Pumpkin Cereal Treats

As promised, today I will be sharing a recipe using the pumpkin powder that we made last week.
This recipe is kind of a spin on regular marshmallow cereal treats recipe, with an extra boost of nutrition from the pumpkin powder.

The recipe starts off with the usual ingredients: butter, marshmallow, and rice cereal.

The butter and marshmallow is melted on the stove, then I added the pumpkin powder and food coloring (The amount of food coloring you use will depend on what type of food coloring you use and what shade of orange you want/ how dark you want it to be. I used 5 drops of yellow food coloring and 3 drops of red.)

Next I added the rice cereal and mixed it into the pumpkin marshmallow mixture.

At this point you could just pour the mixture into an oiled pan and let set before cutting into squares, or you could shape them into "pumpkin"-like balls.

If you want to shape them into balls, make sure you have plenty of oil on your hands to avoid them sticking onto your hands. And you might want to re-oil your hands every few balls you shape.

After we finished shaping the balls, I added a pretzel stick for the stem and a green tic tac for the leaf.

OK, so they don't quiet look exactly like a pumpkin, but my little helping hands had fun helping me make them and of course eat them. And they had no clue that there was pumpkin in it.

Pumpkin Cereal Treats

4 Tbsp butter

1 package large marshmallows (about 45)

1/2 tsp pumpkin powder

red and yellow food coloring

6 c. rice cereal

(optional: pretzel sticks and green tic tac for decoration)

Melt the butter and marshmallows in a pot on the stove. Add the pumpkin powder and food coloring (I used 5 drops yellow and 3 drops red) and mix. Add the rice cereal and mix thoroughly. Place in an oiled pan or shape into balls. If you shape them into balls, you could add the pretzel sticks and tic tac as the pumpkin stem and leaf.

Here is a printable version of the recipe.