[iowasteph2]

Our gas station by our house sells homemade Rice Krispie bars made with peanut butter with Reece Pieces. They're my biggest weakness. How many points would you estimate for a bar that's about a 3 inches square (and about an inch thick). I estimated 10 yesterday, but I'm starting to hope that I was off!!! I think this might be more of a guesstimate type of thing, because I have no clue how much of anything was put in there, and there was no nutritional information.

Your opinion would be helpful!! Thanks so much!

[mauvaisroux]

Usually Rice Krispie treats are around 2 points each but you may want to add a 0.5 to 1 pt for the pb and reeces pieces.

Here is the nutritional information for the packaged ones:

Original (22g bar): 90 calories, 2.5 grams of fat, fiber 0g

[Rosegarden]

Seriously 2 points????? I figured I had blown all my extra points with the 3 I ate Saturday???? Can someone verify this for me? I can't seem to locate any other posts on Rice Krispie treats besides the pre-made Kelloggs ones and those are 2 pts and smaller than a usual serving of homemade treats

[Kelly_S]

Personally for a PB one with Reeses Pieces I'd add 2 points for that. PB nor the candy is cheap in points.

The original recipe NOT MADE WITH PEANUT BUTTER OR CANDY is 2 points per serving and that serving is like 2"x2" I believe.

[Rosegarden]

Cool - I had a 3x3 regular w/o all the goodies including peanut butter!!!! - so do you think 3 pts would be right?

[lalala]

I would also look at the depth of that bar. The ones they sell at stores are often much deeper (taller) than the ones made at home.

lala

[Kelly_S]

Personally I'd count one from a convenience store as probably 5 or 6 minimum they are usually 2 1/2 x times the thickness as the ones you make yourself.

[Rosegarden]

Okay - I had 3 of them - so 18 pts as a good measure - whew - that took up some flex points

[boaterswife]

I actually just made homemade rice crispy treats for the Mizzou game on Saturday and they are one of my biggest weaknesses, so I dutifully calculated points!! Here's my breakdown:

9 1/2 cups crispies
1 stick real butter
1 pound bag of marshmallows

Pressed into a 9x13 pan, cut into 16 squares. This equaled 7 points per square, squares were approximately 2x3, 2" thick. Hope this helps!

[Rosegarden]

Yes Kelly that definitely helps. Good thing I've vowed not to use any more flex points this week after last Saturday - 7 x 3 = 21 points - Yikes - but I have to say they were yummy

[QuilterInVA]

3 in one day! I'd say at least 5 per since peanut butter is 2 per tablespoon, reguar bar is 2 and candy is at least one and that's for a 2x2. A 3xs is actual twice as big (2x2 is 4 and 3x3 is 9 sq. inches) so 10 is getting it about right.

[Rosegarden]

VA Quilter - I was a chaperone on a band trip and was gone all day. Yes 3 in one day. The first two in the afternoon and the last one after the drowning rain and cold and the pan sat in my bus seat. I owned up to it and wrote it and was just trying to compute the points. I also know what to do next time I'm in a situation like this