Rice Krispie Treats - Make Ahead Of Time For Sculpting???
Decorating By mom2spunkynbug Updated 7 Aug 2007 , 8:21pm by Hollyanna70
When making rice krispie treats for sculpting, are you supposed to make them several days ahead of time? so they can dry (like fondant/gumpaste)?
I tried making a deer cake & used rkt for the upper head/nose part & it just slowly but surely fell apart. 
edited to add: I did leave out the butter
Thanks in advance 
I make mine several days before so they can dry out. BUT, as I learned the hard way this week- if it is humid, they will absorb moisture and become very weak and stale and eventually fall apart ! I had to keep putting them in the freezer (which is also humid, but it solidified them).. These were towers for a sandcastle cake. If you keep them dry, they should be fine. I do eliminate the butter, and use only a small amount of cooking spray .
yes I would like to know this as well, I have an adult themed cake coming up that I would like to do some of ahead of time too. Bump!
I was making a cake this week and tried to use the treats to make a nose, I've done it before but this time it just slowly pulled away from the rest of the cake-in slow motion. When we were eating it (I gave up on decorating it and we just ate it as it was) I also noticed that the treats were really soggy- I thought it was because it had soaked up buttercream (I was wonderin if I had put on a thicker amount this time). Now I'm wondering if it was the humidity- the house was open because it was not really hot and humid but the humidity was rising... now I wonder if it was that that caused my problems and not an error I made.... 
Now I'm wondering if it was the humidity- the house was open because it was not really hot and humid but the humidity was rising... now I wonder if it was that that caused my problems and not an error I made....
I think it was the humidity- I made my castle towers and they were fine after a day- nice and dry and sturdy.. then the weather changed and I noticed they started to sag a bit- definitely from the moisture !! I was in a panic, so I froze them until I delivered the cake to keep them from collapsing. Next time I will put them in an airtight container after they dry (if its days before)
I am having a duh moment. Do you mean that you just use marshmallows and rk to make it and no butter?
I just use a bit of cooking spray to keep it from sticking to the pot.. I leave out the butter if I am using them to mold something that needs to be really sturdy.. seems to help
Oh thanks! I didn't even think of not using butter on them! I haven't tried it yet but plan to on my son's bday cake. I read somewhere that someone had crushed the krispies beforehand so it was smoother. Does anyone do that or just use them as is? (Sorry for the newbie questions!)
DO NOT put them in an airtight container and think they will dry! My turrets on my second castle fell after I got them out of my tupperware. I had let them dry all day and they were fine...then put them in the tupperware and they were soggy again-ARGH!!!
Make ahead, sculpt your piece, let it dry if you can...then assemble the rest the next day if possible.
Thank you mgdqueen- I suggested the airtight container without really knowing what would happen-now I know better !!! I guess my problem was that I made them too soon- they were nice and dry in the middle of the week, but then they absorbed moisture again... Next time, I will make them closer to the time I need them... You CC guys are great !!!
Now i am wondering... okay if you have made them up and covered with the fondant wouldnt the fondant stop the humidity getting to them? wouldnt the fondant as it sets be hard enough to support the rice krispies? just asking as i havent tried it yet and thought i may have go but want to be sure of what i am and am not to do.. thanks
Sorry for this question but how do you get thr rice kriepies to bond together? Any recipe?
Thanks
I was making a cake this week and tried to use the treats to make a nose, I've done it before but this time it just slowly pulled away from the rest of the cake-in slow motion. When we were eating it (I gave up on decorating it and we just ate it as it was) I also noticed that the treats were really soggy- I thought it was because it had soaked up buttercream (I was wonderin if I had put on a thicker amount this time). Now I'm wondering if it was the humidity- the house was open because it was not really hot and humid but the humidity was rising... now I wonder if it was that that caused my problems and not an error I made....
No it snot the humidity....snot , snot , snot... 
No it snot the humidity....snot , snot , snot...
HaHa!!!
Ok, on another note:
I was wondering if someone could please tell me how far in advance a Rice Krispie sculpture can be made, and it still be fresh?
I have a groom's cake coming up, and I was going to do part of it in rice krispie treats, and cover that with a bit of buttercream and fondant. I have a lot to do on this cake, not to mention I will be out of town for the week beforehand, so I was wondering how far in advance I could make this part.
If I made it a week before, do you think it will still be fresh? (you know "someone" will want to taste it). Also, some of it will be sculpted fondant. How far in advance can that be made, and still be edible?
Also, does the butter "have" to be omitted? It's very humid here in Georgia, but I have central air and it's quite cool in the house. The only time it will be out of air conditioning will be taking it from the house to the car, then from there into the reception building (which I pray is air conditioned).
Thanks so much in advance,
Holly
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