Sarah Plato
These cute little pumpkins are super easy to make and look so cute for festive parties this time of year. To make them Gluten Free the only thing you need to do is change the cereal to the Rice Krispy Brand’s Gluten Free cereal, or buy the generic/health brand rice cereal like I have which is Erewhon (strange name I know). Otherwise it is already gluten free below. Enjoy!!
Rice Cereal Pumpkins 6 cups Rice Kripsy Cereal or equivalent rice cereal (Use the Gluten free variety if needed)
3 Tbsp Earth Balance Dairy-Free, Soy-free Butter substitute also (Gluten free already)
Wilton Green, Orange and Yellow Food coloring (Gluten-free already)
1 10.5 oz bag of mini marshmallows…I prefer Jiffy-Puffed made by Kraft (Gluten-free already)
Dunkin Hines Classic White icing…(gluten-free already) (or you can make my buttercream icing on the previous post and dye it green instead. I prefer mine, but if I’m running late this is what I will use. the only bad thing is that it is made in a facility that also produces tree nuts so I try not to give it directly to my son but I am ok with using this in a pinch for school parties etc.)
Plastic icing bag Any small Wilton leaf icing tip Green Dots candy (already Gluten -free and dairy/nut free)
Wax paper
Spectrum Brand shortening (already Gluten-free and dairy-free)
In a large glass or french white porcelain bowl pour all your marshmallows into it and scoop out your 3 Tbsp of butter substitute. Microwave for 1 min. Take it out and stir immediately. Add your food coloring Yellow and red to make orange and stir immediately. Keep adding color until it looks the shade of orange that you prefer. I think I used ten drops of color total. Then quickly add your pre-measured rice cereal and stir coating all of the cereal. This will be difficult, and you may want to try to use disposable gloves and do it with your hands. Once coated, slather your hands in shortening and take a large handful of cereal into your palm and round it into a ball and place on a large piece of wax paper. Do this until you run out of cereal.. should make approx. 12 balls. This is a bit of a sticky mess so be prepared to handle it and act fast as it sets once it is cool. Wash your hands well then get your icing ready. Place your icing tip in your disposable icing bag cuting the tip of the bag and pushing your tip down. Dye your icing to the color green that you prefer stirring it well either in the bowl you made it in or in the container you bought it in. Then scoop it into the icing bag and begin to ice you pumpkins. I made a dollup in the center for the green Dot candy to sit on, then I made leaves down each side of the dot. Let cool to set and harden. You can transport them in a pre-lined cupcake carrier or a cupcake pan. Enjoy!!
