Krispie Fudge Squares: Mrs. Coy Wrenn’s My Mother-in-Law’s Fudge Cookies, from the 1962 Designed for Good Eating of Sherman, Texas.; chocolate; cocoa; sixties; 1960s; pecans; recipe; fudge; marshmallows; crispy rice cereal; Rice Krispies; Sherman, Texas

Mrs. Coy Wrenn’s original recipe calls for graham cracker crumbs rather than cereal. That would make for a very different flavor, of course. I expect you could put anything you want in as the dry ingredient, from oatmeal to vanilla wafers.

This is yet another variation on no-bake cookies, and the original title was “My Mother-in-Law’s Fudge Cookies”. It also, of course, shares a lot with the various fudge recipes that use marshmallows. Whatever the origin, it’s a great treat. So say a little prayer of thanks to Coy Wrenn’s mother!

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