Fourth of July’s “cooler” when kids help create Rice Krispies Treats recipes!

In celebration of the Fourth of July, we the Rice Krispies Brand Ambassadors were asked to create Rice Krispies treats recipes that have a cold or frozen ingredient. Frankly, I was stumped. I've never made anything that combined Rice Krispies with cold ingredients. Heck, Rice Krispies Treats rarely even survive long enough to get cool in our house!
After much thought and a rip-roaring discussion on Facebook, I went with two of the most popular suggestions and basically ended up creating a "Kids" Recipe and an "Adult" Recipe. My little chef, Gracie, was a HUGE help in creating new recipes and was excited to see what real chefs do!!

Now I need your help! I can chose only one recipe to submit to Rice Krispies as my Cool Rice Krispies Treat.

Candy Bar Ice Cream Pie
Make a ice cream pie using your favorite candy bar. If you happen to love peanut butter cups, or another peanut butter candy, use peanut butter in the crust. For other types of candy, do a straight chocolate crust.

Crust:
6 oz chocolate chips
1/3 cup smooth peanut butter OR 2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
3 cups Rice Krispies cereal

Filling:
4 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
1 cup for your favorite candy bar or candy, chopped

1. Make crust: In large saucepan, melt chocolate morsels and peanut butter (or butter) over low heat; stirring constantly. Add marshmallows and stir until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in Rice Krispies cereal, mixing thoroughly. Press into a pie plate(that has been sprayed with cooking spray), making a thin crust on the bottom and the sides. You may not use all of the mixture, depending on the size of your pan. Let cool.

2. Make filling: Reserve 1/4 cup candy bar. In a medium bowl, mix softened ice cream and candy bar with a spatula. Pour into cooled crust, smoothing top. Sprinkle reserved candy bar on top of pie, then place in freezer until firm, at least 3 hours.

Consensus: Yum.

Krispie Coconut Creme Tart

Crust:
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
3 cups Rice Krispies cereal

Filling:
1 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut
2 1/2 cups whole milk
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbsp cornstarch
pinch of salt
3 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla extract

Creme:
1 cup heavy cream
1 tbsp powdered sugar

1. Make crust: Melt butter over medium-low heat in a saucepan. Add marshmallows and coconut and stir until melted. Remove from heat and add cereal, mixing thoroughly. Press into a tart pan (that has been sprayed with cooking spray), making a thin crust on the bottom and the sides. You may
not use all of the mixture, depending on the size of your pan. Let cool. Scrape every last bit of Rice Krispie Treat out of the pot before washing.

2. Place 3/4 cup coconut in a dry skillet over medium heat. Toast – tossing occasionally – until golden, 3-4 minutes. WATCH carefully, as it can burn quickly.

3. Make filling:  In a saucepan, heat 2 cups of milk and 3/4 cups of coconut until it is simmering. Remove from the heat and let sit for 10 minutes. Strain, then return to saucepan, discarding coconut.

4. In a bowl, whisk sugar, cornstarch, salt, egg yolks and the remaining milk together well. Whisk into saucepan with coconut milk and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, whisking constantly, until mixture begins to thicken, about 7-9 minutes. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Cover with plastic wrap, pressing wrap onto top of custard and refrigerate until cool, 1 hour.

5. Make topping: In a cold bowl with an electric mixture beat cream until medium peaks form. (In a hurry, just use Cool Whip!)

 6. Assemble: Sprinkle about half of the toasted coconut on the crust. Spread the custard in the crust, then top with creme. Sprinkle remaining toasted coconut on the top, then chill for at least 30 minutes. Lick any and all spoons immediately.

In honor of this challenge, Rice Krispies and The Motherhood are giving one lucky Girlymama reader a copy of The Rice Krispie Treats Cookbook. Here's how to enter:

1. Contest ends Friday, June 25th.
2. Entry #1: Leave a comment telling me you voted
3. Entry #2: Leave a SEPARATE comment telling me you subscribed to Girlymama by email or in a reader
4. Entry #3:  Leave another comment telling me in what way you promoted this contest (i.e., posting about it on your blog or Facebook, Tweeting about it, or emailing friends.
5. Winners will be selected by Random.org, announced back here on this post, and notified via email with further instructions. See official rules here. 

Good luck!!

**the giveaway portion is now closed!**