Rice crispie hearts

I decided to get some feedback on what type of treat everyone wanted for F.H.E. Cole made absolutely no sense with his babbling and Jeff was at work. So the only one left to ask was Pearl.

Her response? Something like this... "Something good. Not like the treats you always make."

Pffffff.

We settled on rice crispie treats. Heart-shaped and dipped in chocolate with sprinkles rice crispie treats to be exact.

I found two boxes of the clearance holiday sprinkles at Target! A whooping grand total of $5 for endless fun. Love it!!! I've scored sprinkles there for Christmas, Easter, and Halloween too.I wasn't expecting both kids to find rice crispies cereal such a treat. Nor was I anticipating the mess on the floor, stove, counters, and in shoes and socks. After telling myself to just "enjoy the moment" and refrain from freaking out that there were now gobs of crushed cereal all over my kitchen floor, I was able to get about 15 heart-shaped rice crispie treats whipped out. I melted some chocolate chips we had in the freezer and let Pearl and Cole sprinkle to their hearts' content. Totally random, but all of a sudden Pearl was pulling her typical I-don't-want-to-look-at-the-camera-face. Cole tried to copy her and both erupted in giggles. I have to admit, I was pretty impressed with the final product. Not only did they look festive, but they actually stayed soft and gooey just how we like them. It's funny, but I was talking to my mom after making this horrible, sticky, crunchy mess with my kids and realized for the 10 seconds when I wasn't hollering at Pearl to be careful with the sprinkles and get her sleeves out of the chocolate or Cole to stop throwing cereal on the floor, that that's what enjoying motherhood is all about.