Extra Deluxe Rice Crispy Squares

It's November. Dark when you get up; dark when you have supper. In fact, it's dark most of the time in between too. So having an extra special treat once in a while is really the only reasonable survival suggestion accessible to everyone throughout this season-with-no-light.

I was introduced to Rice Crispy squares in my adulthood. This year is the first time I've ever made them. Too bad they're the easiest sweet possible to make on the stove.

Yeah - 1/4c butter, 1tsp vanilla, one bag of marshmallows, 6c Rice Crispys. Melt the butter, toss in the marshmallows, stir until melted, add vanilla, add the Crispys, stir until fully mixed with the marshmallows, turn out into shallow baking dish and let solidify. That's it. But my version makes this horribly seductive snack almost acceptable to eat.

Same basic recipe but add only 2c of Rice Crispys and replace the rest with chopped almonds, dried apricots, cranberries, currants, chopped walnuts and toasted sunflower seeds. Serving suggestions: cut yourself one giant square, eat with a hot cup of coffee (with whole cream and sugar too, if you like), sitting in your favourite chair, reading a new book - kindle or paper, you choose. Let the Season of Indulgences begin.