This fancy version of a Rice Krispie bar (you’ll see why I refer to them as fancy in a moment) was inspired from one I had the incredible opportunity of tasting when visiting the kitchen at one of my most favorite Pastry Chefs place of employment.
Now, there are two reasons why I refer to them as fancy. One they do not call for marshmallows, not that you couldn’t fancy up marshmallows… but, just go with me on this one. And two, it’s topped with a smooth and luscious white chocolate dulce de leche Bavarian cream, finely grated white chocolate, and a few white chocolate chips for looks.
Don’t let the title of these bars scare you into not making them, they are so easy my 12 year old could make them! Shh… the secret to their simplicity is one key special ingredient.
White Chocolate Rice Krispies Bars
Topped with Dulce de Leche White Chocolate Bavarian Creamadapted from Desserts by the Yard by Sherry Yard
White Chocolate Rice Krispies Bars
8 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3/4 cups Rice Krispies
pinch of saltLine an 8 x 8 inch square pan with parchment paper.
Melt white chocolate over a double broiler or in a microwave. Stir in vegetable oil and salt. Chocolate should be smooth and a bit shiny at this point. Fold in Rice Krispies.
Spread over the prepared pan and place in the refrigerator to chill.
Dulce de Leche White Chocolate Bavarian Cream
8 ounces white chocolate, chopped finely
2 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup World Market Dulce de Leche White Hot Chocolate PowderMelt white chocolate and 1 cup of heavy whipping cream over a double broiler. Whisk in dulce de leche white hot chocolate powder until smooth. Remove bowl from heat and let it come to room temperature. When cool, in a medium bowl whip remaining 1 cup heavy whipping cream until soft peaks form.
Fold in half of the whipped cream into the melted white chocolate mixture. Fold in remaining whipped cream. Pour over the white chocolate Rice Krispies base. Return to the refrigerator and let it chill for at least 4 hours, preferable overnight.
Garnish
white chocolate, finely grated
white chocolate chipsBefore serving you can dust the top with a little more Dulce de Leche White Hot Chocolate Powder or grated white chocolate and top each bar with a few white chocolate chips.
Cut into 4 X 1 inch bars.
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These are such elegant rice krispie treats. Really beautiful.
I think a shop that sold fancy rice krispie treats in various flavors could do very, very well. These would belong on the menu, no doubt.
Yes please, I do FANCY this luscious rice crispy treat.
This has to be the most elegant rice krispie bar I have ever seen. Bravo.
Oh, these are stunning! I can just imagine how great they must taste, too… Yum!
Pero q delicia Josie, de veras que el chocolate blanco le da mas elegancia al rice crispy. Voy a guarded esta receta para el futuro
Wowza! these look wicked good!
What a great dessert.
These are definitely fancy!! GORGEOUSness. Would need to try one….
this is a pure delight to watch you photos, and to read the recipe is making me very very hungry !!!!
What a dessert! I’m just floored looking at your pictures of it. I have a sweet treat linky party going on at my blog until tomorrow night and I’d like to invite you to stop by and link your bars up. http://sweet-as-sugar-cookies.blogspot.com/2011/02/sweets-for-saturday-6.html
Wow. Wow. I want one of these right now. These are bookmarked and I must make them!!! ♥- Katrina
hi Josie
those are incredible rice crispy bars, white chocolate instead of marshmallows is a nice trade….then again anything with white chocolate is a winner in my book!
Now if you could just mail me a few I would be a very happy chef!
Cheers
Dennis
Outstanding one of my fav treats gone wild love this!
Oh,my…I have to print this one off, too!!! Love this idea!!!
Love, love, love this. White Chocolate is my fave!
Oh my. This looks divine. I love the look of this — so glam and chic. :-p And the dulce de leche bavarian cream action you got going on just puts it over the top. Yum!
Without marshmallows are they really rice krispy treats?
This is so cool. I can’t wait to try this for my family.
WOW! I haven’t seen anything quite like these! I’m definitely going to give them a try. I can totally see these being a fun dessert at a party too.
These are LEGIT fancy schmacy rice crispie treats. Who needs marshmallow when you have dulce de leche white chocolate bavarian cream?!
I tried to make these and they came out terrible, the no problem with the rice krispie layer, the top layer never solidified. I wasted so much ingredients, do not attempt to make these, I had to through the whole thing out
For those of you going to attempt this recipe, 3/4 c krispies & 8 oz of chocolate do not cover the bottom of an 8 x 8 pan. You have to at least double the recipe to cover it. It would be better to triple or quadruple if you want a treat with any kind of thickness.
Hi Susanne,
Thanks for stopping by. I made this recipe exactly as written. If you take a look at my photos, I used an 8×8 pan and the entire pan was covered with rice krispies. -The bottom layer is supposed to be fairly thin.
Josie.
Hi Josie.
Mine did not look like yours at all. Maybe b/c your photos are very close up. Yours appear to be fairly thick. Mine did not spread to the edge of pan. I’m in the process of waiting for the topping to cool. I see that someone else’s topping did not set; I hope mine doesn’t do that b/c everything has been very tasty. I do wonder though, when you say white chocolate, do you mean white chocolate bar/chips or white chocolate coating? I know it makes a big difference when you’re making cakeballs.
Like Paula, my topping not did solidify. It came out like pudding. I did not, however, throw them out. I ate a small portion with a spoon to taste them. Quite tasty! Now I’m trying to figure out how I serve them and still make them look as delicious as they taste. Still trying to figure out why the topping isn’t setting though. Anyone have ideas? I was thinking it was the type of chocolate.
I also made these and wish I had read through the comments first. My top did not solidify. I can tell from taste that this would have been awesome. I did everything by the recipe and used the best chocolate so that is not why it did not solidify. Very expensive effort as I had to special order the white chocolate powder. Plese let us know what may have gone wrong.
Hi Pamela,
So sorry to hear your bars didn’t set. Did you let the melted white chocolate, half the whipping cream, and dulce de leche white hot chocolate powder mixture come to room temperature? The remaining half of the whipping cream needed to be whipped into soft peaks, then carefully folded into the melted chocolate and cream mixture.
Josie
These look great. How long will they keep far if I ship them to another state?
This recipe looks so delicious! I shared this on my 37 Delicious White Chocolate Recipes Round up here: http://kristendukephotography.com/37-delicious-white-chocolate-recipes/#comments
Kristen
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