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<\/p>\nChocolate Dipped Rice Krispie Treats elevate an afternoon snack to a decadent dessert that will be perfect to serve at any party.<\/p>\n
Each chocolate-coated marshmallow cereal treat can be turned into a lollipop, bar, or bite-sized treat and be served plain or topped with sprinkles, candies, or nuts.<\/p>\n
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So, what can make our Best Rice Krispie Treats<\/a> even better? A dip in some silky smooth dark chocolate.<\/p>\n A thin layer of decadently rich, semi-sweet chocolate will add such a lovely flavor to the marshmallow cereal treats and the addition of colorful sprinkles makes the treats look really festive for a party.<\/p>\n Add salty nuts for a nice contrast in flavor toffee bits to enhance the richness of this dessert.<\/p>\n You can even decorate your dark chocolate-dipped Rice Krispie Treats to look like cute black cats<\/a> or penguins<\/a> or you can dip your treats in milk chocolate and make turkeys<\/a> or reindeer<\/a>. White chocolate-dipped treats look super cute decorated like snowmen<\/a> or lambs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cereal treats are so versatile that they can be cut into just about any shape or size. You can serve them as lollipops, bars, or bites all dipped in chocolate.<\/p>\n Before you can make chocolate-dipped cereal treats you have to make a batch of homemade treats.<\/p>\n You can find the detailed recipe, and read about the very extensive taste-testing process we used to finally come up with the absolute perfect recipe on our Best Rice Krispie Treats<\/a> Recipe page, but here's a brief description.<\/p>\n For this tutorial, I chose to dip all my cereal treats in dark chocolate, but the same technique that I'm going to teach you can easily be used with milk or white chocolate or any type of confectionery coating.<\/p>\n Just note that every brand of chocolate has a different fluidity (viscosity), meaning some chocolates will melt and be thick while others will be thin and very liquid. When you dip your treats into the chocolate you may need to make adjustments accordingly.<\/p>\n I'll talk about that more in the tutorial below.<\/p>\n If you use chocolate that contains cocoa butter, and that includes many brands of chocolate chips, it must be tempered. Simply put, tempering is a process of melting, cooling, and agitating the chocolate in order to get the crystals of cocoa butter to set up properly so that the chocolate has a good snap, a nice shine, and a good mouthfeel.<\/p>\n If chocolate is not tempered properly it may never set up and be too soft, may develop fat or sugar bloom (white spots and streaks), and may have a grainy or gritty texture.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you don't want your bite-sized treats to be completely covered in chocolate you can simply dip the top half into the chocolate.<\/p>\n If you watch the video below (just above the recipe) you'll see just how this process works.<\/p>\n You can even roll bite-sized cereal treats into balls and dip them in colored candy melts to create Rainbow Rice Krispie Treat Bites<\/a>. They are so much fun to serve at a birthday party.<\/p>\n PRO TIPS:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n PRO TIPS:<\/p>\n Watch to see just how to dip each of these treats in chocolate.<\/p>\n![\"chocolate](\"https:\/\/howtomakecerealtreats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chocolate-coated-rice-krispie-treats-candy-melts-dipped-treats.jpg\" "\\"Elevate")
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What chocolate should I use?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHow to temper pure chocolate?<\/h2>\n
Simple Chocolate Tempering Method:<\/h3>\n
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How to melt confectionery coating (Candy Melts)<\/h2>\n
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Be careful not to overheat your confectionery coating!<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nHow to dip bite-sized cereal treats in chocolate?<\/h2>\n
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How to cool the chocolate-dipped treats?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHow to dip Rice Krispie Treat bars in chocolate?<\/h2>\n
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What toppings to put on my chocolate-dipped treats?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHow to make Chocolate Dipped Rice Crispy Treat Lollipops?<\/h2>\n
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Chocolate Dipped Rice Krispie Treat Video Tutorial<\/h2>\n
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