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Pumpkin-shaped Rice Krispies treats

Servings: 18
Ingredients
  • 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
  • 10 oz mini marshmallows
  • 4 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Orange gel food coloring
  • 18 chocolate candies (mini peanut butter cups, chocolate kisses, or chocolate truffles)
  • Green candy pieces or pretzel sticks for stems
  • Optional: Melted chocolate for decorating faces
Instructions
  1. 1
    Melt butter over low heat, add marshmallows, and stir until smooth.
  2. 2
    Remove from heat. Add vanilla and enough orange food coloring to make a vibrant pumpkin color.
  3. 3
    Fold in Rice Krispies.
  4. 4
    Allow to cool until comfortable to handle, but still pliable.
  5. 5
    With lightly buttered hands, flatten a portion into a disk, place a wrapped-free chocolate candy in the middle, and form the cereal mixture around it.
  6. 6
    Shape into a pumpkin, pressing shallow grooves down the sides with a butter knife.
  7. 7
    Add a stem and optionally pipe on a jack-o'-lantern face.
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