Halloween Rice Krispie Treats

Halloween Rice Krispie treats make for a kid-friendly, easy activity and treat to share with children of all ages. Get ready for a spooky night of trick or treating or your Halloween party with these festive snacks.

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I love me a good food craft.

Especially fun holiday ones.

But something about my current phase of parenthood and life in general has me feeling like I don’t have time to do more elaborate food crafts like turning Rice Krispie treats into mummies or monsters right now.

That fall hustle has hit hard.

Come to think of it, last year, I was also feeling the fall hustle and made 3 Ingredient Halloween S’mores with the kids instead of decorating things.

If you feel that too and still want to make fun treats but really don’t have the time and energy to do involved projects, may I present to you the easiest ever Halloween Rice Krispie treats?

These bad boys are no bake and no extra work.

All you have to do is stir in a couple extra ingredients and you are good to go.

Then have your kids press on some candy eyes and you’ve got spooktacular treats ready for Halloween.

Ingredients and Kitchen Supplies

You need some standard ingredients to make Halloween Rice Krispie treats and a few additional ones to make them festive:

• Rice Cereal – Just because they are called Rice Krispies doesn’t mean you can’t use your local store’s brand Crisp Rice Cereal if you want or need to. You can also use different flavors if you like, such as Cocoa Krispies.
• Marshmallows – You can use large or small marshmallows. You need 40 large or 5.5 cups of the minis.
• Butter – You could also use margarine if you like, but butter is the traditional fat used.
• Spray – Non-stick spray is very helpful both for your mixing tools and the pan you spread the warm Rice Krispie treats into. You could also grease the pan with butter or shortening for easy release.
• Halloween Sprinkles – You start seeing this in stores around September or even August. You don’t have to use a specific kind, really whatever one you like.
• Halloween M&M’s – You could use other candies themed for Halloween if you like. M&M just releases black and orange only bags for the holiday. You can also skip these if you prefer.

Tools you’ll want include:

• large mixing bowl
• spatula
• 9×11 deep baking dish (you could use another size for thinner or thicker squares)

How to Make Halloween Rice Krispie Treats

1. Melt the marshmallows and butter.

Place the butter and marshmallows in a large, microwave safe bowl.

Heat for 30 seconds, remove from the microwave, and stir.

Repeat the heating and stiring 2 more times for total of 1.5 minutes.

By the end of the third heating, you can stir them together and they will be smooth.

Pour in the Rice Krispies and use a sturdy spoon or spatula that you’ve sprayed with nonstick spray to start mixing.

2. Add in Halloween fun.

Once you have coated the Rice Krispies with the marshmallows, mix in the M&Ms and Halloween sprinkles.

3. Pour and let it set before serving.

Pour or scrap the treat mixture into a prepared 9×11 baking dish or similar sized baking pan.

Use your spatula to flatten and even out the treats as much as possible.

If you like, you can sprinkle on addtional sprinkles or candies now.

Once you have a roughly even layer, allow it to set for about 30 minutes before cutting and serving.

Serve as a snack, dessert, or as part of a Halloween themed party spread.

A sharp knife or flat spatula can easily cut the treats into squares, though you could also use cookie cutters to make fun shapes if you like.

Serving

Halloween Rice Krispie treats work well as a dessert, snack, or, if you’re my husband, breakfast… because they contain cereal, it “counts” apparently.

His logic is iffy at best though.

You can serve them alongside other Halloween treats, like monster bark, or as a follow up to mummy hot dogs.

Storing

Halloween Rice Krispie treats are very easy to store.

Just cut them into squares and place them in an air tight container or use cling wrap or a lid on the baking dish and leave them there until you are done.

They store well for about 5 to 7 days as long as they are sealed, no need to refridgerate.

In fact, we don’t recommend storing them in the fridge because they will get rock hard. until they warm up to room temperature.

Tips and Tricks

• You can also melt the butter and marshmallows on the stove top. Heat over medium low heat, continuously stirring until the marshmallows fully melt before removing from heat and continuing with the recipe.
• Add in other candies as you like. This is an excellent recipe to use with leftover trick or treat candies. Just chop up larger pieces of candy.
• You can cut hardened Halloween Rice Krispie treats into fun shapes using cookie cutters if squares aren’t your thing.
• Don’t refridgerate Rice Krispie treats unless you plan on losing a tooth or loosening a wiggly tooth in your child.

Other Halloween Treats and Eats

Try some of these other Halloween-inspired treats for more family fun:

• Spooky Graveyard Brownies for Halloween
• Easy Ghost Cupcakes for Halloween
• Spider Cupcakes for Halloween
• Easy Spooky Halloween Monster Bark (Boo Bark)
• Easy Pumpkin Dipped Oreos
• Pumpkin Hand Pies

For a more grown up experience, try these drinks:

• Fizzy White Apple Sangria
• Poison Apple Cocktails
• Sparkling Caramel Apple Screwdrivers
• Spiced Apple Cider Sangria
• Spiked Pumpkin Spice Latte

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