Count Chocula Treats

I haven’t made a holiday specific treat in a long time.  While perusing this twist on a Rice Krispie Treat on Sing For Your Supper’s site, I decided this was something Skylar and I should do together.  We’ve never made Rice Krispie Treats!  (I know, bad mom award!) I modified this recipe very slightly.  When I showed it to Skylar, she had one demand:  Chocolate Only!  And thus, Count Chocula Treats were born!

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To make, gather these ingredients:

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Melt 3 tablespoons of butter/margarine on low heat.  Have a small child add 4 cups of mini marshmallows (Very Carefully!!)

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and continue to stir until it’s all smooth and melty.

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Remove from heat.  Have a small child add 6 cups of cereal.

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Remind her that it gets harder to stir when she does this one small handful at a time.

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Get ignored

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Laugh at how spider-webby it looks when you stir it all up to evenly coat the cereal (and excuse poor picture quality)

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Gently press the mixture into a 13×9 baking dish (sprayed with cooking spray)

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Optional: cover with Halloween sprinkles (ours were pumpkin shaped)

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Allow time to cool, and cut into squares

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Find missing square in your daughter’s mouth.

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Enjoy the sugar buzz!

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Lizz