5 Spooktacular Rice Krispies Treats For Halloween

October is finally upon us, and the moment we said goodbye to September, everyone had only one thing on their mind: Halloween. There's so many fun things to do to celebrate the spooky season in style. From carving jack-o-lanterns and visiting pumpkin patches to consuming every pumpkin spice product out there, how you choose to honor the single most fun holiday of the year is completely up to you. But we know how we'll be celebrating: with Halloween-themed rice krispies treats that look scarily good!

1. Frankenstein

You'll Need:

• 1 bag of marshmallows
• Rice Krispies cereal

Extra:

• green food coloring
• vegetable oil
• parchment paper
• baking sheet
• melted chocolate
• googly eyes
• black icing
• mini marshmallows

Here's How:

1.1 Melt the marshmallows in the microwave, dye them with green food coloring, and mix in the Rice Krispies cereal.

1.2 Oil your hands generously and evenly spread the Rice Krispies mass on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cut the mass into 6 equal rectangles.

1.3 Dip the rectangles in melted chocolate on one side and place 2 googly eyes underneath the chocolate.

1.4 Draw a mouth with black icing and then put a mini marshmallow on either side of rectangles on the bottom. And there you have it – you just Frankensteined your very own Frankenstein rice krispies treats!

2. Ghosts On A Stick

You'll Need:

• 1 bag of marshmallows
• Rice Krispies cereal

Extra:

• vegetable oil
• parchment paper
• baking sheet
• ghost-shaped cookie cutter
• cake pop sticks
• melted white chocolate
• black icing

Here's How:

2.1 Melt the marshmallows in the microwave and mix them with the Rice Krispies cereal. Grease your hands with vegetable oil and spread the mass on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

2.2 Use a ghost-shaped cookie cutter to cut ghosts out of the mixture and then push a cake pop stick into the bottom of each ghost.

2.3 Dip each ghost in melted white chocolate and draw faces on the ghosts with black icing.

3. Mummies

You'll Need:

• 1 bag of marshmallows
• Rice Krispies cereal

Extra:

• vegetable oil
• parchment paper
• melted white chocolate
• googly eyes

Here's How:

Melt the marshmallows and mix them with the Rice Krispies cereal. Grease your hands with vegetable oil, spread the mass on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and cut the rice krispies into equal rectangles. Dip the rectangles in melted white chocolate, place 2 googly eyes on each rectangle, and pipe melted white chocolate in a crisscross pattern all over the treats.

4. Pumpkins

You'll Need:

• 1 bag of marshmallows
• Rice Krispies cereal

Extra:

• vegetable oil
• orange food coloring
• green sour belts
• mini peanut butter cups
• black icing

Here's How:

4.1 Melt the marshmallows in the microwave and dye the mixture with orange food coloring. Mix in the Rice Krispies cereal and form small pumpkins from the mass. 

4.2 Place a mini peanut butter cup on top of each pumpkin and cut small leaves from green sour belts. Place the leaves next to the mini peanut butter cups and then draw faces on the pumpkins with black icing.

5. Spooky Eyes

You'll Need:

• 1 bag of marshmallows
• Rice Krispies cereal

Extra:

• vegetable oil
• orange, purple, green, and black food coloring
• googly eyes

Here's How:

Melt the marshmallows and divide the mixture between multiple bowls. Use a different food coloring color to dye each bowl and then mix in the Rice Krispies cereal. Grease your hands with vegetable oil and form a few balls from each bowl, pressing them down a little. To finish off your spooky treats, place a large googly eye in the center of each ball.

These are some spooktacular treats, but feel free to get creative and make your own spooky surprises. Maybe a vampire? Or a werewolf? Throw on a scary movie and get inspired!