Cocoa Krispies Trick or Treat Bears

Decorate adorable Cocoa Krispies Trick or Treat Bears for Halloween! Each of these chocolatey rice crispy treats bears is dressed up in a cute and yummy pumpkin costume.

I have to admit that when I was finished creating these cereal treat bears, I was so excited to share them with you. They are so darn cute. Don't you think?

Each of the bear-shaped treats is decorated using modeling chocolate. I love using the 2-ingredient candy clay to create decorations for my desserts. It looks like fondant but it tastes like chocolate.

It was the perfect addition to the Cocoa Krispies Treat Bears.

The inspiration for this treat was this cute Halloween teddy bear dressed in a pumpkin costume.

I actually wore a pumpkin costume just like it when I was a kid. Yeah, that's me with my sister going out to Trick or Treat in our homemade costumes.

I'll admit my Rice Krispie Treat Bear does take a bit of time to create, but if you could have seen the look on the faces of the children I gave these to, you'd know all the work was worth it.

So, let's make some bears.

Ingredients

(makes 7)

Before you begin, you'll need to make a batch of white modeling chocolate. Click the link to find the recipe.

Ingredients:

• butter, marshmallows, milk chocolate, and Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies Cereal
• white modeling chocolate
• orange, black, purple, and green candy coloring
• powdered sugar, to dust work surface
• black food coloring marker
• frosting or Nutella

Supplies

• tin foil
• 5-inch teddy bear cookie cutter
• 3-inch pumpkin cookie cutter
• optional cutters (you can just use kitchen shears or a knife if you prefer)
• 1- ¼", ⅞", and ½" round cutters
• #18 and #7 round pastry tips
• 1- ¼" oval cutter
• small leaf-shaped cutter
• small pointed oval cutter

Instructions

Make the bear-shaped Cocoa Krispies Treats.

• In a large pot, heat the butter, marshmallows and milk chocolate over low heat, stirring often until melted.
• Or, put those ingredients in a large microwave-safe bowl and heat for 20-30 second increments until melted.
• Do not overheat or you'll burn the chocolate.
• Stir the Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies into the melted marshmallow mixture, coating it well.
• Butter the inside of your bear-shaped cookie cutter then set it on a piece of well-buttered tin foil.
• Fill the cutter completely with the Cocoa Krispies treat mixture.
• Press down on the cereal to compact it in the cutter.
• Remove the cutter and you'll have your first bear.
• Repeat until you've used all the cereal.

Make the modeling chocolate pumpkin costumes.

• Color some modeling chocolate orange, black, green, purple, and light brown, being sure to leave a small amount of white. See detailed directions here.
• Dust work surface lightly with powdered sugar.
• Use a rolling pin to roll out pieces of each color modeling chocolate to about 1/16th of an inch or so.

Use small metal cutters to create the following shapes:

• 1 orange pumpkin, large enough to be used as a bear's costume
  • (I had to roll my pumpkin a bit more to make it large enough to fit my bear)
• cut off the stem end of the pumpkin to create the neck opening of the costume
• 2 black jack-o-lantern eyes
• 1 black jack-o-lantern nose
• 1 black jack-o-lantern mouth
• 1 green leaf
• 1 brown stem (cut an oval, then cut off part of the oval, leaving a stem shaped piece)
• 1 orange pumpkin hat (cut an oval then cut off a smaller oval from the first leaving a crescent moon shape)
• 1 purple rectangle for the bag
• 1 black handle (cut a circle then cut a smaller circle from the center, cut that to make the handle)
• 1 light brown snout (cut a circle then shape it into an oval snout)
• 1 black nose (cut a small circle)
• 2 white eyes (use the end of a #18 pastry tip to cut out small circles)
• 2 black pupils (use the small end of a #7 pastry tip to cut out small circles)
• Attach pieces of modeling chocolate together with a small amount of water.
  • Example: brush the backside of the jack-o-lantern features with water and press them onto the pumpkin. Use a black food coloring marker to write "Trick or Treat" on the purple rectangle.

Decorate your bear treats.

• Cut in between the bear's legs with a knife.
• Use frosting or Nutella to attach the modeling chocolate pieces to the bears.

Package the bears in bags.

• Wrap in clear cellophane bags and tie with a ribbon if using as gifts, otherwise just keep stored in an airtight container for up to a week, maybe more.

Variations

You can dress up your Cocoa Krispies Treat bears in so many different costumes. I made these bears in football uniforms to share with my nephew before a big football game.

Check out all of my Rice Krispie Treat recipes, here. And head on over to my new website, HowToMakeRiceKrispies.com to find some great Rice Krispie Treat ideas. We have over 150 cereal treat recipes to share with you.

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Recipe

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Halloween Cocoa Krispies Bears

Prep Time

1 hr

Cook Time

10 mins

 

Dress up these cute Cocoa Krispies Bears in bright orange, modeling chocolate, pumpkin costumes for Halloween.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cocoa kirspie treats, halloween recipe, modeling chocolate, rice krispie treats

Servings: 7

Author: Beth Klosterboer

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter plus more to butter your cutter and tin foil
• 10 ounces marshmallows
• 10 ounces milk chocolate, finely chopped or chips
• 8 cups Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies Cereal
• 1 batch of modeling chocolate
• orange, black, purple, and green candy coloring
• powdered sugar, to dust work surface
• black food coloring marker
• frosting or Nutella

Instructions

1. In a large pot, heat the butter, marshmallows and milk chocolate over low heat, stirring often until melted.
2. Or, put those ingredients in a large microwave-safe bowl and heat for 20-30 second increments until melted.
3. Do not overheat or you'll burn the chocolate.
4. Stir the Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies into the melted marshmallow mixture, coating it well.
5. Butter the inside of your bear shaped cookie cutter then set it on a piece of well-buttered tin foil.
6. Fill the cutter completely with the Cocoa Krispies treat mixture.
7. Press down on the cereal to compact it in the cutter.
8. Remove the cutter and you'll have your first bear.
9. Repeat until you've used all the cereal.
10. Color some modeling chocolate orange, black, green, purple, and light brown, being sure to leave a small amount white. See detailed directions here.
11. Dust work surface lightly with powdered sugar.
12. Use a rolling pin to roll out pieces of each color modeling chocolate to about 1/16th of an inch or so.
13. Use cutters to cut out the following shapes for each bears:
14. 1 orange pumpkin, large enough to be used as a bear's costume
15. (I had to roll my pumpkin a bit more to make it large enough to fit my bear)
16. cut off the stem end of the pumpkin to create the neck opening of the costume
17. 2 black jack-o-lantern eyes
18. 1 black jack-o-lantern nose
19. 1 black jack-o-lantern mouth
20. 1 green leaf
21. 1 brown stem (cut an oval, then cut off part of the oval, leaving a stem shaped piece)
22. 1 orange pumpkin hat (cut an oval then cut off a smaller oval from the first leaving a crescent moon shape)
23. 1 purple rectangle for the bag
24. 1 black handle (cut a circle then cut a smaller circle from the center, cut that to make the handle)
25. 1 light brown snout (cut a circle then shape it into an oval snout)
26. 1 black nose (cut a small circle)
27. 2 white eyes (use the end of a #18 pastry tip to cut out small circles)
28. 2 black pupils (use the small end of a #7 pastry tip to cut out small circles)
29. Attach pieces of modeling chocolate together with a small amount of water.
30. Example: brush the backside of the jack-o-lantern features with water and press them onto the pumpkin.Use a black food coloring marker to write "Trick or Treat" on the purple rectangle.
31. Cut in between the bear's legs with a knife.
32. Use frosting or Nutella to attach the modeling chocolate pieces to the bears.
33. Wrap in clear cellophane bags and tie with a ribbon if using as gifts, otherwise just keep stored in an airtight container for up to a week, maybe more.

Recipe originally posted September 24, 2012.

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Beth Klosterboer

Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com

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