Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels

Name: Rice Krispies Treats With Chocolate and Pretzels
Yield: 36 serving
Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray; 6 tablespoons salted butter (¾ stick); 1 (10-ounce) bag marshmallows; 3 cups Rice Krispies, or other crisp rice cereal; 3 cups butter-flavored or regular mini-pretzels, broken into ½- to 1-inch pieces; 3 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped; Flaky sea salt, for sprinkling

Marshmallow treats can skew saccharine, but this slightly more sophisticated version embraces the salty as much as it does the sugary. Sweet marshmallows and chocolate are balanced by plenty of salt: in the butter, on the pretzels and in the flaky sea salt finish. Butter-flavored pretzels (“butter snaps”) have a delicate crunch and a creamy note that work well in this recipe, but any small, thin pretzels are also good. You'll want to use chopped chocolate here instead of chips: They melt faster, so you end up with smeared chocolate bits instead of distinctive chunks.

Nonstick cooking spray
6 tablespoons salted butter (¾ stick)
1 (10-ounce) bag marshmallows
3 cups Rice Krispies, or other crisp rice cereal
3 cups butter-flavored or regular mini-pretzels, broken into ½- to 1-inch pieces
3 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
Flaky sea salt, for sprinkling