Jack-O’-Lantern Pops

Submitted By: Mildred H. Edwards

Ingredients

• 1 (101/2-ounce) package miniature marshmallows
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• Red and yellow gel food coloring
• 6 cups crisp rice cereal
• 6 Popsicle sticks
• 3 miniature Tootsie Rolls, cut in half widthwise
• 3 miniature green apple Air Head candies, cut lengthwise into thin strips

Black decorating gel

Instructions

In a large saucepan, combine the marshmallows, butter, and salt. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from the heat; tint orange with red and yellow food coloring. Stir in cereal.
With buttered hands, shape mixture into six balls. Insert a Popsicle stick into each ball. Press half of a Tootsie Roll into the top of each for stem. Roll Air Head strips between hands to form vines; press into each pumpkin near stem. Make jack-o’-lantern faces with decorating gel.