Gingerbread Rice Krispie Treats

These Gingerbread Man Rice Krispie Treats are almost too cute to eat right?  They are a sweet addition to your cookie tray this year or to welcome everyone in from the cold with a mug of cocoa!

Add these Gingerbread Men Rice Krispie Treats to your cookie tray for the holidays or make them with the kids on a fun afternoon of baking, decorating, and memory-making. Keep reading for the easy recipe below!

Gingerbread Men Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

Ingredients:

• 10-ounce bag miniature marshmallows
• 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
• 3 tablespoons softened butter
• 1/4 cup cocoa candy melts
• Vanilla frosting
• Candy eyes
• Light pink candy eyes

Supplies Needed:

• Decorating bags
• Large microwave safe bowl
• Long Spoon
• 9×13” pan
• Non-stick cooking spray
• Circle cookie cutter

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, combine your marshmallows, butter and cocoa melts and heat in the microwave for 1-2 minutes and mix well.
2. Mix in your Rice Krispies cereal until your cereal is evenly covered in your marshmallow mixture.
3. Grease a 9×13″ baking pan and press your chocolate Rice Krispies mixture into your pan firmly.
4. Let sit for a few hours and use a large circle cookies cutter to cut out circle shaped Rice Krispies.
5. Fill a decorating bag with frosting and cut a very small tip off the end.
6. Use the decorating bag to draw a wavy circle around the outer edge of your chocolate Rice Krispie treats.
7. Then use your frosting to stick on one pink candy melt on each side for cheeks.
8. Use your frosting to stick two candy eyes in the center slightly above the candy melts.
9. Finally, use your decorating bag to draw a wavy smile connecting the two pink candy melts.

Sweet and simple, who doesn’t love Rice Krispie treats and gingerbread men?

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Gingerbread Men Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

A fun and easy rice krispies treat recipe. Use a round cookie cutter to cut out circles and then decorate the face to look like a gingerbread man.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword gingerbread man rice krispie treats recipe

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Cooling Time: 2 hours hours

Total Time 2 hours hours 20 minutes minutes

Servings 8

Author Jody

Equipment

• Decorating bags
• Large microwave safe bowl
• Long Spoon
• 9x13” pan
• Non-stick cooking spray
• Circle cookie cutter

Ingredients

• ▢ 10- ounce bag miniature marshmallows
• ▢ 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
• ▢ 3 tablespoons softened butter
• ▢ 1/4 cup cocoa candy melts
• ▢ Vanilla frosting
• ▢ Candy eyes
• ▢ Light pink candy eyes

Instructions

• In a large bowl, combine your marshmallows, butter and cocoa melts and heat in the microwave for 1-2 minutes and mix well.
• Mix in your Rice Krispies cereal until your cereal is evenly covered in your marshmallow mixture.
• Grease a 9x13" baking pan and press your chocolate Rice Krispies mixture into your pan firmly.
• Let sit for a few hours and use a large circle cookies cutter to cut out circle shaped Rice Krispies.
• Fill a decorating bag with frosting and cut a very small tip off the end.
• Use the decorating bag to draw a wavy circle around the outer edge of your chocolate Rice Krispie treats.
• Then use your frosting to stick on one pink candy melt on each side for cheeks.
• Use your frosting to stick two candy eyes in the center slightly above the candy melts.
• Finally, use your decorating bag to draw a wavy smile connecting the two pink candy melts.

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Gingerbread Pumpkin Biscotti Recipe

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