Updated December 2025: Rice Krispie edibles are hands-down one of the easiest cannabis recipes you can make - and they're foolproof. No baking, no complicated steps, just melt, mix, and done in 10 minutes.
I've been teaching this recipe for years, and here's why students love it: these treats keep well without refrigeration, travel easily, and won't melt in your car like gummies or chocolates.
Plus, you can customize them dozens of ways (more on that below). Whether you're brand new to making edibles or just want a quick reliable recipe, this is the one. Let's make some medicated Rice Krispie treats!
True, they may lack sophistication. But they are popular for a reason. People love the flavor and crunch of these simple treats. And for cannabis lovers, they are a simple to make edible that's easy to infuse with cannabis.
The treats also keep well and need no refrigeration. That means they are easy to tote around for edibles on the go. And unlike even gummies or hard candies, they might get a little sticky, but don't turn to liquid in hot temperatures.
If that's not enough, you can get get creative in a culinary way and make lots of variations on the basic recipe. See below. After all, the basic recipe is a fairly blank canvas, from a culinary perspective.
So have fun when making Rice Crispy edibles. If you come up with any great new variations, be sure to share them in the comments below.
Ingredients for Making Rice Cripsy Edibles
The basic recipe for Rice Crispy Treats edibles is simple: Puffed Rice Cereal, Marshmallows, and cannabutter, with perhaps some regular butter as well, depending on dosing needs (see below). You can also make these treats with coconut oil (again, see below).
For best results, get fresh marshmallows. They just melt easier and work better in this recipe than old marshmallows that have been lying around.
For the cereal, you can always get it at the grocery store. However, know that you can save money as you can usually find it at the dollar store.
I found the red, white and blue Rice Krispies used in the photo in the decorating section there. They added a bit of color to my Rice Crispy edibles without any work on my part. Kellogg's regularly comes out with seasonal and special edition cereals like this, so why not incorporate them into your edibles and give them a more festive look?
How to Add Cannabis to Rice Crispy Edibles
Rice Crispy treats contain butter, so it is super simple to swap out some or all of the butter in the basic recipe for cannabis infused butter.
For those trying to avoid butter, I you can swap out infused coconut oil for the more traditional butter.
Coconut oil works well for a butter-free alternative, but know that because of the gelatin used to make marshmallows, this will NOT be a vegan recipe, even if you do opt to make it with infused coconut oil.
Cannabutter and Cannaoil for Rice Crispy Edibles
As cannabutter or cannaoil form the backbone of the Rice Crispy Edibles recipes, be sure to have these on hand before beginning. My tutorials will show you how to make them if you don't already know.
Using Concentrates to Make Rice Crispy Edibles
Alternately, you could use concentrates like kief, hash, rosins, hash oils, or FECO to medicate the recipe.
In this case, gently heat the butter or oil called for in the recipe and melt the concentrate into this before adding to recipe. Melting the concentrate into the fat will help insure an even distribution of the cannabis.
Dosages for Cannabis Rice Crispy Treats
Each the Rice Crispy edibles portions in the recipes below will have about 25mg THC IF you made your cannabis butter or cannabis oil from average cannabis (10% THC) and used 1/2 ounce of marijuana to make 1 cup cannabis infused butter or coconut oil.
To adjust the dosage for your personal needs and to reflect the strength of the marijuana you are using and the amounts you used to make your infusion, take my FREE 10 minute online Dosing Class that will teach you how to do it. Even better, use my handy dosage calculator tools that do all the math for you (see below).
Easy Variations (Mix It Up!)
Flavor Swaps:
- Chocolate - Use Cocoa Krispies instead of regular
- Fruity - Swap in Fruit Loops or Fruity Pebbles
- Healthier - Use brown rice cereal
- Birthday Cake - Use the Birthday Cake Rice Krispies cereal
Mix-Ins to Try:
Stir any of these into the mixture before pressing into the pan:
- Chocolate chips
- Peanut butter chips
- M&M's
- Mini marshmallows
- Chopped nuts
- Dried fruit
- Toffee bits
- Shredded coconut
Holiday Decorating Ideas:
- Valentine's Day - Add red food coloring, cut with heart cookie cutters -
- Halloween - Tint orange, shape into balls, add chocolate "stems" for pumpkins
- Christmas - Drizzle with white chocolate, sprinkle crushed candy canes -
- Birthday - Stack circles cut from different sizes, add a candle
Decorating Rice Krispie Edibles
For a simple edible, cannabis rice crispy treats can be easily decorated for lots of different occasions.
One of the easiest ways is to use seasonal Rice Krispies cereal like in the Birthday Cake Rice Crispy Edibles photo above. These were special Red, White, and Blue Rice Krispies that Kellogg's came out with for the 4th of July. I found them a few months later at the dollar store.
Add any color to Cannabis Rice Crispy Edibles -- Even if you don't find special seasonal Rice Krispies, know that you can easily tint these edibles in a rainbow of colors. All you need do is mix in a few drops of food color to the melted marshmallow mixture, just before you add the cereal, in the recipe instructions below.
Make Shapes with Cookie Cutters -- The tiered Birthday Cake above and the Valentine's Day Rice Crispy edibles below were make with cookie cutters of graduating sizes. For the birthday cake I stacked 3 flowers of descending sizes and put a candle on top. A set of flower cookies cutters made it easy.
For the Valentine's Day Rice Cripsy edibles below, use heart cookie cutters and combine sizes by cutting out and filling the centers.
Drizzle in Chocolate -- For the Christmas Cannabis Rice Krispie treats below, drizzle the finished rice crispy treats with melted chocolate and sprinkle the tops with crushed peppermint candy canes.
Color and Shape -- To make the Halloween rice crispy edibles below, tint the mixture orange, then use buttered hands to shape into small balls while the mixture is still warm (work quickly). Add a chocolate candy stem.
Recipe for Classic Cannabis Rice Crispy Edibles
Classic Cannabis Rice Crispy Edibles
Equipment
- Stovetop
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup cannabis infused butter
- 10 ounces marshmallows regular or miniature
- 6 cups Rice Crispy cereal
- 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract optional
Instructions
- Butter a 13X9 inch pan. Set aside.
- In a large saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, melt cannabutter.
- Stir in marshmallows and continue to cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until marshmallows are completely melted.
- Remove from heat and immediately stir in cereal until well coated.
- Spread mixture in the prepared pan, smooth top with a spatula. Once cool, cut into 2-inch squares.
Notes
Making Marijuana Butter
This tutorial will teach you to make the marijuana butter used in this recipe.Edibles Dosing:
This dose is only a suggestion.   To learn how to PRECISELY dose this and other recipes, take my FREE online dosing class (takes just 10 minutes).Please Support our Sponsor
Your Rice Krispie Edibles Questions, Answered
They'll stay fresh for 5-7 days at room temperature in an airtight container. Want them to last longer? Wrap individual portions tightly and freeze them for up to 3 months. They thaw fast - just 15-20 minutes at room temperature.
Fresh marshmallows work MUCH better. Old, hard marshmallows don't melt smoothly and you'll end up with lumpy treats. Trust me on this - spend the extra $2 on fresh ones.
Either works! Swap cannabutter for cannabis-infused coconut oil 1:1. Your treats will have a slightly different texture (a bit softer), but they'll still be delicious. Just remember - even with coconut oil, these aren't vegan because of the marshmallow gelatin.
That depends entirely on your cannabutter strength. The dosing info in the recipe assumes average cannabis (10% THC) made with ½ oz to 1 cup butter. Take my free dosing class to calculate YOUR specific batch - it's quick and will save you from guessing games.
Absolutely! Make them 1-2 days ahead and store in an airtight container. They actually taste better after sitting for a day - the flavors meld together nicel
You either overcooked the marshmallow mixture or used too much heat. Keep your burner on LOW and remove from heat the second the marshmallows are fully melted. Work quickly once you add the cereal - the mixture firms up fast.
You either overcooked the marshmallow mixture or used too much heat. Keep your burner on LOW and remove from heat the second the marshmallows are fully melted. Work quickly once you add the cereal - the mixture firms up fast.
Pro Tips for Perfect Cannabis Rice Krispie Treats
- Use fresh marshmallows - Old ones don't melt smoothly and make lumpy treats
- Keep heat LOW - High heat makes the mixture hard. Low and slow wins every time -
- Work fast - Once you add the cereal, the mixture starts setting up. Don't dawdle!
- Butter everything - Pan, spatula, hands, knife. Makes life SO much easier.
- Press gently - Don't compact the mixture too hard or you'll get dense, tough treats
- Store smart - Airtight container at room temp. They'll last a week easily.
- Double batch = smart - These go fast. Make extra and freeze half for later
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