Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies Treats – Cute & Fun Fall Dessert Idea

I’m pretty sure that my love of all things Fall and pumpkin has been made pretty clear over the past few weeks. If not, here is one more pumpkin-post to solidify my love of Fall 🙂

These Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies Treats are a great Fall treat for kids…or anyone, really! They are so cute and festive, and best of all they are pretty simple to make.

What you will need:

*6 cups of Rice Krispies Cereal
*(1) 10 oz bag of marshmallows
*6 tablespoons of butter (you can use less, but they taste far more   delicious this way)
*2 tsp Pumpkin Spice
*a few drops of vanilla extract
*orange food coloring
*Mini Tootsie Rolls
*Green and Black frosting

Directions:

*Over medium heat, melt butter and marshmallows in a in a large pot. Once melted, add in pumpkin spice, vanilla extract, and orange food coloring. Turn off the heat.
*Mix in Rice Krispies cereal and stir until they are well coated and a lovely orange color
*Let the mixture stand on the stove to cool for about 30 minutes
*Once cooled, roll into balls to become pumpkins.
*Use green frosting to draw leaves on the pumpkins
*Stick the Tootsie Rolls into the top of the pumpkins as the stems
*Use black frosting to draw on pumpkin faces (if desired)
*ENJOY! 🙂