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These pretty Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats are delicious, easy to make, and perfect for a Fall potluck, a Halloween party, or even a Thanksgiving dessert.

Six Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats sitting in two rows on a white table in front of bowls of marshmallows and Rice Krispie Cereal.

How do we love you Rice Krispie Treats? Let us count the ways.  You are easy to make.  You taste delicious.  You look so pretty and colorful in your holiday best.  Everybody loves you so you are great fun at a party.  In honor of these special dessert treats, we’ve taken our Best Ever Rice Krispie Treat Recipe and molded it into these adorable Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats – perfect for Halloween or Fall or Thanksgiving or just a random Thursday. Enjoy!

Ingredients You Will Need

All the ingredients you will need to make Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats including Mini Marshmallows, Rice Krispie Cereal, Orange Food Coloring, Butter, Tootsie Rolls and Airhead Candy.

How to Make the Rice Krispie Treat Mixture

White saucepan filled with warm Rice Krispie Treat mixture.

Step 1:  The base for our Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats is our Best Ever Rice Krispie Treat Recipe which we have adjusted and perfected over the years until it is now absolutely the best Rice Krispie Treat recipe we have ever tasted.  You can find all the directions you’ll need to make these delicious treats right here.

How to Make the Edible 3D Pumpkins

Collage image showing how to tint the Rice Krispie Treat mixture orange.

Step 2: To tint the Rice Krispie Treat mixture, add the food coloring to the melted marshmallows and butter BEFORE you add the Rice Krispie Cereal.   To get this pretty Orange Color we used 4 drops of Orange Wilton Color Right Food Coloring and 1 drop of Red.  
Step 3:  Let the Rice Krispie mixture cool for a few minutes, until it is no longer burning hot to the touch.  Measure out a handful of mixture. We used a food scale to measure 2 oz. of the mixture so all the pumpkins would be the same size.

Collage image showing how to turn the Orange Rice Krispie Treat ball into a pumpkin using Tootsie Rolls and Airheads Candy.

Step 4:  In the palm of your hand, mold the mixture into a pumpkin-shaped ball.  If the mixture is too sticky, rub a little bit of butter on your hands.
Step 5:  Use your fingers to mold a Mini Tootsie Roll into a stem and use a knife to cut out the shape of a leaf and a vine from a green Airhead.
Step 6: Create an indentation on the top of the pumpkin and press the stem into the top. When the Rice Krispie Pumpkin cools and hardens, the tootsie roll will stay in place.
Step 7:  Press the Airhead leaf and vine around the top of the pumpkin. So cute!

Three Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats sitting on a white serving platter on white table in front of a pumpkin and the recipe ingredients.

Step 8: Allow these fun Fall or Halloween Rice Krispie Treats to cool before you store them.  They will last quite a while and freeze up great.  Store them in an airtight container and they will taste great for more than a week. 

Closeup on six Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats sitting on a white surface in front of a pumpkin decoration, a bowl of marshmallows and a bowl of Rice Krispie Cereal.

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Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats

Yield 6 Pumpkins
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

These pretty Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats are delicious, easy to make, and perfect for a Fall potluck, a Halloween party, or even a Thanksgiving dessert.

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons Butter (Salted)
  • 4 cups Mini Marshmallows
  • 4 cups Rice Krispie Cereal
  • Wilton Color Right Food Coloring - Orange & Red
  • 6 Mini Tootsie Rolls
  • 3 Airheads Candy - Green

Instructions

  1. The base for our Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats is our Best Ever Rice Krispie Treat Recipe.  You can find all the directions you’ll need to make these delicious treats right here.
  2. To tint the Rice Krispie Treat mixture, add the food coloring to the melted marshmallows and butter BEFORE you add the Rice Krispie Cereal.   To get this pretty Orange Color we used 4 drops of Orange Wilton Color Right Food Coloring and 1 drop of Red.  
  3. Let the Rice Krispie mixture cool for a few minutes, until it is no longer burning hot to the touch.  Measure out a handful of mixture. We used a food scale to measure 2 oz. of the mixture so all the pumpkins would be the same size.
  4. In the palm of your hand, mold the mixture into a pumpkin-shaped ball.  If the mixture is too sticky, rub a little bit of butter on your hands.
  5. Use your fingers to mold a Mini Tootsie Roll into a stem and use a knife to cut out the shape of a leaf and a vine from a green Airhead.
  6. Create an indentation on the top of the pumpkin and press the stem into the top. When the Rice Krispie Pumpkin cools and hardens, the tootsie roll will stay in place.
  7. Press the Airhead leaf and vine around the top of the pumpkin. So cute!
  8. Allow these fun Fall or Halloween Rice Krispie Treats to cool before you store them.  They will last quite a while and freeze up great.  Store them in an airtight container and they will taste great for more than a week. 

Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!

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Cuisine: American / Category: Rice Krispie Treats