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Rice Krispie Easter Eggs are rice krispie treats molded and shaped inside an Easter egg! They’re the perfect Easter dessert that kids love to make and everyone loves to eat these fun and colorful, gooey, marshmallow krispie treats.

A bowl of the Rice Krispie treats shaped like an easter egg

Rice Krispie Easter Eggs Recipe

Kids love making these Easter egg shaped Rice Krispie treats! Plastic Easter eggs create the mold for these colorful, ooey gooey treats that are always a delicious way to celebrate the Easter holiday.

A classic Rice Krispie treat recipe with butter, marshmallows, and cereal – although for this recipe we are combining classic Rice Krispies and Fruity Pebbles cereal for that fun and colorful look.

Side view of the Krispy treat easter eggs

Ingredients Needed

Plastic Easter Eggs : You will need about 25 plastic Easter eggs in the classic size.
Nonstick Cooking Spray : Lots of this needed!
Salted Butter
Mini Marshmallows
Vanilla Extract
Rice Krispie Cereal
Fruity Pebble Cereal

How To Make Easter Egg Rice Krispie Treats (Printable Recipe Card)

In a large pot, over medium heat, melt the butter. Once melted, add in the mini marshmallows and keep stirring until all the marshmallows are completely melted.

Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract, Rice Krispie cereal, and fruity pebble cereal. Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature and cool for 5-10 minutes or until you can safely handle it.

Lightly spray your hands and inside both sides of the plastic Easter eggs with cooking spray.

Use your clean hands to slightly overfill the top and bottom half of the plastic Easter eggs with the rice krispy mixture. Squeeze the Easter egg closed to seal the two halves together. Open up the plastic egg and gently remove the rice crispy treat egg from the plastic egg.

Continue doing this with the remaining plastic eggs and rice crispy mixture until all the eggs have been formed.

Place the eggs onto a plate and refrigerate for 10 minutes to allow the eggs to set before serving.

How To Store Rice Krispy Easter Eggs

Store the eggs inside an airtight container, at room temperature, for up to 4 days.

The Rice Krispy Egg Halves Are Starting To Fall Apart. What Can I Do To Prevent This?

There are a few things that will prevent the eggs from sticking together (the two halves from the plastic egg mold). Here are my tips for ensuring the eggs stick together to form the whole egg shape.

Make sure the rice crispy mixture is not too hot/warm when you are working with it. If it is too warm, they’re going to slowly start to fall apart as they sit.
You want to ensure that you are filling the eggs with enough cereal mixture that when they close together, all of the air gaps will be filled. You may have to squeeze and press the two halves together in order for this to happen. You want to make sure that you are able to squeeze the two halves completely together until it shuts (similar to when you’re stuffing eggs with candy, you want the egg completely shut). If it’s not taking any effort to close the egg, then that means you need to add more cereal mixture to the egg halves.
Don’t put too much cooking spray on your hands as you’re scooping the mixture into the eggs. If you have too much oil, the oil will create a barrier between the two halves that prevents them from sticking together.
I like to ensure that my eggs stay really tight together, so I will form all of my eggs and place them onto a sheet pan as I go. Then, once I have used up all of the mixture to make the eggs I’ll go back and reform all the other eggs, giving them a nice, tight squeeze to reshape them and form them tightly. This is the best way to ensure that they stay in the egg shape.

Recipe FAQ’s

Do I Need To Use The Plastic Easter Eggs To Shape The Egg?

No, you do not have to use the plastic Easter eggs. If you would rather, simply shape the rice krispy treat mixture into an egg shape by hand.

Can I Just Use One Egg To Shape Them?

The recipe calls for 25 plastic eggs because the recipe yield is about 25 eggs. If you prefer to only use one plastic egg, that is fine, just make sure you spray it lightly between each shaping to prevent the mixture from sticking to the egg and making it more difficult for the egg to come out. Or get the kids involved and have a few people forming the eggs.

How Can I Prevent The Marshmallows From Burning?

If the marshmallows are starting to burn, reduce the heat to low and melt them slower. Be sure to constantly stir the mixture as well, while the marshmallows are melting. It’s also important to not turn up the heat at all to try and speed up the melting process.

Can I Mix-In Candies?

If you want to mix in some candies, like Easter pastel sprinkles or m&m’s, you can add them after stirring in the cereal, so that the heat won’t be as high and would be less likely to melt your candy.

Can I Make These Ahead of Time?

For the best flavor, texture, and look, I recommend making these right before you want to serve them. As they sit, rice krispy treats tend to dry out and not be as gooey as when they’re freshly made. The egg shape can also lose its shape the longer they sit out.

Close up of the prepared ready to eat crispy treats that look like an easter egg.

More Easter Egg Recipes

Rice Krispie Treat Eggs

Author Jessica – Together as Family

Course Dessert, Easter

Cuisine American

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 5

Chill Time 10

Total Time 40

Rice Krispie Easter Eggs are rice krispie treats molded and shaped inside an Easter egg! They're the perfect Easter dessert that kids love to make and everyone loves to eat these fun and colorful, gooey, marshmallow krispie treats.

Ingredients

▢ 6 tablespoons salted butter
▢ 1 bag (16 oz) mini marshmallows
▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
▢ 5 cups Rice Krispie cereal
▢ 4 cups Fruity Pebbles cereal
▢ 25 plastic easter eggs
▢ nonstick cooking spray

Instructions

In a large pot, over medium heat, melt the butter.
6 tablespoons salted butter
Once melted, add in the mini marshmallows and keep stirring until all the marshmallows are completely melted.
1 bag (16 oz) mini marshmallows
Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract, Rice Krispie cereal, and fruity pebble cereal. Allow the mixture to sit at room temperature and cool for 5-10 minutes or until you can safely handle it.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 5 cups Rice Krispie cereal, 4 cups Fruity Pebbles cereal
Lightly spray your hands and inside both sides of the plastic Easter eggs with cooking spray.
^{*If wanted, you can use just one easter egg to form all the Rice Krispie eggs. Just make sure to spray it lightly between each one. Don't spray too much oil inside the eggs, just lightly spray each half.}
25 plastic easter eggs, nonstick cooking spray
Use your clean hands to slightly overfill the top and bottom half of the plastic Easter eggs with the rice krispy mixture. Squeeze the Easter egg closed to seal the two halves together. Open up the plastic egg and gently remove the rice crispy treat egg from the plastic egg.
Continue doing this with the remaining plastic eggs and rice crispy mixture until all the eggs have been formed.
Place the eggs onto a plate and refrigerate for 10 minutes to allow the eggs to set before serving.

Notes

Plastic Easter Eggs : The recipe calls for 25 plastic eggs because the recipe yield is about 25 eggs. If you prefer to only use one plastic egg, that is fine, just make sure you spray it lightly between each shaping to prevent the mixture from sticking to the egg and making it more difficult for the egg to come out. Or get the kids involved and have a few people forming the eggs. Sometimes the plastic egg can get really sticky which is why it’s easier to use 25 different ones.

Butter : If using unsalted butter you will want to add a pinch of salt in with the cereal and vanilla extract (about 1/8 teaspoon).

Having Trouble Forming The Eggs? : Try these tips below if you can’t get the Rice Krispie easter egg to stay intact and form a tight egg shape.

Make sure the rice crispy mixture is not too hot/warm when you are working with it. If it is too warm, they’re going to slowly start to fall apart as they sit.

You want to ensure that you are filling the eggs with enough cereal mixture that when they close together, all of the air gaps will be filled. You may have to squeeze and press the two halves together in order for this to happen. You want to make sure that you are able to squeeze the two halves completely together until it shuts (similar to when you’re stuffing eggs with candy, you want the egg completely shut). If it’s not taking any effort to close the egg, then that means you need to add more cereal mixture to the egg halves.

Don’t put too much cooking spray on your hands as you’re scooping the mixture into the eggs. If you have too much oil, the oil will create a barrier between the two halves that prevents them from sticking together.

I like to ensure that my eggs stay really tight together, so I will form all of my eggs and place them onto a sheet pan as I go. Then, once I have used up all of the mixture to make the eggs I’ll go back and reform all the other eggs, giving them a nice, tight squeeze to reshape them and form them tightly. This is the best way to ensure that they stay in the egg shape.

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