Ingredients
- – 6 cups of Rice Krispies cereal
- – 1 package of regular size marshmallows (10 oz size) – or you can use 4 cups of mini marshmallows
- -3 tablespoons of butter
- – Candy for surprise middle
- -Tootsie Roll Candies
- -Green frosting (use pre-made or make your own frosting & die it green)
- -Orange food coloring (or red/yellow to make orange)
Instructions
- – Melt butter in saucepan over low heat.
- – Once butter is melted, add in marshmallows; stir until they are all melted
- – Add orange colored food coloring to the mixture & stir.
- – Add Rice Krispies cereal & stir until it is well coated with the marshmallow mixture.
- – Let mixture cool enough to handle (you don’t want it to cool too long or it will be too hard to shape)
- – Shape the Rice Krispie mixture into balls
- – Spread out the ball mixture & add in your “surprise candy” – this could be Hershey’s kisses, Reese’s Peanut Butter cups or anything you’d like to add for a yummy surprise.
- – Close the ball up
- – Add a tootsie roll to the top for the stem
- -To add green leaves, you can use green frosting piped onto the top of the pumpkin in the shape of a leaf or you can use green fruit rollups shaped like leaves.
