Use Rice Crispie Treats For Sculpting.
Decorating By cake-angel Updated 12 Jun 2007 , 1:42pm by Wendoger
I want to make a cinderella carriage for my daughter's birthday. I was planning on using rice crispie treats to sculpt the base and wheels with as well as dowels and supports of course. TO make them strong enough do you cut back on butter or leave it out of the recipe all together. I just seem to remember people saying that if you make them with the kellogs recipe that they fall apart. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks
Cindy
I honestly think if you mix them yourself and do them in advance and let them sit out they should get good and strong. They will be tough to eat but they will harden up good. The ready made just dont seem to get hard. I think b.c of the marshmellow in the homemade they get good and hard and no need to leave out the butter.
Hope that helps.
I don't know of anybody leaving anything out, but I do know they grind up the rice krispies...like in a food grinder so whatever your sculpting doesn't look bumpy. 
I've been looking into this as well latley cuz I need to sculpt a leg. Trying to get all the info I can before I start! 
i wanna know abt this too.,... I tried making the Rice krispy treats and left them to try overnight,, but they didnt harden at all. I wanted to make a nest so i placed it on an inverted bowl to get the shape. but in the morning when i kept in on the table it went flat. Tasted yummmmmm though 
Here's all the RKT info I have:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-2376311-.html
HTH
Thank you Jan H! And -- Thank you to everyone else. I hope this works out for me. I have 7 days to get it made and put together.
I make the same recipe thats on the box and make sure I really compress it. Then you put it in the fridge and its as hard as a rock! I did my Jeff Gordon car that way. It not only came out perfect but it shipped well too! I had to send it to my sis in NJ!! But a year later, she still hasnt touched it! She doesnt want to eat it because she thought it was too pretty!! Go figure!
Wow, great information guys thanks!
And, Wendoger....a leg? Now thats one I haven't had a request for lately...how do you get all the interesting orders? Hee! Hee!
...LOL....well, its not an order really...its gonna be for my husbands friend....he's having a huge 4th of July bash and right after that he's getting a double knee replacement....so I wanna do a 4th of July cake, and a leg, starting at the thigh, coming outta the top tier. I figured I would try and do it with rice krispie treats.
I have no clue where to start! I wish I had a model of one for a guide
I see...Well, I'm sure you'll do it justice! Will be looking forward to pics.!
I follow the recipe on the box, but I crush the RK's in a bowl - or zip lock bag - before adding them to the melted marshmellows. I've also added an extra 1/2 cup of RK's - depending on how sticky the mixture is. Mold the form, then let dry for a minimum of 24hrs and then decorate/detail with RI or fondant. I still have some of the sculptures that are about 8mnths and covered in RI, in the cupboard - they are 'break teeth' solid! The RI may be the best and most solid option for you carriage wheels - remember to insert the support dowels before they harden though - I learned the hard way on that one .
I don't have many picts. uploaded (not so deligent on keeping up with that ), but it happens that my sesame street cake characters are molded from RK's. Ernie and Bert are detailed in fondant - cookie monster is RI for the fur effect. Sad to say that Ernie lost his head to an over anxious youngster - Bert and cookie monster are living happily on the bookcase of a protective 4 yr old. I asked how they were last week, she did admit (to my ear in a secretive whisper) to occasionally liking 
them - still laughing at that one!
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