Scary Rice Krispy Treats

I thought it would be fun to come up with a Halloween sweet-treat project that moms can do with their kids!

When I was a kid, I loved Rice Krispie Treats more than life itself. When they came out with the pre-packaged kind, wrapped nicely in shiny blue foil, I was so excited! All I wanted was to have one in my sack lunch. But when my mom finally caved into my demands, I was thoroughly disappointed. They weren't nearly as good as the homemade kind! Though I didn't know it at the time, in retrospect, I think they lacked the freshness that you can only get by making it at home.

I don't have any kids of my own, but I figured that you can never go wrong with Rice Krispie Treats! So here's what I came up with:

Ta-DA! Scary candy coated Rice Krispie Treat eyeballs!

Melt marshmallows in a heat safe bowl, toss in Rice Krispies and mix until well combined.


Spread into a greased 13x9in pan and let it sit for about 15-20 minutes.


Here's what you'll need: lollipop sticks, a Styrofoam block, white and red candy melts. You can find all these ingredients at your local craft store (I got mine at Michael's). Candy melts come in all different colors, in the form of round chips. They melt really easily and will give you a smooth coating. They taste kinda like white chocolate!


When the Rice Krispies are ready to go, butter your hands and tear off small chunks to roll into balls, about 1 inch in diameter. You will have to butter your hands often, or else they will stick to your fingers, and you won't be able to shape it. I buttered my hands about every 2 balls or so.


Next, melt some of the white candy melts. Dip the tip of your lollipop stick into the candy melt and stick it into the Rice Krispie ball- about 1/2 inch deep.


When all of them are done, place on a plate and refrigerate for about 20-30 minutes, so the balls and the candy melts get a chance to harden a little bit. This will make it easier when you dip them in candy melts later.


They're kinda cute without any candy coating, and would make for a great party treat any other time of the year!


When the balls are ready to go, dip them into the white candy melts, and immediately stick an M&M onto the front, before the candy melt has a chance to harden.

Then, stick the lollipops into the Styrofoam block, so that it can harden. At this point, you can leave it out (it will harden eventually at room temperature), or you can speed things up by popping it in the fridge for 10-20 minutes.

At first, I was trying really hard to get all of the eyes to come out with a smooth coating, but then I realized that the ones with lumpy coating really added to the creepiness! So feel free to let your kids have at it! The lumpier, the better! =)


After the white candy coating has hardened, melt the red candy melts and place in a zip lock bag. Snip the end of the ziplock bag, to produce a tiny opening. Use this to pipe on the veins to make bloodshot eyes.


Hehe. Creepy, eh? =) Once the red candy melts have hardened, it's ready to be served!


I got some small candy bags at the craft store, along with some black ribbon.


They were super cute wrapped like individual lollipops (well, as cute as creepy eyeballs can possibly be)! They can be handed out as party favors.

Or served in a bowl!

I can't remember the last time I had a Rice Krispie Treat. I had forgotten how good they were until I made these! I think I might've eaten 1/4 of the entire batch while I was making them! And after they were turned into eyeballs, they were even more delicious, with the candy coating and the chocolate M&M! I think adults would really enjoy these too!

For those of you who have kids, if you attempt this recipe with them, will you let me know how it turned out? I hope they enjoy it as much as I did! =)

I think this yielded about 30 lollipops, but I can't be sure, because I ate a lot of it along the way. So, let's just say that it'll yield 30-35. lol.


Rice Krispie Treats
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S'mores from Scratch!

My OCD (a severe aversion to anything perceived to be dirty) does not approve of camping. I've only been twice in my entire life. I was a kid and my need for cleanliness had not yet manifested into a lifelong love of soap and hand sanitizer. However, it still presented itself as a rather traumatic experience, due to the lack of plumbing, central heating, and cable television.

Although, I do have one positive memory: making s'mores around the campfire! It was the first time I had tasted one and boy, was it glorious! Three of my favorite things, all rolled up in one!

The weather has been super nice this summer, so we've been getting a lot of invitations to go camping. After declining yet another, I began to think about all the s'mores we were missing out on! So, at some point way past 10 o'clock last night, I dragged Hubby out of bed and to the grocery store...I was on a mission and no one could stop me! I embarked on a S'more Adventure that would require making everything from scratch: marshmallow, graham cracker, and all~!

So... once I was at the point of no return, I realized that it was way more complicated than I imagined. lol. But being my stubborn self, I pushed on well into the night. It turned out to be a two-part process that extended to the next day! So if you're going to follow in my footsteps and embark on this adventure, make sure you start prepping for these a day in advance!

What to do the night before:

1. Make the "Chocolate Toppers/Garnishes"

Grab some cookie cutters, paper, wax paper, tape, a cookie sheet, a marker, and some chocolate! (Bet you're thinking "what the heck?")

Trace the outline of your cookie cutters on a piece of paper. Use different sizes. I made a sheet of flower outlines!

Tape the outlined paper to a cookie sheet and cover it with wax paper. Secure the wax paper by taping it to the cookie sheet.

Melt some dark chocolate chips and pour into a ziplock bag. Snip the end of the ziplock bag to make a temporary piping bag. Pipe the chocolate onto the wax paper, outlining the cookie cutter shapes that you traced earlier.

Put into fridge to cool & harden overnight. Later, you will be able to easily peel off the chocolate and it will stay in the form of the flowers you just pipped. We will use these as "toppers/garnishes" later.

2. Make the Graham Cracker Dough

Following the Graham Cracker recipe was pretty straight forward. When you pour it out of the food processor, it will be really sticky and will look like this.

Sprinkle with flour. Kneed & shape into a one-inch thick square or rectangle. Chill in the fridge over night.

3. Make the Marshmallow Mixture

I found this great marshmallow recipe and ran with it. It's basically a sugar and unflavored gelatin mixture.

Boiling sugar water is pretty!

This is the gelatin with the boiled sugar water, before mixing. You basically just mix this sugar and gelatin bowl for about 10 minutes. Through this process, it will change both in color and texture.

At some point, the clear liquid mixture will turn white. When it does, this is the time to add coloring, if you want a colorful marshmallow. I opted for blue!

When it's done, after about 10 minutes of whipping, it will have a viscous and smooth texture. Line a pan with wax paper, pour in the marshmallow batter and chill in the fridge overnight.

What to do the next day:

1. Prepare & Bake the Graham Cracker

I recently got a pack of these cute silicone rings, called "dough planners." You put one on each end of your rolling pin and it gives you a perfectly even dough when you roll it out! The rings have different thicknesses that will give you a range of different dough thicknesses, depending on what your needs are. I used the grey ones, which gives you a 1/8 inch cookie dough.

I also purchased a non-stick silicone rolling pin! I've always wanted one to go with my non-stick pastry mat. This way, the dough won't stick to any surface! I was super excited to try out both of these new things! =)

I rolled out the dough and used the same cookie cutters I used last night, varying in size.

Place on a cookie sheet and use a fork to poke a few holes in them.

Bake on the very top rack for 15 minutes at 350 degrees. They turned out really pretty! And they smelled delicious!

After waiting for them to cool, I busted out the chocolate chips once again. You can never have too much chocolate. Or purses. (hmm, perhaps I should start a purse blog as well...)

Melt the dark chocolate chips like before, and put into a zip lock bag. Pipe chocolate onto the cooled graham crackers, in pretty designs. =)

2. Cut the Marshmallow

Grab the marshmallow pan, peel the sheet of marshmallow off of the pan and put onto a plate.

Use the same cookie cutters as before, varying in size, and to cut shapes into the marshmallow.

Grab the "toppers/garnishes" we made the night before and peel them off of the wax paper gently. Place them on top of the marshmallows.

3. Assemble into cute S'mores!

This was perhaps one of my more crazy undertakings, but it was sooo fun! And they're much prettier than anything you can make in the wilderness with nothing but sticks and a giant, burning fire! =) I like things that are clean...and aesthetically pleasing. lol.

Give these a try! They're pretty and delicious. The best part: you don't have to go camping to make them!