This one is for my kids, and your kids too. Sometimes I think that we in the farmhouse and home community tend to be a little serious. But, I have children who just want to be kids and enjoy holidays the way children would – with color, candy, treats and fun. For Halloween, that means making a few treats in October like these Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats.
I made my Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats for the first time a few years ago. In 2020, I featured them on my Instagram channel for the first time. And then I made a quick vertical video in 2021 and it took off on Instagram and Tik Tok. So, I thought that I’d share the fun over here too.
My kids love these and they really do make the perfect treat for any kind of Halloween party. With this recipe, it doesn’t matter if you love candy corn or hate it. The Candy Corn Rice Krispies bring the fun and put the treat in trick-or-treat.
Making Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats
The Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats will take about 10 minutes to make. In order to make them you will need a round cake pan. I think you could also use a springform cake pan. I’ve never tried that before but I actually think it might be easier to use.
You will also need food coloring. You can use regular food coloring or if you prefer there are now natural food coloring kits out on the market. The only problem I’ve run into with natural food coloring is that sometimes it tends to not be the actual color I want. For instance, red might turn out a little more pink, blue might be a little more purple, etc. This dye {HERE} is plant-based and seems to work well. Just beware, the box is tiny!
The last things you will need are a couple bags of marshmallows, a bit of butter and a large box of rice crispy treats. I use the large marshmallows for the Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats but you can also use the smaller ones. Just know the melting time may be a little different.
Tips for making Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats
- You want to oil the round cake pan with olive oil or a spray olive oil. Because I don’t want extra oil on my Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats, I like to put a little olive oil on a paper towel and wipe it around the pan.
- This recipe uses a lot of bowls. You can wash pans in between steps if you want to use less. However, I find that prepping everything in advance and having everything in the separate bowls before you start makes this go faster.
- When shaping the Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats, I recommend you make your hands wet. Having wet hands will make the sticky marshmallow easier to work with. Just don’t over wet them so you end up with wet Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats.
- Like pie, removing the first treat will be the more difficult. Run a knife around the pan and through the slices a couple of times to ensure nothing is sticking. I then use a pie server to remove the slice. You can see in the video above.
- This recipe will make enough for 1 thick set of Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats or two thinner sets of the treats.
Thank you so much for visiting today, friends! I hope that you enjoy this treat and that your family loves it. For more Halloween posts, click {HERE}. Happy Halloween!
Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats
Equipment
- Round cake pan
Ingredients
Yellow ring
- 6 cups Rice Krispie Treats cereal
- 1 10 oz. bag large marshmallows Or 4.5 cups of mini marshmallows
- 3 Tbsp. butter, salted
- Yellow food coloring - However much you want to get the desired color.
Orange ring
- 4 cups Rice Krispie Treats cereal
- 4 cups marshmallows
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. butter, salted
- Orange food coloring - However much you want to get the desired color. You might have to mix yellow and red to get orange like I do in the video.
White center
- 2 cups Rice Krispie Treats cereal
- 2 cups marshmallows
- 1 Tbsp. butter, salted
Additional
- A bit of olive oil to wipe down the pan.
Instructions
- Wipe down the pan with just a bit of olive oil.
- Melt the marshmallows and butter for the yellow ring in the microwave in a microwave safe dish in 30 second increments. Total time of melting will vary based on the microwave but do not go over 2 minutes or you will burn the marshmallows.
- Combine the first bowl of marshmallow with the yellow food coloring and Rice Krispies and mix.
- Wet your hands and form the yellow ring for the Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats in the round pan.
- Melt the marshmallows and butter for the orange ring in the microwave in a microwave safe dish in 30 second increments. You will need about 1:30 seconds for this.
- Combine the second bowl of marshmallow with the orange food coloring and Rice Krispies and mix.
- Wet your hands and form the orange ring for the Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats in the round pan.
- Melt the marshmallows and butter for the white center in the microwave in a microwave safe dish in 30 second increments. This will take about 1 minute.
- Combine the third bowl of marshmallow with the Rice Krispies and mix.
- Wet your hands and push the Rice Krispies into the hole in the center of the pan.
- Let cool for about 1 hour and then serve!
These treats are perfect for my kids snacks. I will have to get the ingredients to make them.
I will be making these treats with my kids. How perfect. Love the colors too.
I love that you made these in a round pan. Thats a perfect idea.
This is such a fun recipe to make, looking forward to giving this a try.
So easy to make. Kids will surely love this treat. Kids loves colorful stuffs.
What a perfect treat recipe for Halloween! My daughter would love to help me make these! Have to give them a try for sure.
The kids love colorful treats. this will make them really happy. Thanks for sharing!
Ooh yummy, these look gorgeous. I love rice krispie treats, and you have created a great Halloween version.
I hate candy corn, but these look-alikes are excellent!
I already saved this recipe. I can’t wait to try it with the kids
I love this! Rice Krispie Treats are one of our favorites, but I never thought about making them into candy corn. Love the tip to have wet hands when working with the mixture.😊🍕🏨👜👓
These look delicious, my kids would love making these! Candy corn krispies what a fab idea!!
These are so cute and I love how you made them look like candy corn! The perfect Halloween treat!
I did make these and they turned out great easy to follow instructions made creating easy!
These are really good and easy to make! Gotta try soon with the kiddos!
These are so cute! Love how they turned out.
That is such a great idea. I love that they look like candy corn. The kids would looooove these!!!
Such a great idea to make this treat. Rice krispie treats are our favorite snacks!
Well those are super cute. I haven’t seen the Rice Krispie Treats shaped this way before.
Those are so cute, perfect for a get-together. I’d love to make those for my nephews. Thanks for sharing!
These Halloween Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats are delicious. Making them this weekend for sure.
These are always fun to make. My MIL did these a few years ago and they were a hit! I need to make them again this year.
Candy corn is the best! I can’t wait to try this recipe!
These turned out great. I need to make some of these with my kids. They would love this.
Too cute! You are so creative! Making these with my girls asap!
Love your recipe! So easy and delicious! Can’t wait to try it!
Oh my! My kids are gonna love this so much! This look so good can’t wait to try this!
It looks delicious will try this recipe soon…. Thanks 😋
I love how these look! Such a fun idea for the holiday!
This looks like such a fun treat to share over the holiday!!
Yum! I love rice krispy treats!! These look really fun to make.
Oh my goodness! These are adorable! I love Rice Krispies treats but mine never look this cute.
Those Halloween candy corn Rice Krispie treats look so good. I will have to make some soon!