Chunky Monkey Rice Crispy Treats are a homemade healthier makeover of your favorite childhood snack! Only 6 ingredients and Vegan + Gluten-free!
Hola friends! Today we’re going to take you way back down memory lane. How so? With a rice crispy treat recipe😎
“This post is sponsored by One Degree Organics. As always, all opinions are my own!”
TBH rice crispies were the highlight of my day back in middle school. I didn’t particularly enjoy those awkward pre-teen years, but did anyone? From what I remember, all my teachers were super mean. But the worst part of middle school was that I had the last lunch every year. Every. Single. Year.
But when lunch did come (at 1 pm, which is a long haul when you eat breakfast at 6:30 am) all I could think about was my rice crispy treat. It’s been almost a decade since those dreaded years, and although I haven’t missed them, I’ve missed the joy those sweet treats brought me.
Ok, enough reminiscing, lets get to the recipe! I’ve partnered up with One Degree Organic Foods to create these healthier, vegan rice crispy treats. The thing I love about One Degree Organic is that every single ingredient they use has a story.
One Degree Organics brings food straight from the farm to your table so there’s only one degree of separation between you and the person who grew your food — just like a farmers’ market. Meet the family farmers who grow every ingredient in every product through a QR code. All One Degree Organics products are sprouted, traceable, organic and Non-GMO Project Verified.
Guys if you have never tried to make your own rice crispies, now is the time! These are so simple with only a few ingredients needed:
One Degree Organics brown rice cacao crisps
peanut butter
banana
maple syrup
banana chips
pb drizzle
Chunky Monkey Rice Crispy Treats
Take a trip down memory lane with this new and improved healthier rice crispy treat recipe! No marshmallows or butter here, these treats use peanut butter, bananas and maple syrup. Only 6 ingredients needed and vegan + gluten-free!
Chunky Monkey Rice Crispy Treats {Vegan & Gluten-free}
Ingredients
- 3 cups One Degree Organics brown rice cacao crisps
- 1 cup chopped banana chips preferably no sugar added
- 1/2 cup smooth natural peanut butter
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 2 ripe bananas mashed
- PB drizzle:
- 2 Tbsp. smooth natural peanut butter
- 1 Tbsp. coconut oil melted
Instructions
- Place cacao crisps and banana chips in a large bowl and mix. Set aside.
- Place peanut butter and maple syrup in a sauce pan on low heat. Stir occasionally until mixture starts to boil. Once boiling starts, add mashed banana and stir constantly until mixture is smooth and thick.
- Pour peanut butter mixture onto cereal and mix until well combined. Press down evenly into a parchment-lined 8x8 pan. Add more banana chips on top, if desired.
- Freeze for 1 hour, or place in refrigerator for a few hours.
- Once hardened, use a sharp knife to slice into about 9 bars.
- In a small bowl, mix together peanut butter and coconut oil. Drizzle on top of bars.
- Enjoy!
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Question of the day:
Have you ever made your own rice crispy treats?
Those cacao crispies are my favorite cereal in the whole wide world and now my love for them has just grown by like 8475638395 delicious times! Because rice crispy treats are nostalgic and just plain amazing all at once, and this fruity nutty monkey version sounds crazy good <3 Yes, yum, pack me up and send me back to middle school with a lunchbox filled with nothing but these beauties please. Would've made those three years of life so much better!
OH BABY! I have never made my own treats before but I remember when I was younger, LOVING THEM SO SO SO SO SO much!!!!
YUMMY!!!! i haven’t made rice krispy treats very much, but I love them because they’re such a light delicious flavor packed crunchy dessert.
Ok, I have never been a fan of rice crispy treats, but i think you just made me a fan!
Yuuuummmmm! These look so good! Nothing beats the chunky monkey flavour combo!
I loveeee rice krispie treats. they are so yummy!! one of my childhood favorites
We love them too!
Amen to that! Thanks Kristy!
Haha I think you would love these!
They are so easy to make! Thanks Emily 🙂
Rice krispies are bombbb! Thanks Gigi!
Haha rice crispies are so classic, they never go out of style! The cacao crisps + chunky monkey flavors makes them a gazillion time better! Thanks Natalie 🙂
Let’s not get into MY preteen era. But anyways, I loved rice krispy treats too! They were amazing, especially if the marshmallows are REALLY chunky. These ones look absolutely fantastic! I love how you added banana crisps inside–they look BOMB!
Thank you Cassie!