My mom has always made the very best rice krispie candy squares and she passed down the recipe to me years ago . It is a holiday favorite that I make every year but I just always ate a few squares without knowing the phe and calories.

Now that I am pregnant and tracking everything I was going to avoid making it this year but it’s a tradition I do not want to do with out so I finally sat down and did the math. Hopefully it is correct as I am sharing it with all of you.

The best thing about my mom’s rice krispie candy is how sticky and gooey it is!

Here is the recipe :

1/2 cup margarine  = 0 mg phe / 560 Kcals

400 grams marshmallows =  700 mg phe  / 1400 kcals

6 cups rice krispies = 600 mg phe  / 660 kcals

1 tbsp vanilla extract = 0 mg phe / 72 kcal

Total recipe PHE : 1300 mg phe  /  2692 kcals

Recipe yeilds : 619 grams of wet /warm goodness.

so each gram of candy is  approx : 3 mg phe  / 5 kcals.

So now when I go to cut out the size of the candy I want ,  I will weigh it and times the weight by the 1 gram value!

for example 50 grams of candy would be : 150 mg phe / 250 kcals!

So not its not very low protein but its perfect for me as a treat , specially with my tolerance being so high! Now  to be sure I think I will re weigh the candy once it is hard and re do my math to be more accurate. Will share the new updated totals when it cools. It is currently in my fridge hardening!

I cannot wait to dig in!