Crispy Pumpkin Treats

When I saw the Krispy Apple Treats (thanks to Pinterest), I immediately thought of pumpkins…so we made Crispy Pumpkin Treats!

I knew I could probably adapt the recipe to make pumpkins and yes, they were super easy to make and the kids LOVED them! I didn’t have all of the same ingredients on hand as those used in the apple recipe, but here is how we made our pumpkins!

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of crispy rice cereal
• 1/2 package of large marshmallows
• 1.5 tbsp of butter
• 1 envelope of orange Kool Aid (I didn’t have orange Jello on hand.)
• large pretzel sticks (I didn’t have any Tootsie Roll candies.)
• baking spray
• wax paper
• white icing, optional
• red, yellow & green food coloring, optional

Directions:

1) Put the marshmallows and butter in a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high for 2 minutes. Stir and microwave for an additional minute.

2) Remove the mixture from microwave and stir in the Kool-Aid. If it is not “orange enough” for you, you can add some red and yellow food coloring to enhance the color.

3) Add the crispy rice cereal and stir well. (We used Erewhon Whole Grain Crispy Brown Rice Cereal, but you could easily use regular Rice Krispies Cereal!)

4) Spray your hands with baking spray and roll the mixture into balls and place them on wax paper.

5) Break the pretzel sticks and use the icing and food coloring to make the “stems” green. I followed the same procedure as with our Edible Crayons! Dip the pretzels (or Tootsie Rolls) in the icing and allowed them to harden on wax paper.

6) Once the icing has hardened, stick the stems into the holes in the pumpkins. {In hindsight, I should have prepared the stems beforehand so that the kids would not have had to wait for them to harden before finishing their treats.}

Now that you are all done, ENJOY!

Looking for a little more pumpkin fun?

Check out some of our other pumpkin activities and snacks below:

• Pumpkin Lollipops
• Pumpkin Grid Game
• Mr. & Mrs. Pumpkin Heads
• Pumpkin Snowmen