Candy Corn Rice Crispy Treats

by Erin

This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! Giveaway is sponsored but I did not personally receive any complimentary products. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Everyone’s favorite rice crispy treat turned into festive candy corn shapes perfect for Halloween!

Candy Corn Rice Crispy Treats #HalloweenTreatsWeek

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Happy (almost) Halloween!

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Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Not only is it a holiday all about candy and getting dressed up, but it lends itself to so many creative recipes! 

An iconic candy item for Halloween is candy corn. I HATE candy corn. But I find myself creating a recipes almost every year that honors these tasteless sugar triangles.

Candy Corn Rice Crispy Treats

I’ve made candy corn cheesecake mousse, chocolate candy corn and creme cookies, and even added candy corn to my Halloween 7-layer bars so it seemed like it was time to make a rice crispy treat version. 

Rice crispy treats are wonderful, because they are so easily adaptable to any holiday. But with a little extra effort, instead of just making an orange, yellow, and white layered treat, I separated the colors into rings in 6-inch cake pans.

The end result are these cute little candy corn wedges that even this candy corn hater loved. 

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Candy Corn Rice Crispy Treats #marshmallow

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Candy Corn Rice Crispy Treats #HalloweenTreatsWeek

CANDY CORN RICE CRISPY TREATS

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Yield: 2 dozen Prep Time: Cooking Time:
Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Ingredients

  • 4 Tbsp (1/2 stick) unsalted butter
  • 4 cups (10.5 oz. bag) mini marshmallows
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 6 cups puffed rice cereal, divided
  • Food coloring (red and yellow)

Directions

  1. Coat three 6-inch cake pans and three medium bowls with nonstick spray, set aside.
  2. In small pot over low heat melt the butter. Add marshmallows and stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Quickly pour half into one of the greased bowls, 2/3 of what remains in the second bowl, and the remaining third into the third bowl. Add a few drops of red and yellow food coloring to larger one, yellow to the second largest, and keep the smallest amount plain. Add 3 cups of cereal to the orange, 2 cups to the yellow, and 1 cup to the white. Stir until well coated.
  3. Working quickly with a buttered spatula or greased hands, divide orange mixture between the three cake pans, and create a "ring" around the inside edge of the cake pan. Repeat with the yellow and then place the white in the center.
  4. Press mixture evenly and firmly. Cool completely before slicing into 8 wedges per pan and serving.
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6 comments

Carol Clark October 8, 2020 - 7:44 pm

mine was just a ghost and witches

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Tim October 6, 2020 - 9:38 am

I have a twin, so we were always in paired costumes up until the age of 10 or so. . One year we dressed as Laurel and Hardy, which was my grandma’s idea. One year we were a dog and a cat. My parents had a lot of fun with it.

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Erin October 6, 2020 - 11:35 am

Haha I bet they did!

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kesha October 5, 2020 - 7:49 pm

My favorite Halloween costume I had when I was young was a pirate girl! It was super cute!

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Susan October 5, 2020 - 1:03 pm

Erin, I have to disagree with your assessment of the flavorless state of candy corn: they taste like artificial bananas. Which is why I join you in hating them. But your rice krispie treats are cute.

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Erin October 5, 2020 - 2:47 pm

Haha I’ve never got banana from them before but if I’m even around them again I’ll have to sample just to see.

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