Rice Krispie Treat Pumpkins

Turn classic Rice Krispie treats into adorable mini pumpkins with just a few simple ingredients.

20 min Serves 12 Medium

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These Rice Krispie Treat Pumpkins are a fun and festive Halloween snack. Made with butter, marshmallows, and Rice Krispies, they're tinted orange with food coloring and topped with a Rolo stem and green M&M leaf. Easy to make and perfect for parties!

Ingredients

1/4 cup Butter

1 bag large marshmallows (approximately 40 marshmallows)

6 cups Rice Krispies

Red & Yellow Liquid Food Coloring

Mini Rolos

Green M&M's

1/4 cup cooking oil or melted butter in a small bowl (to keep it from sticking to your hands)

Directions

Melt the butter in a large pot over low heat.

Add the marshmallows and stir until fully melted and smooth with the butter.

Take the pot off the heat. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring and mix, then add red food coloring drop by drop, stirring after each, until you achieve the desired orange shade (roughly 4 drops red and 12 drops yellow). Mix thoroughly.

Pour in the Rice Krispies and stir until evenly coated.

Generously coat your hands with cooking oil or melted butter. Roll the mixture into small balls and place them on parchment paper. Reapply oil or butter to your hands after each ball.

While the balls are still warm, gently press a Mini Rolo into the top of each for the stem and place a green M&M next to it as a leaf. If the pumpkins cool too much, use the end of a thick marker or an apple corer to create a small indent for the chocolate.

Let the pumpkins cool until firm.