These samoa rice krispie treats take traditional rice krispies to the next level. They’re topped with a toasted coconut and caramel mixture, and drizzled and dipped with chocolate, just like your favorite Girl Scout Cookie!
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I am obsessed with rice krispie treats. Original rice krispie treats, with extra marshmallows, nice and gooey, are one of my favorite last minute, easy treats. And you know I love samoa cookies, so when my snickers rice krispie treats were such a hit, I knew I had to try another version, and these samoa rice krispie treats are so good, let me tell you.
So instead of a short bread crust, like in samoa cookies, these treats (of course) have a rice krispie base. They’re topped with a sweet toasted coconut caramel mixture, drizzled with chocolate and dipped in chocolate on the bottom. If you love the combination of chocolate, caramel and toasted coconut you will love these treats!
They’re fairy simple to make, but they take the traditional krispy treats to a new and decadent level.
Samoa Rice Krispie Treats
Ingredients
For the Rice Krispie Treats:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 5 cups mini marshmallows
- 5 1/2 cups rice krispie cereal
For the Toasted Coconut Caramel Layer:
- 11 oz caramels (unwrapped)
- 2 TBS heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups coconut
For the Chocolate Layer:
- 3 cups milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Melt your butter over medium low heat in a large sauce pan.
- Add in marshmallows, and stir together till marshmallows are completely melted.
- Pour in your rice krispie cereal and stir together till cereal is completely coated.
- Pour cereal into a 9x13 in pan and press down evenly. (Don't squish too much!)
- In a medium sized sauce pan combine caramels and heavy cream over medium heat.
- Stir until caramel is melted and smooth.
- Toast coconut on a baking tray in an oven heated to 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, stirring regular to avoid burning.
- Stir toasted coconut into the melted caramel.
- Pour caramel evenly over the top of rice krispie treats.
- Melt chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second increments (for about 90 seconds total), stirring after each until smooth.
- Slice rice krispie treats into pieces and remove from pan.
- Dip the bottom of each piece into the chocolate.
- Put remaining chocolate into a small ziplock bag and snip the corner.
- Drizzle chocolate over the top of each treat.
- Let chocolate set completely and serve.
Dana says
We made these today . . . DELISH!!!! I’d never heard of such a thing! I went to purchase Rice Krispies, but they contain malt. Due to a severe gluten allergy at our home, I bought some plain Cheerios & Corn Chex & mixed them. It worked just great. Dipping the bottoms into the melted chocolate is the perfect touch!
Thanks so much for teaching us about these!
Aimee says
Yay! I’m so glad you made them work for you with the allergies! And so glad you all loved them! <3
Mo says
This looks delicious, do they need to be refrigerated?
Ellen says
They should be fine for a few days on the counter. Anytime you refrigerate rice krispie treats they harden and it just makes it chewier to eat. I hope you enjoy these. Truth be told they never make it past a day in our home.
Stacee says
For the coconut – Is it the flakes in the baking aisle? One full bag?
Aimee says
I’m not sure that it’s a full bag worth, but a full bag should be more than enough
Shelby Lindauer says
I made these exactly as the recipe says and although they came out super tasty, the milk chocolate bottom stayed melty at room temperature. I tried freezing them to set the chocolate, but then the coconut caramel mixture was a little tough to bite through. I might try to use chocolate flavored candy melts next time because they harden at room temperature. Great recipe though! Thanks for sharing!
Aimee Berrett says
Weird! It usually does take mine a couple hours to harden, but maybe your house is a little warmer than mine. Sorry!
Beka says
Hi! I am a Rice Krispies virgin. Can these be made the night before or is it best day of?
Aimee Berrett says
They should be fine the night before as well. I ate them all week long 😉