Rice Krispies Treats

Rice Krispies Treats (also called Rice Krispie Treats, RKTs, bars, or buns and alternatively cakes, Marshmallow Treats, Marshmallow Squares, or Rice Krispies Squares in Canada, and LCMs in Australia) are a confection commonly made through binding Kellogg's Rice Krispies or another crisp rice cereal together with butter or margarine and marshmallow.[1] While traditionally home-made, Kellogg's began to market the treats themselves in 1995.

Rice Krispies Treats
Alternative namesRice Krispies squares, Rice Krispies bars, Rice Krispies buns, Rice Krispies cakes
TypeConfectionery
Place of originUnited States
Created byMalitta Jensen and Mildred Day, Kellogg Company (1939)
Main ingredientsRice Krispies, butter or margarine, marshmallows
Rice Krispies Treats prior to being cut into single-serving bars

History

Rice Krispies Treats were invented in 1939 by Malitta Jensen and Mildred Day at the Kellogg Company home economics department as a fund raiser for Camp Fire Girls.[2] Kellogg's began to commercially produce plain and chocolate-based treats under the trademark brand-names of "Rice Krispies Treats" (in the U.S. and Mexico), "Squares" (in Canada, Ireland and the U.K.) and "LCMs" (in Australia and New Zealand) in 1995; however, other manufacturers had offered similar products under variant names (such as "Crisped Rice Treats" or "Marshmallow Treats") prior to this. Kellogg's has also offered a breakfast cereal based on the confection since the 1990s.

See also

References
  1. "The Original Rice Krispies Treats™ Recipe". www.ricekrispies.com.
  2. Randal W. Oulton. "Rice Krispies Squares". Cooksinfo.com. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
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