Rice crispy buns

Sh1tbag OToole

Ahh, nothing brings back the memories like the smell of a freshly made rice crispy bun (or its evil counterpart made from Cocoa pops) inside in a muffin liner that someone on the parent's association brought down to the local community hall. Usually there would also be an abundance of Banshee Bones and some very chape 200ml bottles of lemonade, coke and fizzy orange juice.

Now I'm wondering are rice crispy buns genuinely Irish, born into existence due to the fact that actual dough was too expensive to make during the 80's recession or are they like most things, a fad brought in from the good ole US of A?

Fleawuss

Is this a dole thread or an IS thread?

Sh1tbag OToole

Fleawuss wrote: »

Is this a dole thread or an IS thread?

I'm going with dole thread because you could make several trays of them for the cost of 1 pack of rice krispies

Filmer Paradise

Well I had them at birthday parties back in the '70s, so yeah they're around long enough to be considered Irish IMO.

ElleEm

Rice crispy CAKES!!!

Fleawuss

Filmer Paradise wrote: »

Well I had them at birthday parties back in the '70s, so yeah they're around long enough to be considered Irish IMO.

They've been integrated into Irish culture.



See what I did there?:eek:

Jim Bob Scratcher

I love rice crispy bums.

Filmer Paradise

Fleawuss wrote: »

They've been integrated into Irish culture.



See what I did there?:eek:

Ah yes. Just like the Muslims. So when do you think the Rice Crispy cakes will have their Jihad uprising & turn us all into 'crispy critters' too?

Sh1tbag OToole

ElleEm wrote: »

Rice crispy CAKES!!!

You are being very generous to them things describing them as cakes

Dr.Robotnik

Remember going to your friends birthday party after school with a whole spread on the table.

Rice krispie buns, TK orange in little white plastic cups, boxes of smarties, penny sweets!

Sh1tbag OToole

Dr.Robotnik wrote: »

Remember going to your friends birthday party after school with a whole spread on the table.

Rice krispie buns, TK orange in little white plastic cups, boxes of smarties, penny sweets!

Chroisht. Which friend was that?

ceadaoin.

Definitely an irish/british thing. We used to make them with cornflakes too to mix it up a bit.

In America they make rice crispy treats which are a marshmallow thing like Kellogg's squares

kneemos

Did they try to market those one time or am I dreaming?

Fleawuss

They were never satisfying though. You were always hungry afterwards.

Dr.Robotnik

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Chroisht. Which friend was that?

All of them! Im from a very affluent area in a very affluent county :P

Day Lewin

But there is a vile and sticky poor relation of these: which is the same thing, only made of cornflakes. Sticky Splinter Buns.

Dampened bendy cornflakes get caught in your teeth. The cheap lard-like "cooking chocolate" is the finishing touch. Gross.

Fleawuss

katemarch wrote: »

But there is a vile and sticky poor relation of these: which is the same thing, only made of cornflakes. Sticky Splinter Buns.

Dampened bendy cornflakes get caught in your teeth. The cheap lard-like "cooking chocolate" is the finishing touch. Gross.

Sounds like eating damp turf.

ceadaoin.

Fleawuss wrote: »

They were never satisfying though. You were always hungry afterwards.

It was nicer and more satisfying just eating the mixture straight from the bowl tbh. Like crunchy, gooey, warm coco pops.

foggy_lad

They have been around as long as rice crispies and have nothing at all to do with those awful Americans and their purely marketing based customs.

We had them at parties in the 70's and that was when we didn't even have BBC or a colour television.

They were not that cheap because most mammys would have the makings of several trays of buns in the press on any given day but they might only have rice crispies once a month or for special occasions. also the cooking chocolate would not last so would have to be bought specially for them.

foggy_lad

Fleawuss wrote: »

Sounds like eating damp turf.

Ah the memories just come flooding back, coated in chocolate and sprinkled with hundreds & thousands:pac:

Fleawuss

foggy_lad wrote: »

Ah the memories just come flooding back, coated in chocolate and sprinkled with hundreds & thousands:pac:

Hundreds and thousands? Law Dee ****ing law. Excuse me Mr hundreds and thousands and all. We only had the odd one.

parasite

foggy_lad wrote: »

also the cooking chocolate would not last so would have to be bought specially for them.

as I remember it, for the true 80's experience, the cooking chocolate used should be that nasty waxy stuff which never goes off, Wonderbar I think

foggy_lad

parasite wrote: »

as I remember it, for the true 80's experience, the cooking chocolate used should be that nasty waxy stuff which never goes off, Wonderbar I think

The best laxative known to man.

Sh1tbag OToole

foggy_lad wrote: »

They have been around as long as rice crispies and have nothing at all to do with those awful Americans and their purely marketing based customs.

We had them at parties in the 70's and that was when we didn't even have BBC or a colour television.

They were not that cheap because most mammys would have the makings of several trays of buns in the press on any given day but they might only have rice crispies once a month or for special occasions. also the cooking chocolate would not last so would have to be bought specially for them.

That really ruins my day because I was hoping to attach an Anti-American element to this thread and have a go at the tacky culture they're foisting upon us. Would there be any merit in a conspiracy theory that blames guerrilla marketing by Kelloggs back in the day for giving Irish mammies the idea to start making rice krispy buns?

magicmushroom

I've always wondered how you make these...What do you mix them with to make them stick together?

ETA: The ones that are clear, not the chocolate ones - I'm thick but not that thick hahaha

magicmushroom

magicmushroom wrote: »

I've always wondered how you make these...What do you mix them with to make them stick together?

man batter

SEPT 23 1989

magicmushroom wrote: »

I've always wondered how you make these...What do you mix them with to make them stick together?

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kneemos

magicmushroom wrote: »

I've always wondered how you make these...What do you mix them with to make them stick together?

Melt the chocolate,throw in the Rice Krispies and put them in those paper cups.Think that's about the gist of it.

Badly Drunk Boy

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Ahh, nothing brings back the memories like the smell of a freshly made rice crispy bun (or its evil counterpart made from Cocoa pops) inside in a muffin liner that someone on the parent's association brought down to the local community hall. Usually there would also be an abundance of Banshee Bones and some very chape 200ml bottles of lemonade, coke and fizzy orange juice.

When I was a kid, we ate them from bun cases, not muffin liners. And my mother used to make buns too (not muffins or cupcakes), but I'd say rice crispy buns were popular because there was no baking involved: melt a bit of chocolate, mix in the Rice Krispies, and let them set when doled out into the cases.

I still make them, they are delicious!

magicmushroom

kneemos wrote: »

Melt the chocolate,throw in the Rice Krispies and put them in those paper cups.Think that's about the gist of it.

No I mean the ones that are clear

sammyjo90

Fcking cooking chocolate!!! I remember once I bought the ingredients with my mum and made her buy proper chocolate.

God that shït was vile. Shouldn't exist nowadays but it does!

foggy_lad

kneemos wrote: »

Melt the chocolate,throw in the Rice Krispies and put them in those paper cups.Think that's about the gist of it.

OMFG!

First you need to boil a saucepan of water to melt a bowl of chocolate over, a microwave can be used only if you want crappie buns!

then when melted you pour in the crispies to the bowl of chocolate while still over the pot of water.

Stir well and coat every rice crispies with chocolate.

Check the consistency of the chocolate because too thick and the buns will be too hard to bite, too thin and they will fall apart before they get from the bun case to your mouth.

Allow the buns to cool naturally then place in the fridge or pace them straight into fridge if you are disorganised and running late!

sammyjo90

magicmushroom wrote: »

No I mean the ones that are clear

You melt Marshmallows and proper toffee then throw in the rice crispies

kneemos

foggy_lad wrote: »

OMFG!

First you need to boil a saucepan of water to melt a bowl of chocolate over, a microwave can be used only if you want crappie buns!

then when melted you pour in the crispies to the bowl of chocolate while still over the pot of water.

Stir well and coat every rice crispies with chocolate.

Check the consistency of the chocolate because too thick and the buns will be too hard to bite, too thin and they will fall apart before they get from the bun case to your mouth.

Allow the buns to cool naturally then place in the fridge or pace them straight into fridge if you are disorganised and running late!

Excuse me mister scientist .

sammyjo90

foggy_lad wrote: »

OMFG!

!

Calm down dear, you are both right

kneemos

magicmushroom wrote: »

No I mean the ones that are clear

No idea.

They're just Rice Krispies dude.

magicmushroom

magicmushroom wrote: »

No I mean the ones that are clear

White chocolate.

Summer wind

Ooooo I love chocolate rice crispy buns. Sweet luscious little bites of heaven:)

Badly Drunk Boy

foggy_lad wrote: »

Stir well and coat every rice crispies with chocolate.

I use a similar methodology when having a curry. Every grain of rice has to be covered.

foggy_lad wrote: »

Check the consistency of the chocolate because too thick and the buns will be too hard to bite, too thin and they will fall apart before they get from the bun case to your mouth.

When I was a kid, our recessionary rice crispy buns often fell apart due to poverty, not like post-Celtic Tiger recessionary rice crispy buns (made by people with iPhones and the like.). :pac:

JanaMay

I'm going to make these after with the kids after school. Thanks for the idea OP.

Menas

I am hanging for one now...and I have not had my breakfast yet.

Sh1tbag OToole

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I use a similar methodology when having a curry. Every grain of rice has to be covered.


When I was a kid, our recessionary rice crispy buns often fell apart due to poverty, not like post-Celtic Tiger recessionary rice crispy buns (made by people with iPhones and the like.). :pac:

A recessionary rice crispy bun could make its way into the supply chain even in the good times if it's creator was just after getting a new Corolla or Carina II on the ould hire purchase agreement

gutenberg

I still make these, and my mam still makes a tray of them for our birthdays, like the kids we are I love making them extra chocolate-y by increasing the chocolate to rice krispie ratio.

The cornflake version is mank though.

Crumpets

Ah this takes me back! Can't beat a rice crispy bun!

chakotha

De rigeur at all kiddies birthday and Christmas parties. We used to bags for who would get to scrape out the bowl.

NothingMan

There's a lovely girl in work who frequently makes cakes for us all and she makes the best Rice Crispie cakes. She said she uses Aldi milk chocolate instead of cooking chocolate and they're bleedin delish!

gutenberg

NothingMan wrote: »

There's a lovely girl in work who frequently makes cakes for us all and she makes the best Rice Crispie cakes. She said she uses Aldi milk chocolate instead of cooking chocolate and they're bleedin delish!

When my mam makes them, she now uses Aldi or Lidl chocolate as well, and I agree - they are divine!

Day Lewin

The "clear" ones - might be stuck together with melted Golden Syrup or similar.

Medusa22

Thanks for the idea OP, I'd forgotten about rice crispy cakes and how easy they are to make (I can't bake for shyte), I think I'm going to make some for my OH because she's German and I don't think she's tasted these Irish delights yet!

I'd love some but they aren't gluten free. Feckers