Rice Krispies Treats as Pie Crust

[ipsedixit]

Good or bad idea?

Would it overwhelm something like a lemon chiffon filling?

Thanks.

[adrienne156]

Me thinks bad idea as the texture might be a little too tough, especially for that filling...

[Nyleve]

Rice Krispie treats get soggy at the slightest hint of moisture in the air. So I think that unless you serve it within minutes of filling, the crust will become unpleasantly sticky/soggy. Great idea, though.

Cut into small pieces and dip in dark chocolate for the best thing ever.

[chef chicklet]

Or put a chocolate layer between the crust and the filling it would work. Same idea when the line the ice cream cones with chocolate then the ice cream.
Lemon filing might not go with though. What a crazy cute idea!

[ipsedixit]

Good thought about how it can become soggy (sticky, I'm not so worried about). Maybe instead of a chiffon filling, I might try a cheesecake using the Rice Krispies Treat crust.

Thanks everyone.

[adrienne156]

That would be totally yummy.

[gyozagirl]

Wow that sounds amazing! With a chocolate drizzle on top, that would be great! Yeah, let us know what you decide on!!

[chef chicklet]

I made a chocolate marshmallow pie once, that would work really well, since the rice crispy bottom has that buttery marshmallow bottom.... rich!

[chef chicklet]

chill the chocolate so that it hardens up, that way you have a liner.

[danna]

Oh yeah! Great idea for a low fat pie crust. Please , Please let us know how it goes!!

[Anonimo]

Good way to ruin a nice lemon chiffon filling, IMO.

[Amuse Bouches]

Very sweet. Compensate accordingly with the filling. I think it would work best with a pie that would otherwise have a crumb crust.

[Honey Bee]

Perhaps the RK Treat crust, layer of chocolate, and then a peanut butter mousse type filling topped with whipped cream? Maybe too sweet, but worth a try.

[chef chicklet]

now that's a good idea honey bee, good texture and tastes going on. Makes me want to try it too!

[piccola]

I would do it for an icebox pie - the freezing would keep the crust crispy.

For a non-frozen pie, I wouldn't go with lemon chiffon (too sweet). Maybe a dark chocolate mousse (with semi-sweet at most) or peanut butter filling. Either way, make it a pie that sets in the fridge as opposed to the oven.

[Chew on That]

Great idea that I think is well augmented with the chocolate layer before the filling (to eliminate the moisture problem) - good luck! Sounds fun, and different (but yea, I may not go lemon chiffon, but rather chocolate).

[Chuckles the Clone]

You may as well go all the way and fill it with mock apple pie.

[burntcream]

Maybe an ice cream pie would be good. Before serving, fill it with scoops of ice cream. Add sliced banans and top with some whipped cream and fudge sauce for a banana split pie.

[ipsedixit]

That's actually not a bad idea. But at least for this occasion this pie has to travel and keep so ice cream is sort of out of the question. Next time ...

[Neuromancer]

Last weekend I had a chocolate peanut butter pie with a cocoa krispies crust. The crust was a little soft, but still had a good crispiness to it. I don't know the recipe, but it is possible.

[jsaimd]

My boys had to go to the bookstore today because they are little book junkies. Anyway, while they were reading, I was browsing through cookbooks and found one from the Chocolate Bar. In it was a recipe for a pie crust basically made like a rice crispie treat, except they used sugar and corn syrup, etc. Anyway, they filled it with chocolate and peanut butter mixed together and topped with a meringue.

[fayehess]

I have had it under cake and whipped cream and I thought it didn't work. It's too sweet and the texture needs to be able to hold up, which it doesn't do effectively with cake or whipped cream based products. I would stick to its candy roots, and go for maybe adding peanut butter and covering with chocolate ganache, or adding a little toaste coconut and toasted macadamia and chocolate chips or having the rice krispy treat as a thin crust, spreading with Fluff, and then covering the whole thing with melted chocolate. (And try not to think about your teeth) fayefood.com