Sour Punch Rice Krispy Presents Recipe

With Sour Punch Holiday Candy

Sour Punch Rice Krispy Presents holiday candy recipe

What You'll Need:

Sour Punch Trees or other small Sour Punch holiday candies
6 cups Rice Crispy Cereal
6 cups marshmallows

4 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Melting chocolate wafers (green and red)

Mix Cereal with Butter and Vanilla

In a non stick pot, melt butter over low heat. Stir in vanilla.

Once the butter is melted, stir in marshmallows. When the marshmallows become puffy and melt, stir in krispy cereal.

Rice cereal mixed with butter, vanilla, and marshmallows

Mixture being flattened with a rolling pin

Flatten Mixture with a Rolling Pin

On a cookie sheet lined with parchment or baking spray, scoop out the mix. Press down and cover with a sheet of parchment, then use a rolling pin to flatten out into a thin, even layer.

Cut Squares with Cookie Cutter

Using a square cookie cutter, cut out 5 squares for the top and 5 squares for the bottom of the box.

Square cookie cutter on top of flattened marshmallow rice cereal mixture

Smaller square cookie cutter placed inside the larger cookie cutter

Cut Present Walls with Smaller Cookie Cutter

Using a slightly smaller square cookie cutter inside of the larger cutter, cut out 5 more squares for the edges of the box to stick to the 5 bottom boxes. This creates the “walls” of the boxes.

Form Boxes

Form the boxes.

Green and red candy melts in separate bowls

Melt Green and Red Candy Melts

In a small bowl, melt a cup of green candy melts in the microwave using 20 second intervals and stirring frequently. If the candy melts are too thick, add a teaspoon of vegetable shortening to thin it out.

Decorate Rice Krispy Presents with Chocolate

Use a small spatula or spoon to spread the green chocolate over the tops of the boxes.

Melt a ½ cup of red candy melts & pour into a small sandwich bag. Cut a very small hole in the corner of the sandwich bag & use to to draw the bow on top.