Where my mother lives there is a community center. She volunteers there, and in the Summer months they have a farmers market. My mother works a bake sale booth each week to help raise money for the center. We often chat about things to make and what she has made for the sale. And the one thing we always giggle at is the fact that the first thing that always sells out is Rice Krispie Treats. Doesn't matter what else is there, people want their marshmallow covered cereal. I found this to be true with my hockey team. I would bring all sorts of goodies, and though they would eventually get eaten, but it was when I brought various forms of marshmallow squares to the locker room that they would get most excited. So I just stop bothering making the other treats and just make the marshmallow squares. I mean, they are super simple. Who wouldn't want to do the simple thing over the hard? Now to keep myself from going insane I make a different kind usually each time I bring them. I … [Read more...]