These sweet treats make a great Halloween snack for anyone with a sweet tooth.
What You Need:
- 1 (10 1/2 oz.) pkg. miniature marshmallows
- 3 T of butter
- 1/8 t of salt
- Red and yellow gel food coloring
- 6 C of crisp rice cereal
- 6 Popsicle sticks
- 3 miniature Tootsie rolls, cut in half
- 3 miniature green apple Air Head candies, cut into thin strips
- Black decorating gel
Ingredients:
1. Place a large sauce pan over medium low heat, and add the salt, butter and marshmallows.
2. Cook for five minutes or until the mixture is completely smooth. Stir constantly.
3. Remove the pan from the heat.
4. Stir in the red and yellow food coloring until the mixture has turned a pumpkin orange color.
5. Fold in the cereal, ensuring it’s coated well.
6. Lightly butter your hands and fingers, and create six balls of equal size from the mixture.
7. Insert 1 Popsicle stick halfway into each ball.
8. Place 1/2 of each Tootsie roll on the top of each ball, to represent the pumpkin stem.
9. Roll the Air Head candy strips between your palms to form a vine.
10. Press the vine into the pumpkin ball, getting it as close to the stem as possible, and allowing it to fall over the edge of the pumpkin.
11. Make a scary face on the pumpkin using the black decorating gel.
12. Place the pops on a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
These are great treats to give out to trick-or-treaters – if you can resist keeping them for yourself! They’ll also go down well at Halloween parties with guests of all ages.
Makes 6 servings.
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