Easy Halloween Cereal Treats
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Need a quick, spooky snack for your Halloween party fun? Our cute ghost and monster gooey Halloween Cereal Treats are quick to make and really tasty.
They are perfect for your smashing Halloween party or to give out to your ghoulish little trick-or-treaters like these 3 Easy Halloween Cupcake Ideas and this Halloween Graveyard Dirt Cake
We made 2 different Easy Halloween Cereal Treats out of Cheerios, peanut butter, marshmallow, white chocolate and some simple decorating accessories to make them complete!
Plus, we broke it down for quick and easy instructions how to make your little monsters some ghoulishly wonderful breakfast cereal treats!
First of all, I adapted this recipe from my Halloween Rice Krispie Treats, but switched out the Rice Krispies
Easy! It’s just your basic Rice Krispies with some peanut butter added in and shaped into some bumpy cluster balls.
Cereal Treat Tips Before You Start
- Start off with fresh and crispy cereal that isn’t stale. Any breakfast cereal will work, but we chose Cheerios!
- Mini marshmallows melt best, but if you don’t have mini and only large marshmallows, whichever you use, don’t try to rush melting the butter and then the marshmallows. I find that my marshmallow doesn’t scorch the pan and it just has a better texture overall.
- Once you make the cereal mixture, use a spoon or scoop to get about a couple of tablespoons full of the cereal for each of the clusters and then roughly shape them it into balls to make the ghosts/monsters.
- Work fast to make your clusters before the mixture starts firming up as the mixture is cooling down.
What Ingredients You Need to Make Easy Halloween Cereal Treats
Peanut Butter Party Treats
- salted butter
- mini marshmallows
- creamy peanut butter
- Cheerios
, or any breakfast cereal will work
White Chocolate Coating
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How to Make Our Halloween Cereal Treats
Peanut Butter Party Treats
- In a 4 quart sauce pan, melt butter on low heat, slowly as to not burn. Once butter has melted, keep heat on low and add mini marshmallows. Once marshmallows begin to soften and melt, add peanut butter. Constantly, stir the mixture so the peanut butter does not burn and the marshmallows can evenly melt (won’t take too long, about 5 minutes or so). Once, mixture is combined and melted, turn off heat and remove pan from stove.
- Add cereal to sauce pan and stir until evenly coated with mixture until well combined. Use a spoon or scoop to get about a couple of tablespoons full of the cereal for each of the clusters and then roughly shape them it into balls to make the ghosts/monsters. Work fast to make your clusters before the mixture starts firming up as the mixture is cooling down. (Lightly spray spoon or scoop with non-stick cooking spray if cereal mixture is too sticky.)
- Place balls on parchment lined baking sheet and let the Rice Krispies air dry for about 30 minutes and/or overnight in a zip-lock bag before dipping into chocolate.
White Chocolate Coating
- Melt chocolate for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth and creamy.
- Dip the top half of each ball one at a time into the chocolate and place on parchment paper lined baking sheet with the cereal side on the bottom and the chocolate on top.
- Add eyeballs for each of the ghosts after you dip them before the chocolate sets.
- Add sprinkles and eye ball candies to the monsters before the chocolate sets. You can do this easily by holding the bottom of the cereal treat and sprinkling all the sides and top of the chocolate for the monsters. Make sure you put a bowl underneath for the sprinkles to fall into, so they aren’t everywhere in the kitchen. 🙂
- Let chocolate set. Sooo yummy and addicting!!
Spooky Treats for Ya!
You can make these a day or two ahead of time, just make sure you seal them really good in zip-lock bags or sealed container.
Get into the Halloween spirit with these fun and festive Ghosts and Purple Monsters for the par-tay!!! Kids as well as adults will love these sweet little Easy Halloween Cereal Treats! Let’s Rock This!
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Halloween Rice Krispie Party Treats (Peanut butter & white chocolate!)
These fun and festive cereal treats have the best of two of our favorite combinations, white chocolate and peanut butter! Yay for party treats that are gooey, chewy Rice Krispies!! Made with marshmallow and peanut butter, deliciously coated with rich, white chocolate and some Halloween holiday-ish sprinkles to make it Fall-Official! Woot! Woot!
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Party Treats
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
- 10 oz bag mini marshmallows or 5 cups
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 5 ¼ cups Rice Krispies
White Chocolate Coating
- 3 cups white chocolate chips or candy melts
- purple sprinkles / candy eyeballs
Instructions
Peanut Butter Party Treats
- In a 4 quart sauce pan, melt butter on low heat, slowly as to not burn. Once butter has melted, keep heat on low and add mini marshmallows. Once marshmallows begin to soften and melt, add peanut butter. Constantly, stir the mixture so the peanut butter does not burn and the marshmallows can evenly melt (won’t take too long, about 5 minutes or so). Once, mixture is combined and melted, turn off heat and remove pan from stove.
- Add cereal to sauce pan and stir until evenly coated with mixture until well combined. Use a spoon or scoop to get about a couple of tablespoons full of the cereal for each of the clusters and then roughly shape them it into balls to make the ghosts/monsters. Work fast to make your clusters before the mixture starts firming up as the mixture is cooling down. (Lightly spray spoon or scoop with non-stick cooking spray if cereal mixture is too sticky.)
- Place balls on parchment lined baking sheet and let the Rice Krispies air dry for about 30 minutes and/or overnight in a zip-lock bag before dipping into chocolate.
White Chocolate Coating
- Melt chocolate for 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth and creamy. Dip the top half of each ball one at a time into the chocolate and place on parchment paper lined baking sheet with the cereal side on the bottom and the chocolate on top.
- Add eyeballs for each of the ghosts after you dip them before the chocolate sets
- Add sprinkles and eye ball candies to the monsters before the chocolate sets. You can do this easily by holding the bottom of the cereal treat and sprinkling all the sides and top of the chocolate for the monsters. Make sure you put a bowl underneath for the sprinkles to fall into, so they aren't everywhere in the kitchen.
- Let chocolate set. Sooo yummy and addicting!!
- You can make these a day or two ahead of time, just make sure you seal them really good in zip-lock bags or sealed container.
Notes
If you want to thin the white chocolate out a bit if it's too thick, use 1 teaspoon of vegetable or canola oil and mix it into the chocolate. Less oil is better.
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Kim, these are soooo cute! And I know they’re super tasty too. 🙂 ~Valentina
These Halloween treats look sooooo cute! Also, such a delicious combo of cereal, peanut butter, and marshmallows.