Halloween Black Cats Rice Krispie Treats
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Looking for a festive, easy treat for your Halloween party? Halloween Black Cats cereal treats are a tasty and adorable way to dress up your dessert table without spending a lot of time in the kitchen!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- 4 cups mini marshmallows
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5-10 drops black food coloring
- 5 cups Cocoa Krispies cereal
- 3 tablespoons brown cookie icing
- 16 small candy eyes
- 8 small pink sugar pearls
Instructions
- Lightly butter a 9x13-inch casserole dish and set it aside.
- Use a large saucepan over medium heat to melt the butter completely.
- Once the butter is all the way melted, stir in the marshmallows and vanilla, and mix continuously until everything is well combined and the marshmallows have melted.
- Add the black food coloring and continue to stir for an additional 2 minutes after the marshmallows are melted before removing from the heat.
- Stir in the Rice Krispies, continuing to stir until all of the cereal is completely coated in the marshmallow mixture.
- Transfer the entire mixture to your buttered casserole dish. Spray a rubber spatula with a light coating of cooking spray and use it to and use it to press the mixture into the pan until it’s even and slightly compacted.
- Set aside to cool for about 1 hour or until completely cooled to room temperature.
- Once the mixture has cooled, use a 3-inch cat-shaped cookie cutter to cut out 6-8 cats. Remove the cats from the pan and set aside.
- After you’ve cut out all of your cats, use a small amount of brown icing to attach the eyes and a pink sugar pear for the nose. Place the brown icing into a piping bag and cut a very small hole in the tip. Use this to make whiskers from the cats pink nose.
- Allow the icing to harden for about 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
I highly recommend using Cocoa Krispies as you'll get the best coloring when combined with the black food coloring. When we used the plain or regular Rice Krispies, the treats were a dull gray color.
Nutrition
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 179mg | Potassium: 27mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 1341IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 5mg