Easter Rice Krispie Treats
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Easter rice krispie treats shaped like bright orange carrots with candy melt greens are perfect for your spring time celebration!
This easy recipe for carrot shaped Easter rice krispies is simple to make and so much fun. Serve them with other holiday favorites like crockpot ham and banana pudding cookies!
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Easter Rice Krispie Treats
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Why you’ll love these fun carrot shaped rice krispies treats!
📌 Delicious traditional rice krispies flavor with a fun spring time twist.
📌 Easy to make ahead for a party or celebration.
📌 Bright, colorful, and super cheerful!
Easter Rice Krispies Treats Ingredients
- Cereal – Rice krispies cereal.
- Marshmallows – Make sure your marshmallows are fresh for best results.
- Butter – Our preference is salted butter, but unsalted can also be used.
- Food coloring – Orange food coloring and red food coloring. We recommend a gel food coloring for super bright colors.
- Candy melts – Orange candy melts and green candy melts.
- Sprinkles – Orange and green sprinkles.
How do you make Easter rice krispie treats? (step-by-step directions)
⭐ First, melt butter in a large pot and add marshmallows. When marshmallows are melted add food coloring and mix well.
⭐ Next, stir in rice cereal and mix until everything is thoroughly coated. Press marshmallow cereal mix into a prepared pan and chill.
⭐ Then, melt green candied and place into a piping bag or ziploc. Draw ‘carrot tops’ onto a sheet of parchment or silpat. Top with green sprinkles.
⭐ Finally, cut marshmallow treats into triangles. Melt orange candies and drizzle over triangles. Top with orange sprinkles and finish by affixing your carrot tops.
Scroll down to the printable recipe card toward the bottom of this article for ingredient measurements and detailed cooking instructions.
Preparation
Can you make carrot rice crispy treats ahead of time?
Yes, the treats can be made 1 – 3 days ahead of time and still taste fresh and delicious.
Can you add extra marshmallows to a spring rice treats recipe?
Absolutely, you can add up to an extra half a bag of mini marshmallows to this recipe if you like them extra ooey gooey!
What else can you add?
Some of our favorite stir-ins are mini chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, crushed oreos, and sprinkles!
Why are my rice krispies carrots hard?
There’s a couple of likely culprits for hard rice krispies treats!
Too much cooking
If you cook the butter and marshmallow together too long it will make the sugars harder. You’ll want to cook them only until they’ve just melted and combined.
Pressed into the pan too hard
When you press the warm mixture into your pan, do so gently and just enough for them to take shape. If you condense them too much they will be hard and difficult to eat.
Storage and leftovers
How long do they last?
These will keep up to 5 days when stored at room temperature in an air tight container.
Can you freeze Easter rice crispy treats?
We do not recommend freezing this recipe.
Tips, tricks, and frequently asked questions
✅ Make them extra ooey gooey by adding even more marshmallows.
✅ Don’t overcook the marshmallow and butter or you’ll end up with hard treats.
✅ Press them into the pan gently, just enough to shape so they’re light and airy still when you eat them.
✅ Mix in your favorite candies or crushed cookies!
What to eat with rice krispie easter treats (serving suggestions)
These are perfect for a spring time celebration along with other yummy treats like lemon bars, sherbet punch, and our no bake cheesecake recipe.
More delicious recipes with rice krispies
- Classic rice krispies treates
- Rice krispie coal treats
- Strawberry shortcake rice krispies treats
- Scotcharoos
- See all our recipes made with cereal!
Other awesome recipes for Spring and Easter
Tools we love
- Ceramic bakeware set – This baking dish set is gorgeous and has all the size casserole dishes you’ll ever need!
- Large spatula – No one wants a small portion!
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How to Make Easter Rice Krispie Treats
Easter Rice Krispie Treats
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 10 ounces marshmallows
- red and orange food coloring
- 1 box rice krispies cereal 12 ounces
- 1½ cups green candy melts
- 1½ cups orange candy melts
- sprinkles orange and green
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large pot over low heat. When butter is melted, stir in marshmallows. When marshmallows have melted, add orange and red food coloring until you reach your desired color. Stir in cereal and mix over low heat until cereal is fully coated.
- Line a 9x13 pan with parchment paper (or spray with cooking spray). Gently press marshmallow/cereal mixture evenly into pan. Chill for at least 10 minutes.
- Melt green candies according to package directions* and spoon into a piping bag with a small tip (or a sandwich bag with the corner snipped off). Draw 'carrot tops' and top with green sprinkles. Allow to set.
- Turn cooled rice krispies treats onto a sheet of parchment paper and carefully cut into triangles.
- Melt orange candies according to package directions and drizzle over triangles. Top with orange sprinkles and affix the green tops before the orange melts set.
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My kids loved these easter rice krispie treats! The carrots are so cute! We even made a few egg shaped ones. So cute and yummy!
Okay these are so cute and fun! I know we will be making these again and again each Easter. Thank you!