Jack-O’-Lantern Pops

Name: Jack-O’-Lantern Pops
Ingredients: 1 package (10-1/2 ounces) miniature marshmallows; 3 tablespoons butter; 1/8 teaspoon salt; Red and yellow gel food coloring; 6 cups Rice Krispies; Wooden pop sticks; Miniature chocolate, green and yellow Tootsie Roll Midgees, as desired; Miniature green apple AirHeads bars; Black decorating gel or chocolate frosting, optional

9 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 package (10-1/2 ounces) miniature marshmallows
3 tablespoons butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
Red and yellow gel food coloring
6 cups Rice Krispies
Wooden pop sticks
Miniature chocolate, green and yellow Tootsie Roll Midgees, as desired
Miniature green apple AirHeads bars
Black decorating gel or chocolate frosting, optional

Directions

1

In a large saucepan, combine marshmallows, butter and salt. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from heat; tint orange with red and yellow food coloring. Stir in cereal.
2

With buttered hands, shape mixture into six pumpkins. Insert a wooden pop stick into each pumpkin.
3

Cut chocolate Tootsie Rolls crosswise in half; press one half into the top of each for stems. Cut AirHeads into thin strips; roll between hands to form vines. Press vines into pumpkins near stem. For leaves, roll out green Tootsie Rolls on waxed paper to 1/8-in. thickness. With kitchen scissors, cut out leaves and attach to vines.
4

Add Jack-o'-lantern faces using decorating gel or additional Tootsie Roll cutouts made with yellow and chocolate Tootsie Rolls.