"Lumps of Coal"

This recipe is great for kids of Christmas morning. Instead of leaving cookies for Santa, Santa can leave a joke gift of "lumps of coal." I found this recipe one day while perusing Pinterest, it's from a blog all about recipes for different kinds of rice krispie treats, which I thought was cool! Here's the link to the blog, Mallow and Co. http://mallowandco.blogspot.com/2012/12/coal-rice-krispy-treats.html

Ingredients

3 tbsp butter
6 cups marshmallows
1 tsp vanilla
5 cups of cocoa Rice Krispies
1 cup crushed oreos
black food coloring

Directions

Pour Rice Krispies and Oreos into a large mixing bowl. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat until melted. Turn the heat all the way down and add marshmallows. Stir until all marshmallows are melted. Then, add in the vanilla and black food coloring. Once all is melted, remove from heat and pour over Rice Krispies. Keep stirring until everything is black. Spoon out chunks of mixture and place on cookie sheet. Place in refrigerator for at least 20 min. Serve cold.


photo and recipe courtesy of http://mallowandco.blogspot.com/