Chocolate Marshmallow Crispies
A sticky chewy crispy no-bake chocolate treat. These chocolate marshmallow crispies are really easy to make, vegetarian or otherwise. The difficult part comes in waiting for them to set.
Rebecca over at Bake n Quilt is hosting We Should Cocoa this month and has chosen the ingredient marshmallow to get us all thinking. With the hot and steamy weather continuing here in the UK, this is a good choice; there is no baking required in making marshmallows and plenty of simple no bake recipes to use them in too.
Are Marshmallows Vegetarian?
Standard marshmallows are absolutely not vegetarian. They’re made with gelatine, which comes from various parts of dead animals. Luckily, there are plenty of alternatives available these days which are vegetarian. And they’re suitable for vegans too.
Gelatine is replaced with seaweed. What a relief that is.
Chocolate Marshmallow Crispies
My first thought was what a good excuse to make rocky road. This is something I like, but try not to make too often as it disappears rather too fast. However, when browsing through my newest book, Mast Brothers Chocolate: a family cookbook, I came across a recipe for crispy treats. Sounds good to me. It’s basically a mass of melted marshmallows with some chocolate and crisped rice thrown in.
As we are about to embark on a journey to visit CT’s mother, it seemed like a good time to try these out. She has a sweet tooth, so I’m hoping she will be appreciative. I had to convert US measures to UK ones, but I more or less did what the recipe stated for once. Oh the joy of a simple recipe; it’s barely more than a sentence long.
Unlike the chocolate peanut butter crispies, these chocolate marshmallow crispies are easy to cut. The peanut butter ones are quite crumbly, but the stickiness of the marshmallows holds these together very nicely.
Just like rocky road, I find these crispy treats to be very moreish. Luckily, this particular batch was destined for Hampshire. So they were hastily packed into a tin before too many disappeared. How many, I ate whilst in the New Forest remains a closely guarded secret.
If you can stop your household scoffing the lot in short shrift, these will keep well for three or four days. Just store them in an air tight container in a cool place.
Other No-Bake Chocolate Treats You Might Like
- Chocolate oat truffles (vegan)
- Chocolate puffs (vegan)
- Crispy crackolates
- Lemon sherbert tiffin (gluten-free)
- Sour cherry chocolate biscuit cake
- Two tone crispies
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Chocolate Marshmallow Crispies. PIN IT.
Chocolate Marshmallow Crispies
Ingredients
- 50 g unsalted butter
- 300 g vegan marshmallows or ordinary ones if vegetarian
- 150 g dark chocolate chopped (I used Green & Black's 72%)
- 200 g crisped rice
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large pan over a low heat.50 g unsalted butter
- Add the marshmallows and allow to melt. Then stir to combine.300 g vegan marshmallows
- Remove from the heat and add the chocolate. Leave for a couple of minutes to melt then stir and mix.150 g dark chocolate
- Add the crisped rice and mix everything together. The stirring is quite tricky as the mixture is very sticky, but do persist.200 g crisped rice
- Turn into a greased 9″ sq. silicone cake mould or lined tin and press down lightly with the back of a spoon to distribute the mixture and flatten it.
- Leave for at least an hour in a cool place to set. Turn out onto a board and cut into 36 squares.
thank you for your lovely recipes the chocolate marshmallow rice crispy are beautiful thank you again xlinda
Thank you Linda, so glad you liked the crispies. And I nice easy recipe too.
Can we swap out the dark chocolate for Dairymilk chocolate?
Does it matter what kind of butter is used? I have baking blocks in the fridge but its more for cakes/biscuit recipes so wondering if I should go get some unsalted butter?
We are using this as a simple home ed recipe and I can not wait to try them
Many thanks
Hi Leonie, word of warning, they’re very moreish! Do try to use butter for this recipe, salted is fine if that’s what you have. Unsalted tends to be more “buttery”, which is why I’ve used it. As for Dairymilk, it’s not something I use in cooking as it’s not what I’d call “real chocolate” (it contains Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea), Emulsifiers (E442, E476) and unidentified Flavourings). So I don’t know how it would turn out. Real milk chocolate is fine though – anything made with sugar, cocoa butter, milk solids, and cocoa mass, and maybe an emulsifier like soy lecithin and sometimes vanilla for flavour. Maybe try a supermarket own brand, which will probably be cheaper. Cooking is always a matter of experimentation, so you could just try it and see what happens.
Sensationell krispies 5 stars
Thank you, glad you like the crispies recipe Bonnie.
These must be quite addictive!
I love these and it has been years since I last made them! Great for packing in a tin and travelling too.
A classic taste of childhood! I love it made with frosties too
A classic with a twist- my favourite type. Hope CT’s Mum enjoyed them.
Dangerous! I always eat far more of these than the kids…… They hardly get a look in! And so simple…. Must make some soon!!!!
Oodles of appeal to children of all ages, I bet my dear husband would love them as much as my kids. 🙂
Well, that’s quite a nice thought to have in the morning Sylvia.
Thanks Grace.
This is what I was thinking about this morning 🙂 love them!
Sometimes you can’t beat a taste of childhood 🙂
Haha yes Katie, except I didn’t get these sort of things as a child, so I’m making up for it now.
Oh I adore marshmallow crispies!! These are so perfectly gorgeous and look like they have that perfect soft crunchy chew. I will be making these!!
They are brilliant Dom – I’m making up for childhood deprivation 😉
These are reminiscent of childhood treats but a more indulgent version. Great use of marshmallows.
The marshmallow works well in holding the mixture together Ros, so it cuts neatly and doesn’t fall apart as soon as you bite into it.
Those look just perfect. Absolutely love rice crispy treats.
Blessings, Catherine.
Yes Catherine, me too. I think I must be making up for not having them as a child.
Those look fun to make and eat. i’m not a huge marshmallow fan, but served like this I would be happy to eat them!
They work really well like this Janice as they hold everything together, so there are no crumbs.
I love marshmallow crispies but only eaten them at other peoples houses. Great looking recipe to bookmark and make. GG
I seem to be well behind on this marshmallow crispie thing GG – glad I’ve caught up though.
I’ve picked up some vegan Marshmallows recently as I have been wanting to make Rocky Road for a while, so this is the perfect time to make them and share. Your marshmallow Crispies sound pretty good.
Shaheen – they are way too good, but a very good use for marshmallows I reckon.
These are a classic treat in the U.S., but usually are unflavored and mostly for kids. I bet that even grown-ups will like these chocolate ones! Just the thing for making when you don’t want to turn on the oven too!
I think the US are well ahead of us when it comes to using marshmallows. Made with very dark chocolate, I suspect the grown ups might like these better than the kids though.
The sort of things I should be making with the mini chefs. Look great C.
Oh yes Bintu, the mini chefs would love them. The melted marshmallows make for an interesting consistency that I expect they’d go for too.
OOh I want these right now or cornflake ones, I used to love making them as a kid then someone ruined it by getting shreaded wheat involved yuck x
Beautyqueenuk xx
Hehe, you are so right about shredded wheat 😉
Oh wow these look so yummy! Need to give them a go when I’m next in the kitchen! x
They are a bit different to the standard chocolate crispies, but be warned, they are quite addictive.