How cute are these Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats? A few years back the we decided to let the kiddos have their friends all over for a Halloween party. They had not had Halloween parties since they were quite young. Being the cute food crazy mom that I am I insisted they let me choose the food if they were to have a Halloween Party. I pitched the idea of Pumpkin shaped Rice Krispie Treats to each of them. Amazingly they all agreed that they would be perfect (yes, they agreed on something, ha ha). Needless to say these cute little pumpkins were a hit with everyone.
Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats Recipe
This past weekend when I was making up some of my other fall goodies the kiddos were begging the hubby and I about having another Halloween party and recalled the cute Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats that I made for their past party. I was not the push over that I normally am and totally blew their idea of a Halloween party down the tubes ha ha. The thought of a house full of teenagers dressed in Halloween costumes really had me stressed. Since I turned down their brilliant Halloween party idea I figured I would surprise them all with those cute little Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats. They are so quick and easy to whip up and really put me in the Halloween spirit. Are you looking for a special treat for a Halloween party? If you are consider throwing together a patch of these little guys.
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Ingredients
6 Cups Rice Krispie Cereal
3 tbs Butter
10 oz Marshmallows (approx 1 Bag)
Red & Yellow Food Coloring (to make orange color)
12 Tootsie Rolls
1 Green Fruit Roll-up (you will only be able to find the blue/green combo)
Melt your butter in a large sauce pan over low heat
Add marshmallows and stir constantly until melted
Remove from heat
Add approx 4 drops of red food coloring & 2 drop yellow food coloring- Add until you have a nice bright orange color
Mix in Rice Krispies
Form small balls into the shape of a pumpkin (Tip: Add Non-Stick Cooking Spray (Pam) or Crisco to your hands before forming your balls)
Cut Tootsie Roll in Half and add a half into each pumpkin while still warm
Cut small leaves from the green portion of your Fruit Roll Up
There ya have it a quick, easy and adorable Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats recipe. Whip up a batch and everyone who seems them will let you know “how cute” they are.
Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 Cups Rice Krispie Cereal
- 3 tbs Butter
- 10 oz Marshmallows approx 1 Bag
- Red & Yellow Food Coloring to make orange color
- 12 Tootsie Rolls
- 1 Green Fruit Roll-up you will only be able to find the blue/green combo
Instructions
- Melt your butter in a large sauce pan over low heat
- Add marshmallows and stir constantly until melted
- Remove from heat
- Add approx 4 drops of red food coloring & 2 drop yellow food coloring- Add until you have a nice bright orange color
- Mix in Rice Krispies
- Form small balls into the shape of a pumpkin (Tip: Add Non-Stick Cooking Spray (Pam) or Crisco to your hands before forming your balls)
- Cut Tootsie Roll in Half and add a half into each pumpkin while still warm
- Cut small leaves from the green portion of your Fruit Roll Up
Jennifer Wise
So adorable. I love how easy and fun this recipe is. :) Visiting from Happiness is Homemade.
S Fox
Loved it. Kids loved it.
Used a chocolate chunk for stem and icing for leaf and vine.
I just couldn’t get mine orange enough. But they were still a big hit.
Meredith
Fun recipe, thank you!
My 5 and 4 yo had a great time measuring, shaping the pumpkins with buttered hands, unwrapping all the tootsie rolls, and putting them together. Kind of a built in fine motor activity :) And really yummy!
Anurag Sharma
Pumpkin Rice is looking so delicious. I am going to make it tonight for my family. Thank you for sharing.
Robin
Just made these super easy!! Used frosting as my leaves and added a vine
Claire
I just made these and got 30 from one recipe. Mine are small, about 3 inches across. I used orange food dye, about 10 drops, and they are the perfect color. I dumped them out of the pot to let them cool off a bit and after about 1 minute, started to form them using butter on my hands. Then I went back and pressed them together more tightly and put in the tootsie roll stems and the leaf. These I had already set up so as not to waste time. I separated the tootsie rolls in 2 by twisting them so there was a point for me to insert them in the pumpkin. The leaf was already laying with the stem so I could insert them together. Very cute item!
Preeti
Just made these for my daughter’s pumpkin party at school, turned out super cute!!! Can’t wait to hear what the kids have to say :) thank you so much for the fun, festive and most importantly easy to make treat.
Jenn
Easy peasy and super cute! I found this recipe easy to follow and I think they turned out really cute! For those saying it’s super messy, color wasn’t right, etc, watch the video -I think that really helps. I used mini Reece’s for the stem, mini M&Ms for the leaf and gel icing for the vine.
Lindsay
So easy and quick!! Definitely spray a little Pam in your hands as you’re rolling them so they don’t stick as much. Then about 15 minutes after I rolled them and gave each an extra squeeze with wax paper to make sure they were tight. I was surprised how easy these were to make!!
Sus
These are so cute! Be prepared to use A Lot of food colouring to get a nice orange, and have baking spray on hand to coat your hands periodically, but still worked great!
Sylvie
Great fun making these as long as you follow Christina’s advise : wet hands ! I must admit it saved the day ! And I didn’t use 6 cups of Rice Krispies, but 4… Regarding the colour, I think it’s a question of quality. I had to put loads in to get the right colour. I’m very happy how they turned out. Thank you !!
Christy
I made these for my vegan daughter with vegan marshmallows but they turned out more oink than orange. I used a raisin instead of tootsie rolls.
Maggie
We made these for my 11 year olds son’s Halloween party…they turned out super cute and were very easy. However, you HAVE to use parchment paper. Otherwise, they are too sticky.
Kim
Had a blast making these with my daughter for her Mini Economy at school tomorrow.
Kim
My daughter and I made these for her mini economy at school. We had a lot of fun doing it together!!!!!
Christina
Just made this tonight for a halloween party and they turned out great! I added quite a bit of butter and used caramel halves instead of tootsie rolls and green gel icing for the leaf.. they are super cute and are keeping their shape quite well. I started out with buttered hands and it just did not work. I then used warm water and it worked perfectly. They are super adorable!
Christina
Hello, I was wondering how far in advance I could make these? We have a Halloween party on Friday and I was hoping to make them tonight but wasn’t sure if they’d keep well or not. Thanks!
Leah
We used non stick parchment paper to form the balls. worked beautifully!
Leah
oh. we also added 2-3 tbsp of organic pumpkin pie filling to the marshmallow for flavor and color instead of food dye, nice touch :)
Molly Fowler
We’re headed to my children’s home in Destin for Halloween and I know the granddaughters will love these! They are just too cute! Thank you for your great idea & recipe!
Maija
I’m trying to think of a way to make them flavoured…
Maybe warm the butter with pumpkin spices.
They are gorgeous.. thank you for the idea.
Mary lou
how come it didn’t turn Orange it turn pink. did I do something wrong.
Angel
I am surprised that people who are cooking in the kitchen cannot do simple math. If there are 12 tootsie rolls and the recipe says to cut each in half then how many tootsie rolls will you have afterwards? If you use one half of a tootsie roll for each pumpkin and have no halves left over, how many pumpkins did you make?
Answer: 24. 12 + 12 = 24.
This could vary depending on the size of the pumpkins you make. For example you could decide to just make 12 large pumpkins instead.
If you cannot do simple math or look at a recipe and figure out how many you get, get out of the kitchen and leave cooking to the educated.
lisa
Did you really need to be so rude with your comment? Maybe they didn’t take a close enough look at the actual receipe.
asperger mom
Made 2 batches. Could NOT get a bright orange. First batch was challenging and didnt stay warm enough for tootsie rolls to stick. 2nd batch = better. Used double the butter 6 TBs and used 2 drops of red and 6 drops of yellow and still same light orange/peach color. Would do again with 3 adults. Everyone needs to help so they dont cool before they can be shaped
Maija
For those having trouble getting the right orange.. you do know you can buy orange colouring, I hope. Not in the liquid grocery store kinds, but in the cake decorating/candy paste colours. It’s not that difficult.
Erica Chysyk
Not aptly named, are you…
Lacey
How many does this make?
Suzanne
I reduced the cereal to about 5 1/2 cups and buttered my hands every 2-3 balls and squeezed really hard, and they worked for me. My issue was trying to get a bright orange color. But they were easy to make and looked cute.
Brittany
I just made them and I couldnt get them into a ball. However, when I used butter on hands and let it cool for they shaped perfectly into a ball. I guess it depends on the size ball you make but I know we got about 24 out of this.
Jacqueline
Brittany – how long did you leave them to cool before shaping, and what did you use on your hands (nonstick spray, butter, Crisco)? Planning to make this week and hoping to have a successful experience. :)
Mike
About 3 minutes or so, just enough time for them to begin sticking together well. I use butter on my hands to keep them from sticking to my fingers and since they are made with butter, it doesn’t add any unwanted taste.
Petite
Can you make ahead & how do you store them?
Christine
Does anyone know how much this will make? i’m planning on making some for my daughters classroom, and sons classroom. Thanks!
jennifer
These are a FAIL. I followed the instructions perfectly and the krispies (as I assumed they would, and was wondering how they would do otherwise..) were too sticky to form into balls..just stuck to your hands…as they do every time you make rice krispie treats. Coating my hands in oil..waiting for them to cool some..nothing..NOTHING worked. Couldn’t get them to stay into any kind of shape so now I have an awkward pan of orange rise krispie treats and nothing to send to the office. Pinterest fail as ALWAYS.
jennifer
If there is some magical secret that is not stated in the above instructions, please let me know.
Jen
Hi Jennifer! The butter on the hands and allowing them to cool just a bit, is the big secret. I have made these MANY times. I actually just made an apple version this past week that I will be sharing this next week. I am sorry that you are having a tough time with them.
Janet Penhorwood
I agree Jennifer
michelle
I know this question has been asked several times but I don’t see an answer for it. How many servings do you get out of one batch?
Swathi
Delicious rice krispie treat with pumpkin, thanks for sharing with Hearth and Soul blog hop. pinning
Shaina
Omg these are adorable. It’s kind of crazy to think that pretty soon we’ll be up to our ears in Halloween-themed recipes!
Nicola - Pink Recipe Box
What an amazing fall idea! Pinning this right now and definitely plan on making them this Halloween.
Natasha in Oz
That looks delicious! What a fun thing to post at the blog hop! I can’t believe Halloween is right around the corner.
Our weekly Say G’Day Saturday linky party is on right now and this would be a fabulous addition. Please stop by and say g’day if you have a minute!
Best wishes,
Natasha in Oz
Melanie Henderson
How many pumpkins does this make? I pinned and am planning on making them for my daughters Halloween party at school on Thursday. She has 24 kids in her class, wondering if I have to double the recipe?
Jeannine
I would love to make these for my daughter’s Halloween party at school! How many pumpkins does the recipe make?
Terra Mortensen
I added a few tablespoons of corn syrup to the recipe and I let the mixture cool a little before I started forming the pumpkins. I had to press them really tightly to keep them together, but as the mixture continued to cool it got much easier. When I was finished, I gave each of the now-room-temperature pumpkins a good final squeeze.
Mic
How did you roll them into balls? When I tried, it stuck to my hands and completely failed to stay in a ball shape. And the tootsie roll just sat on top, didn’t stick at all. Any advice would be appreciated!
Jen
Hi mic- I suggest trying non-stick cooking spray or Crisco to help with the sticking.and force your tootsie roll into the pumpkin . I hope that helps.
Janet Penhorwood
these were so hard to make for me. Maybe I did something wrong, but I couldn’t get the whole thing to come together, too much muscle needed to stir, etc. One has to have a strong hand to get this all mixed. I won’t make these again.
Sure you didn’t leave out an ingredient? like corn syrup to make mixing smoother?
Janet Holgate
Ok so I have just attempted to make these with my 4 year old granddaughter but we got most of the mixture on us!!! Please tell me how to roll the mixture into pumpkin shapes without getting most of the mixture stcuck on my hands
Jen
Try adding a bit of non-stick cooking spray on your hands. Or if you do not have any handy, try a bit of Crisco. Another trick would be wax paper to grab the mixture and form. I hope that helps:)
Nichi - The mandatory mooch
These are so fun and festive. They will be FEATURED on Tasty Thursdays this week. The party goes live tonight…pass the word!! Thanks for linking up. Nichi
Stacey
Soooo cute. Approx. how many pumpkins can you make with this recipe?
Sharon
Sounds like it makes a total of 48 (24 Tootsie Rolls cut in half). I will make them for Halloween!
Becky
These are just too cute. Really! Thanks for sharing at Foodtastic Friday! Also adding to Top 15!!
Judy @ Season of Sweets
So fun!! Stopping by from Monday Funday Link Party. Especially love the tootsie roll stem :)
Susan
These are so adorable and I know my kids would love them. Pinning now. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Us Thursday on Organized 31.
Jenn @ We Do Fun Here
These are SO cute, I love rice krispie treats! I will have to make them for our Halloween Party or just a FUN fall dessert this week! Stopping by from Monday Funday, thanks for sharing!
~ Jenn @ We Do FUN Here
Miz Helen
These are adorable treats! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope your weekend was great!
Miz Helen
April @ Angel's Homestead
These are so cute! I found you on the Inspiration Monday link up. If you’d like, I’d love for you to come over to Angels Homestead for my Saturday Spotlight link party! Hope to see you there!
April
Heather @ French Press
LOVE LOVE LOVE these!
Kaysi @ Keeping it Simple
These are just so cute!! I love how they turned out. I’m going to feature this on KIS this weekend
Jeni
Very cute idea!!
Jeanette
These are adorable and will be perfect for this year’s Halloween Bash! Pinning this one!