments

  1. Rosie says

    Friday, March 7, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    I haven’t been taking photos for a while, bu I’d like to get back to it. Food, nature, etc. I don’t have good tech equipment now, so I can’t do much with my photos, can’t even download them. However, it was fun, but a lot more work than what ppl would think, especially to get nice results. Then there are duds, too!!

  2. Tiaras & tantrums says

    Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    oh that was too funny! I feel for you as I can not bake whatsoever and this happens to me all the time!!

  3. Dina@4LettreWords says

    Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 9:48 pm

    They are cute! :)

  4. Lolli says

    Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    If I made them again, I’d skip the Jell-O altogether and add green food coloring. The Jell-O was not necessary – it was for the flavor+color, and the flavor was not good. But the fact is, I’m not a fan of cheerios-tasting cereals and I don’t think I’d like them, even without the lime flavoring. :) Oh well. I know better now. lol

  5. Jennifer Sikora says

    Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    So here’s an idea — why not try them again and use regular gelatin (knox brand) and green food coloring? Then that doesn’t mess with the sweet flavor of them but then make them green like you wanted them?

    They look very appealing!

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