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Ritz Krispie Treats are everything you love about regular rice krispie treats but are buttery, salty, and sweet too!
Remember my Ruffles Marshmallow Krispie Treats I made a few months back?
Well, I’ve got a new crazy cousin to introduce you to. Are you ready for this? Ritz Krispie Treats….just like Rice Krispie Treats, but with more marshmallows and crushed Ritz crackers! Buttery, salty, sweet treats is the name of the game.
Clearly, I have a new obsession.
If making new versions of rice krispie treats is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
This recipe is ridiculously simple to make and takes about 10 minutes of active time total to throw together, starting with these ritz crackers.
I think the longest part of this recipe is waiting for these to cool and set up so you can cut and eat them….although I won’t stop you from eating this by the spoonful warm. –>It’s pretty divine…not that I know or anything.
Buttery, tender-yet-crunchy, salty, sweet and vanilla-y! You guys are gonna die when you taste these.
Not really die, Mom.
They were the perfect sweet treat to hit the spot.
Give these a whirl today and let me know what you think! Have a great Wednesday, friends!
More Rice Krispie Treats to Try!
- Original Rice Krispie Treats
- Salted Caramel Rice Krispie Treats
- Maple Bacon Rice Krispie Treats
- Egg Nog Rice Krispie Treats
- Lemon & Browned Butter Rice Krispie Treats
- Strawberry Rice Krispie Cakes for Valentine’s Day
- Biscoff Rice Krispie Treats
- Cookie Dough Filled Rice Krispie Eggs
- Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats
- Ruffles Marshmallow Krispie Treats
- Rocky Road Pumpkin Spice Krispie Squares
Ritz Krispie Treats
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 10 oz mini marshmallows
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 sleeves Ritz crackers crushed, 64 crackers
- flaked sea salt optional
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large pot over medium low heat. Stir in marshmallows and melt completely.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and crushed crackers. Pour into greased 9x9 glass dish and press. Top with flaked sea salt. Cool 15 minutes or so before cutting into bars.
Huge hit! Very easy to make and such a great taste. My daughter wants to try putting melted chocolate layer on top next time. 🙂
What’s the best way to store these, making to take & travel?
Luv rice krispie treats but these r better then them!!! Couldn’t believe that was possible!!!
Hey there, I noticed questions about how many crackers to a sleeve. I ran into this problem when I made this recipe and failed, using sleeves that they now stock the short way, instead of the long way. (I understand that as a sales strategy, these aren’t the healthiest crackers, and we tend to eat a sleeve at a time.)
To help figure this out, I found two articles that mentioned that the old sleeves were 35 to a sleeve. If you have OCD like I do, I’d count up the crackers in a box, divide by 3 to get the per sleeve amount called for in recipes like this.
I gotta try this again…
I always do some holiday treats to give as gifts to family and friends, money was tight this holiday season, was worried I wasn’t going to be able to do much if anything this year, I searched in my cupboards and saw I had Ritz crackers and marshmallows, looked online and found this recipe, I said let’s try it.
OMG it is awesome!! Now I have a new treat to add to my holiday traditions
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hanks Lauren, but how many crackers does it take to make 3 cups of crushed crackers. I’d love it if someone could give me that number or a weight measurement.
My crackers don’t come in sleeves. Can someone tell me how many crackers to use or give me a measurement by weight?
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Lauren
In Canada, our Ritz crackers are not in sleeves. Can you tell me how many crackers are in a sleeve. I’d like to try this recipe!
So made these and I used the store brand Ritz. This was probably a mistake, but hey, they were in my house already. The problem I found is that the bars weren’t salty enough, they just tasted like buttery bland. I ended up fixing this by sprinkling the top with some kosher salt. The kosher salt really helped to round out the flavors and the bars became kind of addictive after that. 🙂
This is the most dangerous recipe I could have come across. I have made it twice already because I could not stay away from it! The second time I added a quarter cup of peanut butter and loved the addition. I only wonder why mine don’t appear as thick as yours, especially since I am using an 8″x8″ pan. Any thoughts?
I had the same issue! 🙁
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Ok – this just sounds crazy. Crazy GOOD! Can’t wait to try. Here’s our fave version of the RK Treats: add peanut butter and bits of crisp bacon. It’s like breakfast. But it’s not. But it is…
These are great !!
Does it make a difference what kind Ritz? They now make Bacon, light salt? Thank you for the ideas.
Just use the plain, original kind!
Gah! These are mindblowing! I’m going to brown the butter 🙂
I made them using the mini peanutbutter sandwiched Ritz…OMG
Then drizzled dark chocolate on top!
OMG you are a genius!!! Crunchy, salty/sweet goodness! Must try these!!! Maybe with a caramel drizzle on top?!
I definitely need this in my life asap…
Dare we make a double batch and use Rice Krispies for the other half?
These look delicious! But can you tell me approximately how many crackers are in a sleeve? Or a weight measurement for the crackers? Ritz crackers aren’t packaged in sleeves here, so I’m not sure how many crackers to use! Thank you! 🙂
It’s 3 cups of crushed crackers.
Thanks so much Lauren! I’m definitely going to try out this recipe over the weekend! 🙂
Of course these would be yummy. You can make a mock apple pie with those things!
These are dangerous. Ritz are my downfall and I love anything salty-sweet. These are amazing, Lauren!!
One of my favorite things in the world is Ritz crackers with peanut butter, so I’m wondering… what if you had a swirl of peanut butter going through these??
omg!!! YES. Do it.
I’m thinking these would be good with some chocolate chips added
LOVING this! Sweet and salty is the best, and these look ridic! Pinned 🙂
Looks great but in the ingredients list I don’t see Rice Krispies
That’s because these are RITZ krispies!
After I posted by comment I realized my mistake. We made them and they are great.
Thank you for your response AND patience.
Genius!!! I adore salty-sweet desserts, and these are just too delicious looking easy not to make soon! 🙂
Blessings,
Leslie
I am a HUGE Ritz Cracker fan and this is the greatest idea. I can only imagine each salty bite. We’ve got to try these!