Rice Krispie Treat Eggs

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

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.

Course Dessert, Easter

Cuisine American

Keyword rice krispie easter eggs

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 5

Chill Time 10

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 129kcal

Author Jessica - Together as Family

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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