This festive Valentines Rice Krispie Treats recipe is super easy to make, with only 4 ingredients, and makes the prettiest sweet treats ever.

It’s the perfect Valentine’s day dessert, and a super tasty treat!

Ingredients you’ll need for these Valentine’s day Rice Krispies treats

You’ll only need few basic ingredients to make this perfect treat:

• Rice Krispies Cereal: This cereal gives the Krispy texture to these marshmallow treats
• Unsalted butter: To melt together with the marshmallows
• Marshmallows: you can either use normal sized marshmallows or mini marshmallows, just make sure they’re fresh marshmallows
• Salt: Helps enhance the flavors
• Semi-sweet chocolate. You can substitute for any chocolate of your choice
• Sprinkles. Any Valentine themed sprinkles work

For the full recipe, find the recipe card with the printable recipe at the bottom of this post.

How to make these Valentine’s Rice Krispie Treats

This fun dessert is super simple to make, requires just a few steps and there’s no oven involved.

Start by lining the sides and bottom of an 13-inch pan with parchment paper. Set aside.

Measure the rice cereal and place it in a large bowl. Set aside.

Over a large saucepan, melt butter, marshmallows and salt in medium-low heat stirring constantly, until you have completely melted marshmallows.

Stir in the marshmallow mixture to the rice cereal and mix carefully, coating all of the cereal with the marshmallow cream.

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and use a small piece of wax paper to press the cereal mixture into the pan, until an even layer forms. Let cool completely, for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

Pull the parchment paper from the sides, taking the cereal treats out of the pan and place them in a cutting board. Cut them into 24 even squares. Using a 1/2″ heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut small heart shapes in one corner of each of the squares.

Using a double broiler or the microwave (here are some tips on how to melt chocolate correctly), melt the chocolate, then place it on a piping bag or a zip lock bag, and cut a small hole in the corner. Drizzle each treat with melted chocolate halfway and add sprinkles, place in a cooling rack or on top of a piece of parchment paper and let the chocolate set completely before stacking or serving.

Decorating and Add-ins for this easy treat

Change and tweak this recipe to fit your needs! here are a few ideas:

• Holiday treats: Using festive sprinkles of any holiday season is a great way to turn this classic recipe into any Holiday treat of your choice. Use them either for garnish with your drizzled chocolate or mix them in with the rice cereal
• Heart-shaped rice krispies treats: Cutting your treats with a heart-shaped cookie cutter is also a fun way to present this easy recipe
• Colorful treats: Use a few drops of red food coloring (or any color of your choice) when melting the marshmallow mixture to make some colorful treats
• White drizzle: Not a fan of semi-sweet chocolate? substitute it with some white candy melts or white chocolate chips instead
• M&M’s Treats: Add m&m’s to the mixture for some m&m’s treats

Expert Tips and Recipe FAQ’s for then best Rice Krispie treats

• Use clean hands to work with the cereal mixture for better control. Hands full of sticky marshmallow will make the treats stick very easily, making them hard to work with
• Use fresh marshmallows, old marshmallows don’t melt as well
• Use butter instead of margarine to avoid soggy treats. If margarine is a must, reduce to 3 Tablespoons instead.
• Melt the marshmallow mixture slowly, mixing constantly and avoid high heat. Melting with high heat could end up in too crispy marshmallows.
• Measure the ingredients correctly and do not eye-ball it!

How to store these delicious treats

Store these treats in an airtight container, away from any heat sources, for 2-3 days.

Here’s a video of this Valentines Rice Krispie treats recipe so you can see up-close these crispy treats.

Take a look at the links below for more bar recipes, or click here for more Valentine’s dessert inspiration.

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Simple Valentines Day Chocolate Bark

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