Wisconsin students make world's largest Rice Krispy Treat

One night, UW-Madison physics student Joe Tarnowski and some of his friends made a 15-pound Rice Krispy Treat in their dorm room. The experiment was such a spectacular success that they decided to scale it up, try to go for the world record, and raise some money for charity at the same time.

 

Over the weekend, a team of 30 students worked tirelessly to create a record-breaker, one which would top the previous record of 10,314 pounds which was set in 2010. That treat measured 12 x 8 x 7 feet.

 

With generous donations of 9,000 pounds of marshmallows, 5,500 pounds of Rice Krispies cereal, and 900 pounds of butter, the students set to work. The result was magnificent, and after properly documenting it, the students sliced it up to be sold off to benefit local charities.