Rice Krispy Treats without marshmallows?

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Does anybody have a recipe for Rice Krispy treats made without marshmallows? I've seen a peanut butter version that uses corn syrup, but nothing for the standard version.

I'm a vegetarian and virtually all marshmallows contain gelatin. Oddly enough, Fluff doesn't. Could it be as easy as substituting the weight in marshmallows with the same weight in Fluff? Has anyone tried that?

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Kosher marshmallows don't have gelatine in them, do they?

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You might try these if you live near a store that carries them.
http://www.sweetandsara.com/

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The Rice Krispie recipe http://www.ricekrispies.com/Display.aspx?recipe_id=1605&kic=1
says marshmallow creme can be substituted for fresh marshmallows. What about making homemade marshmallows? If you omit the gelatin you'd probably end up with homemade fluff ... there's a recipe at Food Network http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_35072,00.html that's similar to Martha Stewart's (both of which call for gelatin however). Otherwise Vegan essentials sells marshmallows and creme: http://www.veganessentials.com/catalog/vegansweets-marshmallows.htm

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Many years ago I used chopped dates in place of marshmallows to make Rice Krispy treats...

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I've had treats that use peanut butter instead of marshmallows. Quite good.

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Halal Markets may also have marshmellows that do not contain geletain. 

I've also seen recipes containing golden syrup instead of marshmallows, some w/ peanut butter and chocolate.

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Melt good chocolate and use that to bind the rice cereal. Try puffed brown rice, instead of RK cereal. It has a much nicer flavor.

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I love the peanut butter/butterscotch treats with the chocolate center. I haven't made them in quite a while. Looks like I will be making some treats this week. Yumm!

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Honey

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The marshmallows provides sugar, which is the binder in the RK treats. Without it, the bars won't solidify and will just be an oily mess. 

Try using a recipe for popcorn balls. I simply use a sugar syrup made into caramel instead of corn syrup (vegans may be opposed to corn syrup and HFCS, as well as the fact that sugar is bleached using bones).

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I could swear Cristina on Cristina Cooks made some using brown rice syrup but after looking through both current recipes and the archives I came up empty. So I did a search on brown rice krispy treats and found this blog entry complete with picture. http://yeahthatveganshit.blogspot.com/2007/07/chocolate-and-peanut-butter-rice.html

*Warning* blog title and substance contain profanity but like an 8 year old somehow I find it more funny than off-putting.

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I've had these vegan marshmallows before. They are pretty decent.

http://www.sweetandsara.com/

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I am a culinary genious... I have been scouring the internet looking for a healthy substitute for marshmallows in RiceKrispies Treats. My first thought was correct. honey and cornstartch. My first experiment was about 1/4 cup Honey and 8tsp Cornstartch. All other ingreedients normal.

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