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
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Miniature chocolate, green and yellow fruit Tootsie Rolls
  • Miniature green apple Air Head candies, cut lengthwise into thin strips
  • Black decorating gel, optional

Directions

  • In a large saucepan, combine the marshmallows, butter and salt. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from the heat; tint orange with red and yellow food coloring. Stir in cereal.
  • With buttered hands, shape mixture into six large balls or create a variety of sizes of pumpkins. Insert a Popsicle stick into each ball. Cut chocolate Tootsie Rolls in half widthwise; press into the top of each for stem. Roll Air Head strips between hands to form vines; press into each pumpkin near stem. Roll Tootsie Rolls on a waxed paper to 1/8-in. thickness. With a sharp knife or scissors, cut out green leaves, chocolate and yellow shapes for faces or make jack-o'-lantern faces with decorating gel. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) 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.

 
 
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