Rice Krispies
Proper noun
Meaning
Rice Krispies
A cereal manufactured by Kellogg Company that consists of puffed rice.
Synonyms
Examples
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that floats; Rice Krispies the breakfast cereal that goes snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth the Jew who masturbates with a piece of liver.
On a sticky August evening two weeks before her due date, Ashima Ganguli stands in the kitchen of a Central Square apartment, combining Rice Krispies and Planters peanuts and chopped red onion in bowl.
All this as revelers feasted on deviled eggs, macaroni and cheese, chicken corn dogs, chocolate-dipped Rice Krispies treats, candied apples, flavored snow cones and the requisite open bar.
A common story among them was the consumption of "Rice Krispies", both as breakfast and as a snack.
For my 23-year-old daughter, Alix, who is gluten-intolerant, I make a version of chicken Milanese in which Kellogg's gluten-free Rice Krispies are substituted for bread crumbs.
The Rice Krispies Treats? recipe is trademarked by Kellogg Company and is not available for use by the public.