Vegan Rice Krispie Treats (Extra Ooey-Gooey!)
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A childhood favorite, these are the BEST Vegan Rice Krispie Treats, extra ooey-gooey and marshmallowy! Easy to make, too!
I have seen many recipes for Vegan Rice Krispie Treats, but most don’t include marshmallows! Which is fine, but I wanted to make a recipe for truly ooey…gooey…marshmallowy treats.
They are just a little different than regular homemade Rice Krispie Treats, because vegan marshmallows work slightly differently. But they actually turn out BETTER, because the vegan marshmallows create chunks of gooey goodness that is completely irresistible!
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I used Trader Joe’s vegan marshmallows, but Dandies work well too. I hope you love these treats as much as my family does! They are:
- Ooey-gooey
- Extra marshmallowy
- Buttery and rich
- Crispy
- & Nostalgic!
Want more vegan dessert bars?
- Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
- Vegan Raspberry Bars
- Vegan Lemon Bars
- Vegan Pecan Bars
- Vegan Smores Cookie Bars
Vegan Rice Krispie Treats (Extra Ooey-Gooey!)
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup vegan butter
- two 10-ounce bags vegan marshmallows*
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 8 cups rice krispie cereal*
Instructions
- Line a 9 x 13 inch baking pan with parchment paper and lightly spray with oil. Set aside.
- In a large pot, melt the vegan butter. Now add the vegan marshmallows and stir, until the marshmallows are melted. They won't melt as well as regular marshmallows, but they should still melt and turn into sort of a big blob.
- Remove the pan from heat and stir in the vanilla. Now fold in the cereal using a large spoon or spatula. There will be chunks of marshmallows and that's okay, just try to coat all the cereal.
- Transfer to the prepared pan and press down evenly either with your hands or a spatula. You can lightly grease the spatula if it sticks.
- Allow the treats to cool for 1 hour. Remove from the pan, using the parchment paper, then cut into squares and serve. Enjoy!
Notes
- Keep leftover treats in a covered container for up to 3 days. They do not freeze well.
- I used Trader Joe's brand of marshmallows, but Dandies brand works as well.
- Kellog's Rice Krispies are technically not vegan due to Vitamin D3 (which is made from animals), but Nature's Path work quite well and are gluten free!
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18 Comments on “Vegan Rice Krispie Treats (Extra Ooey-Gooey!)”
delicious and worked out perfectly! recently had to go dairy free so this gives me hope for some tasty alternatives!
That’s so great to hear!!
Thank you for posting vegan recipes 🙂 These were so good! The key to these are melting the butter and marshmallows low and slow. I’ve made Rice Krispie treats before that ended up being too hard to eat and it’s from heating the marshmallows too high. Glad you mentioned Trader Joe’s marshmallows as I would never have thought they were vegan. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing what works for you! I’m so glad you enjoyed them.
Not sure what went wrong but this turned into a mass that I was neither able to mix together nicely nor spread in a pan. Any thoughts?
I wonder what brand of marshmallows you used? Like I say in the instructions, they don’t tend to melt as well as regular marshmallows, and the mixture turns into a big blog of sorts. It can be a little difficult to mix, but once you press it into the pan to cool it all works out.
These were very good. They definitely lived up their name. I found the key to getting the marshmallows to melt is to turn the heat down after a minute an cover with a lid. Then cook a minute or so more like how you would pop corn kernels. You get a good marshmallow fluff to fold the rice cereal in. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome! Glad they were good!
Can my vegan butter be salted?
Yes, mine always is, I haven’t been able to find one that is not salted in fact.
Thanks Nora! 🙂
seriously so good! family loved them.
That’s so great!
I love how the recipe calls for 2 bags of vegan marshmallows. That makes these treats extra yummy. I used one bag of Trader Joe’s marshmallows & one bag of Dandies mini peppermint marshmallows to make a minty light pink Valentine’s Day version.
That sounds delicious!
Made these for my non vegan family for NYE and everyone absolutely loved them! My sister’s boyfriend took some home for his family because they were THAT good. I used the country crock plant butter sticks and the vegan marshmallows did not stick at all. So easy to make too! Thanks Nora 💕
So good to know about the country crock plant butter, I haven’t seen those in stores yet I’ll have to look out for them. I’m glad everyone loved them!
I can’t believe how good these are!! Better than any I’ve ever had. Thank you!