Recipe: Bear-Y Good Bars (Rice Krispie treats using gummi bears)

BEAR-Y GOOD BARS

1/4 cup butter
4 cups miniature marshmallows
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 cups crisp rice cereal
1 cup gummi bear candies

Spray a 13x9-inch pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Melt butter in Dutch oven or large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add marshmallows; cook about 3 minutes or until melted, stirring constantly. Stir in vanilla. Remove from heat.

Add cereal; mix well. Stir in gummi bear candies. With sprayed fingers, press mixture in pan. Cool 30 minutes or until completely cooled.

Cut into bars or into shapes with cookie cutters.

Makes 24 bars
Source: Recipe booklet: Pillsbury Classic Cookbooks, November 2000