Description
Eye Spy Rice Cereal Treats are colorful, fun, and festive snacks made by coating classic rice cereal treats with melted candy and decorating them with vibrant candy eyeballs. Perfect for parties or Halloween, these treats combine the crispy sweetness of rice cereal with a playful candy coating in multiple bright colors for a whimsical finish.
Ingredients
Rice Cereal Treat Base
- Favorite rice cereal treats recipe, enough to fill a cookie pan
Candy Melts
- Bright White Candy Melts – quantity as needed for coating (approx. 8 oz)
- Dark Green Candy Melts – quantity as needed for decorating
- Red Candy Melts – quantity as needed for decorating
- Blue Candy Melts – quantity as needed for decorating
- Pink Candy Melts – quantity as needed for decorating
- Yellow Candy Melts – quantity as needed for decorating
- Turquoise Candy Melts – quantity as needed for decorating
- Vibrant Green Candy Melts – quantity as needed for decorating
Decorations
- Candy Eyeballs (small and large sizes), approximately 1 to 2 oz total depending on treat size
Instructions
- Prepare rice cereal treats: Prepare your favorite rice cereal treats according to your chosen recipe. Press the mixture into a cookie pan lined with parchment paper or a nonstick surface, then allow it to cool completely. Once cooled, remove from the pan and cut into rectangles measuring approximately 2 1/2 inches by 4 inches.
- Melt and coat with white candy: Melt the Bright White Candy Melts according to package instructions, ensuring a smooth consistency. Transfer the melted candy into a decorating bag fitted with a medium-sized hole at the tip. Place the cut treats on a cooling rack set over a cookie sheet or waxed paper to catch drips. Pipe melted white candy over the top and sides of each treat, leaving about one inch of the bottom uncoated. Carefully transfer the candy-coated treats onto a waxed paper-covered cake board. Refrigerate the treats until the candy coating is set, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
- Melt additional candy colors: Separately melt Dark Green, Red, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Turquoise, and Vibrant Green Candy Melts in individual decorating bags. Knead each bag gently to mix and ensure smooth flow. Cut a very small hole in each bag’s tip for fine piping.
- Decorate with candy dots and eyeballs: Using one color at a time, pipe small dots of melted candy onto the coated portion of each treat. Immediately press a candy eyeball into the center of each piped dot to create an eye effect. Repeat this alternation of colors and eyeballs to cover the entire candy-coated surface of the treats in a playful pattern. Once decorated, chill the treats again until all candy decorations are fully set, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Notes
- Use a cooling rack to allow excess candy to drip off for a neat coating.
- Work quickly when piping melted candy to avoid it hardening before placement of eyeballs.
- Store treats in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Ensure candy melts do not overheat to prevent burning or clumping.
- Large candy eyeballs can be substituted with edible black and white eyeball sprinkles for smaller decorations.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 treat (approx. 60g)
- Calories: 220 kcal
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 33 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg
