Rice Cereal Treats Conversation Hearts
Show 'em you care (or tell 'em how cute they are) with these conversation hearts... made out of rice cereal treats!
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- 1 drop violet gel food coloring
- 3 cups rice cereal
- 3-4 oz. white fondant
- 1 drop red gel food coloring
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with wax paper and set aside.
- Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over medium heat. Add marshmallows and mix.
- Once the marshmallows have completely melted, remove from heat.
- Add one drop of violet food colouring to the melted marshmallows and stir.
- Add rice cereal to the marshmallow mixture and fold.
- Spread the rice cereal treat mixture on your lined baking sheet. My trick is that I wet my fingers before spreading the cereal treat mixture to avoid any stickiness.
- Use a heart cookie cutter to cut out heart shapes.
- If you have any scraps left over, put them together and re-spread to cut out a couple more hearts.
- Allow the cereal treats to set for about an hour.
- Place one drop of red gel food colouring on your white fondant. Knead until the fondant is completely tinted.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out the fondant so that it’s about ½ of an inch thick.
- Use letter cookie cutters to create words for your rice cereal treats.
- Press each fondant letter onto each heart-shaped treat.
- Serve and enjoy.