Pumpkin shape Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats (Halloween treats)

This year our church's youth/kids fellowship department organized a Halloween day event called iCarnaval. It has game booth, real person Mario Kart Show and fireworks etc. I was asked to help to make a dessert treat for up to 100 kids + some adults. Therefore, I chose this Rice Krispie treats as dessert treats. It is always all time kid's favourite snacks. I made around 140 bite size Pumpkin shaped Rice Krispie treats. I doubled the amount of the recipe below.

Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats 

(made around 70 mini pumpkins - 1" size)

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/4 cup canned pumpkin puree

1 (10 ounce) bag mini marshmallows plus one cup

1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Pinch of allspice

Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg

Pinch of kosher salt

7 cups crispy rice cereal

some orange food colour

35 Pretzel sticks (divided into half to make 70)

Green buttercream icing

                                     

Directions:

In a heavy saucepan or Dutch oven, melt butter over medium-low heat. Add the pumpkin puree and continue to cook until it is warmed through. Fold in 10 ounces of the marshmallows, stirring frequently until almost completely melted. Stir in vanilla, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and salt, and remove from heat. Add a few drops of orange food colour at this time and stir until all mix.

Allow the marshmallow mixture to cool 10 minutes; fold in the remaining cup of marshmallows.  Continue to cool the mixture for another 20 to 25 minutes until it is room temperature (failure to cool the mixture will result in soggy rice crispy treats.) Add the puffed rice cereal and stir, using a silicone spatula, until combined.

Assembling:

Pick an one inch ball size of mixed rice cereal and model to a ball shape. Take half of Pretzel sticks and put into the top of pumpkin as stem. I use green buttercream icing to pipe one leaf beside the pretzel to looks more like a pumpkin.Repeat until all rice cereal have been used. It can make at least 70 mini little pumpkin.

Pumpkin spice rice krispies square recipe adapted from: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-pumpkin-spice-rice-krispie-treats-recipes-from-the-kitchn-159672