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Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats


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  • Author: becky
  • Total Time: 1 1/2 - 2 hours
  • Yield: 15 2-inch pumpkins 1x

Description

Made with puffed rice cereal, marshmallows, and fondant, these orange pumpkin Rice Krispie treats are perfect for Halloween.


Ingredients

Scale

45 grams unsalted butter (3 tablespoons)
300 grams marshmallows (10 1/2 ounces, or 3 1/2 cups large marshmallows)
1/8 teaspoon fine sea salt
45 drops orange gel food coloring
1 teaspoon pumpkin spice flavoring, or vanilla extract
140 grams puffed rice cereal, such as Rice Krispies (about 4 1/2 cups)

To decorate:

Black licorice bites, or black licorice twists cut into 1-inch pieces
75 grams white fondant
Green gel food coloring


Instructions

Line a quarter-sheet baking tray with a silicone baking mat or sheet of wax paper.

Add the butter to a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan or stock pot. Melt the butter.

Melted butter in a stock pot

Add the marshmallows, and continue stirring until completely melted.

Marshmallows and butter in a pot on the stovetop

Melted marshmallows in a pan

Remove from heat. Stir in the sea salt, orange food coloring, and flavoring.

A pot with melted marshmallows, next to a bottle of orange food coloring, dish of pumpkin flavoring, and canister of sea salt

Melted marshmallows tinted with orange gel food coloring

Stir in the puffed rice cereal, and continue stirring until the mixture is well combined, with no dry cereal remaining.

Stirring rice krispies into melted marshmallows

Orange Rice Krispies in a stock pot

Set aside to cool for 15 minutes.

With damp hands, form the mixture into 2-inch round balls. You should have 15 balls total.

A pot of orange rice krispies, tray lined with a silicone mat, and dish of water

Orange rice cereal balls on a tray

Use wet fingertips to make a deep indentation in each ball.

Finger shaping pumpkin rice krispie treats

A tray of pumpkin shaped rice krispie treats

Press a black licorice bite into each indentation to create a stem, shaping the cereal around it to secure the licorice.

Rice krispie pumpkins on a tray

Set aside and allow pumpkins to cool at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, use gloved hands to knead the green gel coloring into the fondant.

Hand holding a ball of green fondant

Between sheets of parchment or wax paper, roll the fondant to 1/8-inch thickness.

Rolled green fondant with a rolling pin

Cut leaves with a small heart or leaf-shaped metal cutter.

Heart cutter cutting green fondant into decorations for pumpkin crispy treats

Press 1-2 leaves on top of each pumpkin to decorate. If desired, you can use the fondant scraps to make vines or other decorations. (For a jack o’lantern, add black gel food coloring to the leftover green fondant and cut triangles to make the face.)

Adding fondant stems to pumpkin rice krispie treats

A tray of pumpkin rice krispie treats

Serve immediately. Store leftover pumpkins in a single layer in an airtight, parchment-lined container at room temperature for up to three days.

 

  • Category: Miscellaneous
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