Looking for Halloween Themed Snacks for a Party? These Pumpkin Krispie Treats are a Snap to Make!
Every great Halloween party needs great treats! So why provide the typical snacks when there are so many awesome, Halloween themed recipes that you have to choose from? With a box of Rice Krispies or generic Krisp Rice cereal, a bag of marshmallows and a few other ingredients, you can have some fun with the kids and make some awesome treats that everyone will enjoy! Better yet? Thrifty moms will love these because they are really cheap to make. In fact, most of the ingredients are probably hiding somewhere around the house, especially if you have a candy stash like me!
What you’ll need:
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Large, microwave-safe bowl
- Shallow bowl
- Wax paper
- Large platter
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3 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
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6 cups Rice Krispies or any type of krispie crispy rice cereal
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10 ounces miniature marshmallows
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Green icing
- Black icing (small tube of gel icing will do if you’re picking it up at the store)
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Orange decorative sugar granules
- Tootsie Rolls, small sized or large size cut into smaller pieces
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Optional ingredients include: Red Hots, Raisins, Sugar Babies, M&M’s, string licorice, Reese’s Pieces
How to Make Pumpkin Krispie Treats
Add orange sugar granules to shallow bowl and set aside. Lay out a piece of wax paper.
Melt the 3 tablespoons of butter or margarine in the large bowl. Mix in the 10 oz. of marshmallows and place in microwave for about 1 minute. Remove and stir. Continue to heat and stir until the marshmallows have dissolved into a thick liquid – like substance. Add 8 drops of orange food coloring to the marshmallow mix and stir until the color looks fairly consistent.
Add cereal in little by little and mix until well coated.
Grease your hands using margarine, butter or even cooking spray. Take a handful of the mixture and shape into a ball. Place ball into shallow dish containing orange sugar granules and roll around to lightly coat. Place onto wax paper. Continue until all of the mixture has been formed into balls and rolled in the sugar. Wash and dry hands when complete so that you can easily decorate the pumpkins.
I recommend using the candy pieces first and then following up with the icing so that you can handle the balls without accidentally smearing icing everywhere. This is especially true if you have little helpers! You can use the Tootsie Roll pieces for stems and decorate around the stem with green icing to give it a more authentic look. You can use raisins, M&M’s, Sugar Babies, Red Hots or Reese’s Pieces for mouth, eyes and nose. Be creative! You can even use string licorice for hair, face or other decorations for your Pumpkin Krispie Treats.
Once all of the little treats are decorated, you can display them on a large platter. The main thing? These are lots of fun, so don’t limit yourself or your kids. You’ll all have a blast making these, but the best part is always eating them!
Did you try our Pumpkin Krispie Treats recipe? What did you think?
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