How To Make Rice Krispies Treats Maracas

Perfect for Cinco De Mayo. Fair warning though, if you make these with the kids around. They will drive you nuts. My kids, plus their friends were circling the kitchen island like sharks! Brutal working conditions. I needed a force field around these Rice Krispies Treats Maracas. They could not wait to tear into one. The end result, well…Connor snuck one. He’s a sneaky little devil. The rest of the kids – They loved them.

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*Here’s one tip before you get started. Have everything ready to go. The marshmallow mixture hardens quickly. You’ll want to work fast while it’s still warm so you can mold it.

• I used  the original Rice Krispies Treat Recipe – I divided it up between 2 saucepans
• In each saucepan, I melted 1&1/2 Tbsp of butter and turned the heat off
• I added 1/2 of the bag of 10 oz. marshmallows to the melted butter, and stirred until the marshmallows melted
• Then I added food coloring to each saucepan – green in one, red in the other (it takes a lot of red)
• Finally, I stirred in 3 cups of Rice Krispies Treats into each saucepan, and mixed until my arm wanted to fall off!
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• With the Rice Krispies colored, I started spooning – about 1 Tbsp., of each color into my Mini Muffin Tin
• I had 1 dozen of each color in the tin
• Then, I sprayed my Mini Tart Tool with cooking spray and pushed the centers to form bowls
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• I filled the green half with M&M Minis, and then placed the red half over the green and gently sealed them by pressing the ends together
• I used a butter knife to loosen the green half out of the mold and pressed around the middle a little more until they were sealed together
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• I set those down on a plate and got to work on the pretzel rods
• I grabbed some more Rice Krispies Treats out of the saucepan and wrapped some around the end of the pretzel rod
• I attached the pretzel rod to the maraca, and gently molded it together with the maraca
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• Then I decorated them with Melted White Chocolate Melts
• I used a handy squeeze tube, but you can also snip the end of a baggie that is filled with melted chocolate
• I decorated one side, put them in the refrigerator to set up
• Then, I spun them around to decorate the other side
• *This is an important step: I added a little strength to the pretzel handle seal by putting some chocolate there, also
• The chocolate works like glue. It’s great stuff. Use it to your advantage.
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• And, there you have it! Rice Krispies Maracas! Fun stuff!
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