Salad chain Sweetgreen has put its healthier version of a Rice Krispies Treat on its menu.
The Crispy Rice Treat is made with brown rice, quinoa, puffed millet, roasted sunflower seeds and honey date caramel. Sweetgreen developed the dessert with , whose background includes restaurants such as Le Cirque, Per Se, wd~50 and noma.
The prepackaged bars cost $2.95.
Sweetgreen said Livingston now serves as its first chef in residence and will continue to collaborate with the chain on future dessert items.
On Nov. 11, in-store customers can get a free Crispy Rice Treat with any purchase of $9.95 or more. From Nov. 28 to Dec. 4, customers can get one for $1 through their website and app.
Sweetgreen had previously sold a frozen yogurt dessert, but removed it from the menu in 2014.
Three Georgetown University students founded Sweetgreen in 2007, opening their first store on M Street, near the Key Bridge. The chain is now headquartered in Los Angeles.
