Stuffed M&M’S Franken Bars
Perfect for Halloween, these fun no-bake cereal treats are always a hit with any crowd.
duration
1 hour 20 minutes
yield
12
difficulty
medium
Recipe Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup M&M’S Peanut Ghoul’s Mix, divided
- 4 cups mini marshmallows, divided
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 drops green food coloring (approx.)
- 4 cups puffed rice cereal
- 1/2 cup black icing
- 18 candy eyes
Directions:
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes (+ 30 minutes cooling time)
- Grease 9-inch square baking pan; set aside.
- Reserve 24 M&M’S Peanut Ghoul’s Mix and 24 marshmallows; reserve and set aside.
- Melt butter in large saucepan set over low heat; stir in remaining marshmallows for 3 to 5 minutes or until completely melted. Stir in vanilla. Remove from heat. Stir in green food coloring, adding a few more drop if needed for desired hue.
- Immediately stir cereal into marshmallow mixture; stir for 3 to 5 minutes or until coated.
- Using wet hands or buttered spatula, spread half of the cereal mixture evenly into prepared pan. Scatter remaining M&M’S on top; pressing remaining cereal mixture over M&M’S. Let cool completely.
- Cut cereal treats into twelve squares. Spoon black icing into piping bag. Cut tip; decorate one side of each square to resemble Frankenstein’s hair.
- Using icing, attach 2 candy eyes to each square for Frankenstein’s eyes; pipe icing underneath to resemble Frankenstein’s mouth. Attach reserved marshmallows to both sides of each square to resemble Frankenstein’s neck bolts
Tip: Use icing to pipe dots for eyes instead of using candy eyes if desired.
Nutrition Facts
Per 1 square
- Calories 230
- Fat 7g
- Saturated Fat 3g
- Cholesterol 5mg
- Sodium 100mg
- Carbohydrate 39g
- Fiber 1g
- Sugars 27g
- Protein 2g