• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • about Dom in the Kitchen
  • contact me
  • pr & demo’s
  • Private Dining

Dom in the Kitchen Homepage

Recipes from my Lincolnshire kitchen

  • Home
  • Chicken Thighs
  • Bread
  • Cakes
  • Eggs
  • Vegetarian
  • Everything else

Baileys Chocolate Luxe rice crispie squares

15 April 2015 by Dominic Franks

… they say that us Brits are obsessed with the weather and to be fair if I look back over this blog I do mention the weather on a regularly repeating basis…it’s not just the changing seasons that i’m talking about here – which kind of makes sense as this is a food blog and the seasons do make a big difference for what we eat – but the general day to day weather.  We do live on an island on the edge of a large continent in the direct path of both the jet stream and the gulf stream which bring us a mix-n-match bag of weather throughout the year… we can barely plan for a weekend barbecue let alone a picnic in the park or even a walk to the local and this makes us a little obsessed about what’s coming next.  if we lived in California we could be guaranteed of endless sunshine and we’d know that on any given weekend we could, with at least 80% accuracy, plan an alfresco meal with friends.  So when the headlines tell us that we’re due a three month heatwave starting on Wednesday it’s not surprising that we all go a little bit nuts…

… the crazy thing about our weather is that it can make or break us.  We base huge decisions such as planning our wedding days on the weather.  Fashion and drinks brands can win or lose based on the sunshine or snow and a win at an election can be as simple as if the sun came out that day… I love living here and enjoy the green fields and seasons as much as the next man but if we could just have a little fixed date sunshine and heat for the next couple of months that would be nice.  Please.

Baileys Chocolate Luxe rice crispie squares
there’s something particularly grown up and a little naughty about these adorable little crispie treats… they are most definitely an after dinner, late night with a coffee type of thing… and I love that about them.  So many cakes and cookies and cupcakes are ‘family friendly’ which is all very well and good but it’s nice to have something just ti ourselves for a change.  I was very kindly sent a bottle of this glorious creamy Bailey’s Chocolate Luxe which is like the classic Bailey’s Irish Cream but made with Belgian chocolate.  It’s pretty much liquid gold in a glass and is crying out to be baked with, so I have…

150g dark chocolate – broken into pieces
150g butter – cut into cubes
a large glug of Bailey’s Chocolate Luxe

150g Rice Krispies, or other puffed rice cereal

for the drizzle

75g milk chocolate
30g butter
a glug of Bailey’s Chocolate Luxe
a little icing sugar for sweetness

butter and line a 20cm square deep-sided tin

place the rice krispies into a large bowl
place the chocolate and butter into a pan and very gently heat until it begins to melt, then remove it from the heat and stir with a spoon until it’s all melted
add a large glug of liquor to the chocolate and stir, then pour this all over the puffed rice and stir together until entirely coated – you may want to add a dash or two more of the liquor, then spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and press down to form an even layer, pushing the mixture into the corners and sides of the tin – set aside to cool completely – chill it in the fridge for the ultimate crisp crunch
make the drizzle by melting the butter and chocolate together as before and then adding the Bailey’s after it’s off the heat… I would suggest adding less Bailey’s for the drizzle and maybe even stirring a little icing sugar in to make it a little sweeter as it’s nice to have that difference
I am of course entering these little treats into the We Should Cocoa bloggers challenge.  We Should Cocoa is hosted by Choclette from Tin and Thyme and this month has the theme of ‘no bake’ 

They are also going off to the brilliant Treat Petite challenge hosted by Kat from The Baking Explorer and Stuart from Cakeyboi

eat and of course, enjoy!

Share this post:

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on E-mail

Filed Under: Everything else Tagged With: #treatpetite, bailey's, Bailey's Chocolate Luxe, chocolate, no-bake, puffed rice, rice kripsies, squares, treats

Previous Post: « roast duck with plums, garlic and sweet potato
Next Post: rosanna pink onion tarte tatin »

Reader Interactions

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Comments

  1. Laura Denman says

    15 April 2015 at 3:46 pm

    I love that you've made these grown up Krispie treats but kept a little bit of fun with the sprinkles 🙂

  2. Bethan Vincent says

    15 April 2015 at 5:32 pm

    Snap! My latest recipe uses this too, but as part of a cake 🙂

    Bethan, Audacity of Food

  3. Karen S Booth says

    15 April 2015 at 8:52 pm

    Fabulous Dom – I was sent a bottle too, but I've drunk it!! This would also make a great little entry for TTT. Love your hundreds and thousands on the crispie squares, very nostalgic, Karen

  4. Ben Maclain says

    16 April 2015 at 3:13 am

    Seriously? If I had these gorgeous squares, I wouldn't care about weather. If I had these sumptuous squares and the remaining Bayle's, the life would be so much nicer! Well done!

  5. Susan Lindquist says

    16 April 2015 at 1:47 pm

    OMG! These are NOT your usual rice crispie squares! Talk about pimping the recipe out just a bit!

  6. bellini says

    16 April 2015 at 2:44 pm

    Woah! Who is craving these now 🙂

  7. Made With Pink says

    16 April 2015 at 9:52 pm

    Wow! I love these! What a great idea to spike them up with Bailey's. I absolutely adore Bailey's, so these are right up my alley.

  8. Kate Glutenfreealchemist says

    16 April 2015 at 10:04 pm

    Baileys? Chocolate Baileys? I need some….. NOW! Sounds pretty perfect in crispy squares too….

  9. Choclette Blogger says

    20 April 2015 at 1:46 pm

    Oh yes please. I adore crispy squares, triangles balls whatever and homemade are definitely the best. I have bookmarked this as I HAVE to try it. I love these challenges it brings out such creative fancies 😉 Thanks for playing along with We Should Cocoa.

  10. Kat BakingExplorer says

    23 April 2015 at 9:07 pm

    These sound amazing! I have to try these! Thanks for entering into Treat Petite.

  11. Sarah Trivuncic says

    1 May 2015 at 9:11 am

    I don't think that heatwave came to anything did it?!

    These look very pretty, I think I could do with a glug of chocolate baileys on the side too 😉

Primary Sidebar

About Dom In The Kitchen

My name is Dominic, I am a cook, food writer and creative event producer. I write the food blog Dom In The Kitchen and also write a monthly recipe column for Lincolnshire Life Magazine and Good Taste Magazine. I also run creative event production company The Persuaders, producing global events for brands since 1997. I am based both in the small village of Belleau in Lincolnshire and the smaller village of London! Read More…

Subscribe

Get new posts by email:
Powered by follow.it
  • Bloglovin
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Archives

Tweets by @DomInTheKitchen

as featured in Lincolnshire Life Magazine

Lincolnshire Life

creatively managed by

The Persuagers
Belleau Cottage

Footer

This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Error: No feed found.

Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed.

&copy 2010 - 2021 | All rights reserved | Website by Peckish Digital