Bringing the sugars to a boil was quite easy. I kept stirring them, and it only took a few minutes to get to a boil. I did multi-task and get my peanut butter measured out while I was stirring the sugars. Mixing in the peanut butter was simple enough as well. However, I did have a hard time mixing the liquid into the cereal. I ended up ditching the plastic spatula and just digging my hands in there. It was pretty warm though, so I gave up on that plan. I never really felt like it was all mixed in. I remember making Rice Krispy Treats as a kid, and the stuff was super sticky so it was pretty easy to tell if you had it all mixed in well enough. This wasn't very sticky.
Eventually, I just decided to put it into the pan and hope for the best. I didn't have parchment paper, so I used a piece of aluminum foil on top and pressed down. I pressed it down pretty firmly because it just felt lke it was really loose and I was afraid it wouldn't form bars. After about an hour or so, I flipped the pan over and ended up with a thin brick of puffed rice cereal. I was pretty happy that it came out in one big chunk instead of falling to pieces.
I then used a big knife and cut it into squares. They end up a 2" x 2" piece if you make it into 16 servings like the recipe calls for. They are pretty small, but for the most part, they held together. I did lose a little bit on the corners.
The first one had no flavor in my opinion. They were pretty dense, and they crumbled when I bit into them, but they were edible for me. I've had a couple more since then, but haven't fallen in love with them yet. I've gotten the peanut butter flavor out of them, but they are just not sweet at all. My husband hated the texture. He said it just turned to dust in his mouth. I didn't think it turned to dust, but I just didn't really find them worth eating. I might try it again and put a few chocolate chips into it to see if I can get something sweet into them. They are nice and crunchy though, so that might have its purpose.
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