Halloween Rice Krispie Treats | Cookies and Cups

My Halloween Krispie Treats are straightforward to make, and dipped in white chocolate to appear like ghosts! These ooey-gooey do-it-yourself Rice Krispie treats are assured to be a success this spooky season.

Ghostly Halloween Rice Krispie Treats

Between last-minute pumpkin selecting, erecting scarecrows exterior my home, and stockpiling sweet for the trick-or-treaters, I’m retiring from Halloween. Or so I believed… till I used to be reminded that tomorrow is the Halloween get together at my son’s faculty. Cue: Halloween Krispie treats! I really like Rice Krispie treats and this recipe for spooky Krispie deal with ghosts is at all times a success. They’re melty, gooey, chewy Rice Krispie treats minimize out in a ghostly form and dipped in white chocolate. Boo-yah!

Why You’ll Love This Halloween Krispie Treats Recipe

• Straightforward to make. Should you grew up making and consuming Rice Krispie treats, you already know simply how easy they’re and the way scrumptious they style! These Halloween Rice Krispie deal with ghosts are fast, straightforward, and enjoyable to make.
• Chewy and gooey. These treats are smooth, chewy, filled with ooey-gooey marshmallows and crispy crunch, and smothered in chocolate. Halloween meals doesn’t get significantly better.
• Enjoyable Halloween shapes. I exploit a ghost-shaped cookie cutter to chop out my treats, however you should use any form you’d like! See additional down for extra concepts.
• Social gathering pleasant. These do-it-yourself Halloween Krispie treats are allergy-friendly (good for Halloween events) and no-bake (good for mother). There aren’t any peanuts or eggs on this recipe, and you may simply swap out common butter for a dairy-free various.

What You’ll Want

The elements listing for these Halloween Krispie treats is brief and candy. Confer with the recipe card under the submit for the total ingredient quantities and recipe instructions.

• Butter: I prefer to make my Rice Krispie treats with the salted butter from Problem Dairy. It provides simply the correct amount of saltiness to stability the candy, sticky marshmallows.
• Rice Krispies: You should use branded Rice Krispies or one other model of crispy rice cereal. Simply just remember to’re utilizing crispy rice and never puffed rice cereal (see under).
• Marshmallows: Mini marshmallows soften down a bit sooner and smoother than giant marshmallows. Should you use regular-size marshmallows, minimize them up into smaller items first.
• White Chocolate: You should use white chocolate that is available in bars, white chocolate chips, or white sweet melts (the type that appears like discs). You’ll soften the chocolate to dip your “ghosts”.
• Mini Chocolate Chips: You’ll use mini chocolate chips to create your ghost faces! After all, you possibly can beautify these Halloween treats any approach that you simply’d like, relying on the shapes you make. Don’t neglect to scroll for extra concepts!

Is Puffed Rice the Similar as Rice Krispies?

Puffed rice and crispy rice are not the identical factor. Rice puffs are heated till they “puff”, form of like popcorn. They don’t have the identical crispy texture as Rice Krispies, that are toasted or baked to create that signature “snap, crackle, pop” that everyone knows and love. Should you’re not utilizing branded Rice Krispies, just remember to’re shopping for the proper various.

Methods to Make Halloween Krispie Treats

Fasten your sheet belts, people! Let’s make some spooky Halloween Rice Krispie deal with ghosts:

• Make the marshmallow combination. Warmth some butter in a big saucepan. As soon as melted, add the marshmallows, stirring whereas they soften. Lastly, take the pot off the warmth and stir within the rice crispy cereal till every part’s mixed.

• Fill a baking pan. Now, you’ll scoop the combination out right into a greased 9×13 baking pan. Use your fingers or a spatula to press the Krispie treats into a fair layer. After, let the treats cool within the pan for about half-hour.

• Reduce out the shapes. Flip the Rice Krispie treats out of the pan. Utilizing a big ghost-shaped cookie cutter, minimize out the treats. It is best to get about 10 ghosts, give or take. Place your cut-out ghosts onto a parchment-lined baking sheet for now.

• Dip in chocolate. Soften your white chocolate within the microwave. One by one, dip one facet of the Krispie deal with ghosts into the chocolate. Then, press three mini chips into the chocolate-covered ghost, to make the eyes and mouth. Let the Halloween Krispie treats arrange on the baking sheet earlier than storing them.

Can I Make Halloween Rice Krispie Treats Forward?

Rice Krispie treats will at all times be at their chewy, crunchy finest on the day they’re made. That being mentioned, these Halloween Krispie treats will maintain recent sufficient for as much as 3 days. Retailer the treats hermetic at room temperature, with parchment paper between any layers. No matter you do, don’t retailer Rice Krispie treats within the fridge. They’ll change into approach too laborious. See under for extra storage directions.

Suggestions for Success

These are such a enjoyable Halloween meals concept, and it doesn’t take loads of effort! Listed here are some last-minute ideas for the most effective do-it-yourself Krispie deal with ghosts:

• Burn up all the Krispie treats combination. After chopping out one batch of ghosts, mash collectively the leftovers to get as many ghosts as doable. In case your Rice Krispies and marshmallow combination begins to harden, you possibly can heat it within the microwave for a couple of seconds in order that it’s simpler to press out.
• Don’t really feel like dipping your ghosts? Soften your white sweet disks and use an offset spatula to unfold the chocolate over your Krispie treats. It’s rather less messy.
• Add the “faces” earlier than the chocolate has set. Be sure that to press the mini chocolate chips into the white chocolate earlier than it’s set, in order that they adhere.
• If the mini chocolate chips come off, dab a little bit of melted chocolate on the again of the chocolate chips earlier than urgent them again onto the ghosts.
• Flip your treats into pops. Whereas your Halloween Krispie treats are nonetheless heat, insert a popsicle stick into the underside and make ghostly Krispie deal with pops!

Straightforward Variation Concepts

There are many methods which you can customise your Halloween Krispie treats. Attempt these concepts:

• Reduce out completely different shapes. Use your fingers or cookie cutters to create quite a lot of spooky shapes. There are many Halloween cookie cutters on the market for pumpkins, black cats, bats, witches’ hats, and extra! Adorn your krispie treats any approach you’d like.
• Totally different coloured sweet melts. Should you’re working with completely different shapes, go forward and dip your treats in any coloured sweet melts you’d desire. 
• Frosting. As an alternative of dipping in chocolate, beautify your ghosties with chocolate frosting or festive pumpkin butter frosting.
• Add pumpkin spice. What’s fall or Halloween with out a sprinkle of pumpkin spice? Borrow my recipe for pumpkin spice Krispie treats, then minimize them out and get dipping.
• Extra add-ins. Stir in festive mix-ins, like sweet corn Rice Krispie treats. I like to recommend chopping bigger add-ins into smaller items in order that they don’t intervene with the cookie cutter.
• Dairy-free. Substitute common butter with dairy-free butter or coconut oil.
• Peanut butter. Add some peanut butter to the combination! Take a look at my recipe for peanut butter Rice Krispie treats or my salty-sweet Scotcheroos. 

Methods to Retailer Halloween Krispie Treats

• To Retailer: Retailer any leftover Krispie treats in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as 3 days. Should you’re stacking them, remember to place sheets of parchment paper between the layers in order that the chocolate doesn’t stick.
• Freezer: These chocolate-coated Halloween Rice Krispie treats could be frozen for as much as 2 months. Retailer them hermetic and defrost the treats within the fridge earlier than bringing them again to room temperature.

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