Wednesday, 14th July 2010

Rice Krispies Treat symbolizes a new day for beleaguered city

Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by kchristieh in food, local news

Once upon a time, a truck crashed. Then a bigger truck crashed. Then came fires. Then mudslides. Finally, the fair and gentle citizens of La Canada Flintridge gathered together to build a big, magical Rice Krispies Treat that would make all their troubles disappear. **POOF** Nothing bad ever happened again.

The End.

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The stars of TLC's new "Mega Bites" reality series count down with the crowd that gathered at the Community Center of La Canada to unveil the World's Largest Rice Krispies Treat.

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The crowd waited patiently to see the mega Rice Krispies Treat.

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Finally! The Rice Krispies Treat was unveiled after many practice runs.

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It weighed 10,460 lbs. The representative from the Guinness Book of World Records was on-hand to certify that it indeed beat the previous world record of about 3,500 lbs.

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Everyone stood back when the sides came down. It smelled really good.

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