Peppermint Rice Krispies Candy - butter

Method

• Make the basic Rice Krispie Candy recipe: Melt butter, marshmallows, and vanilla over a double boiler.
• Add a drop or two of peppermint extract and red food coloring to tint a nice pink color.
• At this stage, the pink color should not be too delicate because it will not show up at all when the cereal is mixed in .
• Put Rice Krispies in a large buttered bowl.
• Pour marshmallow mixture over and stir to mix.
• Add crushed peppermint candy canes and mix in .
• You may press this mixture into a buttered 9- x 9- x 2-inch pan and cut into bars.
• Or with well-buttered hands, you may shape portions of the mixture into candy cane shapes.
• Or you may pat thin and cut with cookie cutters as described above.