These yummy treats are colored with jello! Substitute red jello for orange and turn them into pumpkins.
Makes 25
Ingredients:6 C. Krispy Rice Cereal
1 pkg. large marshmallows
3 T. butter
1 small pkg. Jell-o powder, cherry or strawberry flavor
25 small Tootsie Roll Candies
Royal Icing, tinted green
Baking spray
Wax Paper
Red Food Coloring, optional
optional: you could use fruit roll-ups or those green mint leaf candies instead of the royal icing.
Directions:Place
marshmallows and butter in large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high
for 2 minutes. Stir and microwave for an additional minute. Remove from
microwave and stir in jell-o powder. If desired, you can add a few
drops of red food coloring (depending on how "red" your jell-o is). Add
Krispy Rice cereal and stir well. Spray hands with baking spray and roll
mixture into balls (a little larger than a golf ball) and drop on wax
paper.
After balls have set for a few minutes, use your thumb to press into the top to make an "apple" shape.
Add a small tootsie roll "stem" and using royal icing (or any green
candy), pipe on a "leaf". I actually would have rather used some kind of
green candy but didn't have any on hand. I just used royal icing and a
leaf-shaped icing tip.
Serve to your favorite kiddos! These would also be a really fun "Teacher Appreciation Day" snack!
Source: gourmetmomonthego.com
