essica Siskin is the first to admit that she cannot cook ("like, not at all"), but that hasn't
stopped her from building a small empire on a foundation of cereal, marshmallows, and butter. Siskin is the force behind the popular @mister_krisp Instagram account, a place where she demonstrates her ability to sculpt literally anything out of Rice Krispies Treats -- and we do mean anything. A quick scroll reveals everything from a portrait of Harry Potter to a wedding cake to a fidget spinner (though it doesn't quite spin). And in Treat Yourself, her new book from Workman Publishing, she will teach you how to make over 90 variations at home.
Siskin didn't set out to become a professional maker of Rice Krispies Treats. Before her current gig, she spent seven years working in fashion and feeling creatively unfulfilled. "I started doing weird art projects at night," she says. And because she can't actually cook, whenever she would have friends over for dinner, she would make the one thing she knew how to. Instead of serving the Treats in the typical rectangular form, Siskin would mold them into simple geometric shapes like stars. But her epiphany came one night after she was tasked with making a dessert for a potluck. Her friend suggested she make a surfboard out of Rice Krispie Treats for their ocean-loving host.
"When I realized you could add food coloring to Rice Krispies Treats and it could look so stunning, I got an overwhelming impulse to craft a cheeseburger," recalls Siskin. The next evening she figured out how to put one together and, naturally, Instagrammed her result. "I broke 100 likes for the first time," she says with a laugh. "I brought it to work and everyone in the office freaked out over it and loved it." https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/rice-krispie-treats-cheeseburger-recipe/food-and-drink
