Heart Krispie Treats

Instructions

• Melt the butter in the microwave or in a large saucepan over low heat.
• Add marshmallows and place back on the stove or in the microwave.
• Stirring constantly until marshmallows have completed melted.
• Add vanilla essence and stir well.
• Pour in the Rice Krispies and mix mixture with a rubber spatula until all the cereal is coated in sticky marshmallow.
• Choose one of the 2 options below:
  • Spoon mixture into a heart shaped cookie cutter, transfer onto a cookie sheet and release the heart shape from the cutter. Leave to set.
  • Spoon mixture into a well-greased baking tray and spread it out to about 2 cm thick. Use the cookie cutter to cut heart shapes out of the mixture and release on a cookie sheet. Leave to set.
• After about an hour, it’s time to get your creative hat on and decorate!
• Melt the 200g chocolate in a double boiler. If you chose to use white chocolate, you can stir in a few of drops of pink (or colour of your choice) food colouring.
• Dip one half of the heart into the coloured chocolate
• Allow the extra chocolate to drip off before placing the heart on the baking tray lined with wax paper.
• Repeat dipping steps above until all hearts have been dipped. Set aside for an hour to dry.
• Melt the 100g chocolate in a clean double boiler.
• Drizzle the chocolate over the hearts as desired and leave to set.