Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats & A GIVEAWAY!

Alright, we have a lot of things going on here this fine Monday morning. First, the Cookaholic Wife reached just over 500 posts this weekend! When I look at my binder of recipes to make, its completely baffling to me how I could have already managed to post anywhere near 500 recipes and meal plans. There's still so much to make!

So in celebration of 500 posts, I thought Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats were in order. I made Cake Batter Pudding Cookies and Cake Batter Doughnuts for no particular reason and I celebrated my 27th birthday with Cake Batter Milkshakes, so Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats were only fitting for today, yes?

Cake Batter Rice Krispie Treats
Source: Gimme Some Oven from How Sweet Eats
Yield: ~30 treats
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Ingredients:

• 4 tbsp. unsalted butter
• 10.5 oz. bag mini marshmallows
• 1/3 cup yellow cake mix
• 1/2 of a 12.9 oz box of Rice Krispies Cereal
• sprinkles

Directions:
1. Spray a 9x13 baking dish and a spatula with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Melt butter in a large pot over low heat. Add in the marshmallows and stir until partially melted.
3. Add the cake batter one spoonful at a time, stirring until its completely incorporated.
4. Then pour in the rice krispies cereal and toss until coated with the marshmallows. Pour in the sprinkles and mix until combined.
5. Spread the mixture into the prepared baking dish and use the spatula to press down the treats into an even layer. Top with more sprinkles and let sit 30 minutes before spraying a knife with non-stick cooking spray and cutting them into 30 squares.  

Don't these just remind you of being a kid? The cake batter flavor comes through really well and the sprinkles just make them so pretty. Aren't they perfect for my 500th post? I think so.

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So now we're getting to the good part. The Giveaway! I figured it was fitting that my first giveaway would correlate with 500 posts and a recipe that calls for sprinkles. It's just so very...me. 

Okay, so here is what you can win:

• a cupcake printed kitchen towel
• a 60 minute cupcake shaped timer
• 1 spatula
• a 4-piece cupcake shaped measuring cup set
• a pack of 75 Wilton cupcake liners

 To Enter:
1. What is your favorite cupcake or muffin recipe? Leave me a comment with your answer. Make sure to include your email (it won't be published) so I can contact you if you are the winner.
2. Like Cookaholic Wife on Facebook, leave another comment on here and you'll receive another entry.
3. Follow Cookaholic Wife on Twitter, leave another comment on here and you'll receive another entry.

So there are three possible entries you can make to be entered in the giveaway!

The Rules:
1. This giveaway ends on Monday, June 18th, 2012 at midnight EST.
2. Winner will be generated by random.org
3. Your email address must be left for me to contact you.
4. There will only be one (1) winner.
5. If the winner does not respond to my email, a new winner will be chosen after 7 days.
6. Duplicate entries will be discarded.

Good luck!