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Jack-o'-Lantern Pops Recipe

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As Clara Coulston of Washington Court House, Ohio notes, “Your little ghouls and goblins faces will light up when you surprise them with these sweet, smiling pumpkins.” The crispy pops are ideal for school parties.

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Jack-o'-Lantern Pops Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 6 Servings

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Ingredients

1 package (10-1/2 ounces) miniature marshmallows
3 tablespoons butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
Red and yellow gel food coloring
6 cups crisp rice cereal
Wooden pop sticks
Miniature chocolate, green and yellow Tootsie Roll Midgees, as desired
Miniature green apple Air Head candies
Black decorating gel, optional

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine marshmallows, butter and salt. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from heat; tint orange with red and yellow food coloring. Stir in cereal.
With buttered hands, shape mixture into six even or various sized pumpkins. Insert a wooden pop stick into each ball.
Cut chocolate Tootsie Rolls crosswise in half; press one half into the top of each for stems. Cut green Air Heads into thin strips; roll between hands to form vines. Press vines into pumpkins near stem. For leaves, roll out green Tootsie Rolls on waxed paper to 1/8-in. thickness. With kitchen scissors, cut out leaves and attach to vines.
Add Jack-o'-lantern faces using decorating gel or additional Tootsie Roll cutouts made with yellow and chocolate Tootsie Rolls. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving equals 310 calories, 6 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 385 mg sodium, 64 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Jack-o'-Lantern Pops in Simple & Delicious September/October 2006, p45

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Reviewed on Nov. 11, 2010 by abreendre

My grandchildren don't think it's Halloween unless I make these. I make them smaller so it is easier for little ones to eat.

Reviewed on Oct. 12, 2010 by tucker695

I have made this recipe twice for school parties and the kids love it!! They are so cute and taste very good. Make sure to butter your hands well before handling and squeeze the mix together tightly to form the balls. I never use a stick.

Reviewed on Oct. 31, 2009 by kaytlynsmommy

This recipe was HORRIBLE. I was so excited to make this cuz it was cute and looked easy. But it was SO hard to get them to stay together. As soon as you put the popsicle stick and tootsie roll in, they fall apart. And they keep falling apart no matter how many times you shape it together again. This might have worked if someone tweaked the rice crispy recipe...I would NOT make this again.