Santa Hat Rice Krispie Treats
Here’s yet another way to dress up your Rice Krispie Treats for the holidays. These are a bit more work than my Gingerbread Rice Krispie Treats (recipe coming soon!), but they’re worth it because they’re so adorable.
So, we all know you have to leave cookies out for Santa Claus, right? The question is, what kind? You could go with regular chocolate chip or oatmeal, but this guy works so hard all night, it seems like he deserves an extra-special cookie just for him.
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These Santa Hat Rice Krispie Treats are just perfect. You mix them up like regular Rice Krispie Treats, but then you color the mix red and shape it into cones to make little hat shapes. Then you dip the bottom of each hat in melted white chocolate and coat it with sanding sugar to make a furry bottom for Santa’s hat.
These cute little Santa hat cookies are sure to be a hit with the big guy. And all your favorite holiday elves should love them, too.
Santa Hat Rice Krispie Treats
INGREDIENTS:
10 oz mini marshmallows, plus a handful more for decorating the top of the hat.
4 Tablespoons butter
6 cups Rice Krispies
Red gel food color
1 cup white chocolate chips, melted
1/2 cup white sanding sugar
DIRECTIONS:
1. In a microwave safe bowl or medium sauce pan melt butter and marshmallows together, stirring until completely smooth. Color melted marshmallows with gel food color until it reaches your desired shade.
2. Add Rice Krispies and stir until completely coated. Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes or until completely cool and firm. Once mixture is firm take a golf ball sized amount and shape into a cone, making sure you have a flat bottom.
3. Dip one small end of the marshmallow into the melted white chocolate and fix it to the top of the hat, allow to set for 5 minutes before handling. Dip the bottom of the hats into the melted white chocolate about 1/2″ to 3/4″, wipe any excess off the bottom so the hats sit flush. Immediately dip into the sanding sugar, pressing gently against the side of the container to coat evenly.
Allow to set for 15-20 minutes before serving.
NOTE:
You’ll want to work fast with the white chocolate because it hardens quickly. If you’re working with little ones and need more time then add some vegetable or other tasteless oil to the melted white chocolate about 1/4 tsp at a time until mixture is smooth and creamy like melted peanut butter. This will allow your chocolate to stay melted longer but still set. You may need to give it an extra 15 minutes to set if you add the oil.
Santa Hat Rice Krispie Treats
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Ingredients
- 10 oz mini marshmallows plus a handful more for decorating the top of the hat.
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- 6 cups Rice Krispies
- Red gel food color
- 1 cup white chocolate chips melted
- 1/2 cup white sanding sugar
Instructions
- In a microwave safe bowl or medium sauce pan melt butter and marshmallows together, stirring until completely smooth. Color melted marshmallows with gel food color until it reaches your desired shade.
- Add Rice Krispies and stir until completely coated. Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes or until completely cool and firm. Once mixture is firm take a golf ball sized amount and shape into a cone, making sure you have a flat bottom.
- Dip one small end of the marshmallow into the melted white chocolate and fix it to the top of the hat, allow to set for 5 minutes before handling. Dip the bottom of the hats into the melted white chocolate about 1/2" to 3/4", wipe any excess off the bottom so the hats sit flush. Immediately dip into the sanding sugar, pressing gently against the side of the container to coat evenly.
- Allow to set for 15-20 minutes before serving.
NOTE:
- You'll want to work fast with the white chocolate because it hardens quickly. If you're working with little ones and need more time then add some vegetable or other tasteless oil to the melted white chocolate about 1/4 tsp at a time until mixture is smooth and creamy like melted peanut butter. This will allow your chocolate to stay melted longer but still set. You may need to give it an extra 15 minutes to set if you add the oil.
Nutrition
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