Candy corn rice crispy treats
Candy corn rice crispy treats are a simple way to make your scary movies or Halloween parties all the more festive. So gather your friends, head to the kitchen and prepare for a Halloween delight that combines a favorite holiday candy with a favorite everyday snack.
Ingredients:
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½ cup of butter
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Butter for pan and hands
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10 cups rice crispy cereal
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9 cups miniature marshmallows
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2 cups mixture of candy corn
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¾ cup miniature chocolate chips
Preparation:
Butter a large pan. Melt butter and marshmallows in a saucepan and stir until consistently smooth. Mix rice cereal, candy corn and chocolate chips together in a large bowl. Then add orange food coloring to the marshmallow mixture and mix thoroughly. Add the marshmallow mixture to cereal mixture and stir quickly to combine. Spread mixture onto pan and press with buttered hands. Refrigerate until well chilled and firm, then cut into small squares. Enjoy!
-Brittany Jakubowitz
Forked eyeballs
Feeling like your eyeballs might fall out after all of your midterm cramming? Let this Forked Eyeballs recipe ease your worries. Your Halloween bash will be a scary good time with this easy to serve eye candy.
Ingredients:
*2 (11-ounce) bags white chocolate chips
*12 doughnut holes
*Semisweet chocolate chips
*Tube of red decorator frosting
Instructions:
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To coat a dozen doughnut holes, melt the white chocolate chips over low heat (and keep the chocolate warm while you work). With a fork, spear each doughnut hole and submerge it in the melted chocolate to coat it, then gently tap off any excess.
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Stick a semisweet chocolate chip with its point cut off onto each doughnut hole, cut end first. Place the forks (handle side down) in a mug and allow the chocolate coating to harden.
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Use a tube of red decorator frosting to add squiggly veins radiating out from the pupils
–Caitlin Fultz
Mini Caramel Apples
1 package
Take full advantage of the apples you can take from the dining halls per meal buy making mini caramel apples to share at a Halloween party or with friends in your dorm.
1 package pre-wrapped caramels
toothpicks
ice cream scoop
rainbow sprinkles, chocolate chips, toppings of your choice
1. Unwrap the caramels and melt in the microwave for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove and let cool briefly
2 Using the ice cream scoop, scoop out small bites from the apple (each apple should make about 8 mini apples) and stick a toothpick in each.
3. Dip in caramel and roll in topping of your choice.
4. Refrigerate on a covered cookie sheet for an hour and enjoy!
-Lauren Slavin
Tasty Turds
Are you having a Halloween party? You’ve got the scary costumes, the blood red jungle juice and a bowl full of candy. The only thing left to complete your party is a yummy Halloween treat. Follow these easy directions to make disgusting and delicious Tasty Turds that are guaranteed to gross out your unsuspecting guests.
Ingredients:
1 batch of Rice Krispies treats, still hot and unshaped (butter or margarine, marshmallows, Rice Krispies)
12 oz. semisweet chocolate (you can use a bag of semisweet chocolate chips)
2 tbsp. shortening
1 small pkg. candy corns
wooden skewers, toothpicks, or a fork (optional)
Instructions:
1. Cut off the red and orange sections from candy corns, leaving only the yellow tops to use as “corn” in your turds.
2. Prepare Rice Krispies treats as directed. (Check out www.ricekrispies.com for an easy recipe)
3. Instead pressing the Rice Krispies treats into a pan, form the treats into oblong "turd" shapes. Let cool to set.
4. In the microwave, melt together chocolate and shortening, stirring until well combined.
5. Using a wooden skewer, toothpick or fork, skewer each "turd" treat and dip into the warm chocolate.
6. Set on wax paper, aluminum foil, paper plates, or whatever you can find. While still warm, press 3-4 yellow candy corn tops into chocolate.
7. Let the turds cool.
--Autumn Rose
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