Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats
These Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats are one of the cutest Rice Krispies Treats for Halloween, and bonus, they are so simple to make!
I am so excited for Halloween this year! While I do love seeing kiddos all decked out in their Star Wars or TMNT costumes, I'd have to say, my favorite part of Halloween is all the fun treats I get to make.
Rice krispie treats for Halloween may just be the family favorite of all the Halloween desserts we make.
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Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats
These Frankenstein treats are just a little bit spooky and a whole lot of fun! They are super easy to make and a great treat for playgroups, class parties or just because.
The nice thing about these little guys is you don't have to have a steady hand or dip the treats perfectly into the chocolate to have them turn out cute. A little extra chocolate here or frosting there adds that much more character to these monstrous treats!
This is a recipe you can let kids help you with. We make them every year because they are so fun and easy!
Table of contents
How to Make Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats
Ingredients
Rice Krispie Treats
- Butter
- Mini Marshmallows
- Rice Krispie Cereal
- Green Food Coloring
Decorating
*Color mist is an edible spray paint, made especially for decorating food.
Instructions
- Melt butter and marshmallows together.
- Add green food coloring.
- Add rice krispies and stir to combine, press mixture into a 9x13 pan.
- Cut rice krispie treats into small rectangles and dip tops in the black melting candy to make your hair.
- Spray the marshmallows with silver mist.
- Attach the marshmallows using a dot of melting chocolate, and do the same with the candy eyeballs.
- Draw mouths or stitches with black frosting.
Tips for Making Rice Krispie Frankensteins
- I use the recipe for the rice krispie treats on the back of the cereal box.
- Melt the butter and marshmallows together at the same time. This makes the finished treats more moist and ooey-gooey.
- Start with a very small amount of green food coloring and add more as you need. A little gel food coloring goes a long way.
- You will get messy when you use the silver spray mist. My hands looked like I was auditioning for the part of the Tin Man in Wizard of Oz after I finished!
- When finished decorating let set up in the fridge for an extra hour or so. This will help keep the eyes and screws (marshmallows) attached.
More Rice Krispie Treats for Halloween
Check out our Mummy Rice Krispies Treats and these Cornflake Pumpkins as well!
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Frankenstein Rice Krispie Treats
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Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon Butter
- 4 Cups Mini Marshmallows + a handful of extras for his screws
- 6 Cups Rice Krispie Cereal
- Green Food Coloring I like to use Wilton Gel
- Black Melting Chocolate
- Black Frosting you can use leftover melted chocolate or get a frosting pen from Walmart or any baking store for less than $2
- Candy Eyes
- Silver Color Mist an edible spray paint for food also found at Walmart or any baking store
Instructions
- Melt butter and marshmallows together in a saucepan over medium heat stirring constantly.
- Once all lumps are gone, remove from heat and stir in green food coloring.
- When marshmallow/butter mix is green to your liking stir in rice krispie cereal.
- Pour cereal/marshmallow mix into a greased 9x13 dish and spread out evenly.
- Let set in fridge for 30 minutes.
- Remove from fridge and cut into rectangles. Place on wax paper.
- In a microwave safe bowl melt half a bag of the melting chocolates in 30 second increments stirring in between. Continue to cook and stir until chocolate is smooth.
- Dip one of the smaller ends of the treat into chocolate about 1" down.
- Return to wax paper and let harden (2-3 minutes).
- Repeat with remaining treats.
- Using the black frosting as glue attach candy eyes just below chocolate "hair".
- Use the black frosting to draw mouth under eyes.
- Spray marshmallows (2 per treat) with silver color mist. Let dry for 3-5 minutes.
- Using the black frosting again as glue attach silver marshmallows to both sides of the treat.
Notes
- I used the recipe for the rice krispie treats on the back of the cereal box. The only difference was I melted the butter and marshmallows together at the same time. I've found through lots of trial and error that this makes the finished treats more moist and ooey-gooey.
- Start with a very small amount of green food coloring and add more as you need. A little gel food coloring goes a long way.
- When using the spray mist be prepared to get messy; my hands looked like I was auditioning for the part of the Tin Man in Wizard of Oz after I was done.
- When finished decorating let set up in the fridge for an extra hour or so. This will help keep the eyes and screws (marshmallows) attached.
Nutrition
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For even more fun Halloween treats check out these recipes from Tastefully Frugal: Candy Corn Jello Treats, Mini Ghost Pumpkin Pies, No Bake Candy Corn Cheesecakes
This post was originally published September 13, 2016 and has been updated with pictures, a video and more detailed content.
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Made these for Halloween they were a lil tuff to do but had lots of fun in the process we used melted marshmallow cream to make eyes and ears stick ????
So smart! I hope everyone loved them!
THis is so darn cute. In the month of October we are learning about Germany. THe Frankenstiein Castle is in Germany and I want to do something so everyone will remember the information. This is a perfect treat! Everyone will get to help make these simple treats. Thank you for the idea. Vickie
Yay! That sounds like the perfect activity!
We've made this treat the last two Halloweens and my kids loved it! Such a fun tradition! Thank you!