Peppermint Rice Krispies Candy

• 13 cup butter
• 12 lb marshmallows
• 12 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 -2 drop peppermint extract
• red food coloring, as desired
• 5 -6 cups Rice Krispies
• crushed peppermint candy cane

1. Make the basic Rice Krispie Candy recipe: Melt butter, marshmallows, and vanilla over a double boiler.
2. Add a drop or two of peppermint extract and red food coloring to tint a nice pink color.
3. At this stage, the pink color should not be too delicate because it will not show up at all when the cereal is mixed in .
4. Put Rice Krispies in a large buttered bowl.
5. Pour marshmallow mixture over and stir to mix.
6. Add crushed peppermint candy canes and mix in .
7. You may press this mixture into a buttered 9- x 9- x 2-inch pan and cut into bars.
8. Or with well-buttered hands, you may shape portions of the mixture into candy cane shapes.
9. Or you may pat thin and cut with cookie cutters as described above.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peppermint-rice-krispies-candy-148339 (may not work)