Cereal treats can make an excellent party treat this Halloween! Nancy Siler with PBS-TV's Bake Decorate and Celebrate stopped by Tonia's Kitchen to talk about how to make those treats a little spooky! She told Tonia that you can put orange icing into a batter of rice cereal to make it more Halloween-y. You can also use colored sprinkles or green tootsie rolls for fun! And if you want to keep it healthy put some dried fruit into the cereal instead. It'll make for a fun Halloween party!
Ingredients
- 6 cups rice krispies cereal
- 3 Tbsp salted butter
- 1 (10 oz) pkg. mini marshmallows
- Orange gel food coloring
- 3 pretzel rods, end portions broken off into 2-inch pieces (so you'll have 6 pieces)
- 6 mini green airheads or green fondant*
- Non-stick cooking spray
- Measure out rice krispies cereal and pour into a bowl. Melt butter in a 4 quart non-stick saucepan or pot over medium-low heat.
- Add marshmallows and stir and as they begin to melt start adding in the gel food coloring until desired color is achieved. Stir constantly until marshmallows have melted.
- Remove from heat then immediately pour in rice krispies cereal and gently stir and fold with a spatula until cereal is evenly coated. Let mixture cool slightly (until it's cool enough to handle with your hands).
- Spray hands with non-stick cooking spray then shape rice krispie treat mixture into balls about the size of a baseball, then insert 1 piece of the pretzel rod into the top center and reshape the pumpkin as needed.Transfer to a plate or dish sprayed lightly with cooking spray.
- Beginning on one side of the airhead candy cut out a leaf shape with clean scissors then use the remaining portion of the piece of candy to roll and shape into a thin rope shape then twist into a vine shape (or just shape the fondant accordingly, no cutting required).
- Place candy on the sides of each pretzel on the pumpkin. Repeat with remaining candy. Store in an airtight container
