Easy Marshmallow Treats

Marshmallow treats are so good and today we have an easy and fun recipe to share. 

Do you love rice crispies? Well we sure do. In fact at the moment it’s the go to cereal that my daughter is enjoying and I love that a box is super cheap at the local supermarket.

Today we have a fantastic, fun, simple and easy food idea that the kids will love. It’s cheeky marshmallow skewers a simple yet fun recipe that can be made in the home, at preschool or in the classroom. Enjoy.

Easy Marshmallow Treats

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Marshmallow Treats Ingredients

• 2 tbsp butter
• 41 large marshmallows
• 3 cups rice cereal
• Red gel food colouring
• ½ cup purple candy melts
• ½ cup yellow candy melts
• 2 tsp coconut oil
• 7 colourful straws

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How To Make These Marshmallow Treats

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

In a medium-sized saucepan, melt your butter on medium heat. Add 20 of your marshmallows and mix until completely melted.

Remove marshmallows from heat and add 1-2 drops of red gel food colouring and stir (your marshmallow mixture should be a light pink).

Add rice cereal and fold until cereal is well-coated with the marshmallows.

Slide down a marshmallow just 3 inches before the end of the straw.

Next, grab a small handful of your cereal treats (while they’re still soft!) and mold it around the middle of your straw, so that it takes on a cylindrical shape.

Top the straw off with two other marshmallows.

In a microwave safe bowl, microwave candy melts (keep colours separate) and coconut oil (1 tsp per ½ cup candy melt) in 30-second intervals.

Keep some candy on the side… don’t melt just yet because you will need them.

Using a piping bag, drizzle the marshmallows with your candy melts and set on your lined baking sheet.

Where there is space on the baking sheet, pipe out heart-shapes. Allow everything to set in the refrigerator.

Once the candy melts and the cereal treats are set, melt your remaining candy and use it to “glue” your candy hearts onto the cereal treat portion of the skewer.

Serve and enjoy!

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These would make a great Mother’s Day Gift