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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » Christmas

    Sweet Penguin Rice Krispies Treat Pops

    Published: Nov 27, '11 · Modified: Dec 9, '19 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

    These Sweet Penguin Rice Krispies Treat Pops will warm your heart right up! They're so simple to make and even better to eat!
    Sweet Penguin Rice Krispies Treat Pops

    Have you ever pet a penguin? I am happy to say that I have had this wonderful opportunity at our local aquarium more than once. On our first visit, we entered the penguin habitat and were immediately greeted by a few playful attention seekers.

    The rest of the group quickly jumped out of their pool and waddled down the ramp to join in the fun. I couldn't wait to touch one of the adorable little birds but had to be patient until a handler brought a penguin to sit at my feet.

    As instructed, I set two fingers on the penguin's head. His feathers, slick from the cold water, felt slippery, almost like a scuba per's wet suit.  As I was focused on gleefully petting this penguin, I felt a tug at my foot and looked down to see another penguin playing with my shoelace.  She was abruptly scolded, which disappointed me because I really didn't mind her playfulness.

    Still wanting attention, she came over to have her chance to get pet. She must have been out of the pool longer than the male, as her feathers felt billowy and soft.

    Our time with the penguins was short but truly remarkable and I enjoyed it so much that we decided to return to the aquarium a year later to visit with them again.

    I've been wanting to make an edible craft featuring penguins and knew that winter was the perfect time to present them. As far as animals go, they are pretty easy to replicate in the form of food, as they have a very simple body shape.

    I chose to revisit a recipe that has proven successful for me. Previously, I have created chick pops, and ladybug pops, using rice krispies treats shaped like an egg, dipped in chocolate and decorated with modeling chocolate.

    Being a penguin is slightly egg-shaped anyway, I knew I could easily create a penguin pop the same way and I found that a few simple shaped pieces of modeling chocolate assembled together did indeed form a perfect penguin.

    To make these modeling chocolate pieces, I could have cut them all by hand, but it was so much faster to use the set of mini cutters pictured at left.

    These cutters are intended for use with clay and can be found at craft stores or on Amazon.com here.

    If you like to work with modeling chocolate or fondant, I would highly recommend picking up some of the Makin's Cutter Sets.

    I like this one in particular because it has several sizes of each shape. It was the perfect set for cutting out the parts of my penguins.

    I used the oval for the wings, the large diamond for the beak, and the small teardrop for the feet. I also used a 2" x 2 ½" egg cutter for the body and a 1 ½" round cutter for the belly. You can also use round pastry tips to cut out eyes or simply purchase candy eyes. Both work great.

    For these holiday pops, I created the entire penguin out of modeling chocolate then set it on top of a chocolate-dipped cereal treat. You could if you prefer, just frost the top of a cereal treat, cookie, cake or cupcake, and set one of these cute penguins on top. I prefer to use modeling chocolate to make all of my decorations, but you can swap out store bought or homemade fondant if that is easier.

    Chocolate Penguin Rice Krispies Treat Pops (makes 8)

     

    Before you begin, if you aren't experienced with making chocolate, read my chocolate making tutorial which includes information on types of chocolate to use, melting instructions and the recipe for modeling chocolate.

    I dipped my cereal treats in dark chocolate and think it looks great with the addition of the modeling chocolate penguin.

    You can, if you desire, dip them in milk or white chocolate. You could even keep the rice krispies treats rectangle, dip them in blue colored white chocolate and top with a penguin.

    Ingredients:

     

    ½ recipe dark modeling chocolate* (recipe here)

    ½ recipe white modeling chocolate* (recipe here)
    orange food coloring
    powdered sugar for dusting cutting board

    8 rice krispies treats .78 ounce bars (or one recipe of homemade treats)

    14 ounces melted and tempered pure dark chocolate

              OR melted dark confectionery coating/candy melts

    8 craft sticks
    optional, 16 candy eyes

    *you can use fondant if you preferSpecial Equipment Needed:cutting board
    rolling pin
    2" x 2 ½" egg shaped cookie cutter
    1 ½" round cutter
    mini clay cutter set featuring an oval, diamond, and tear drop cutter *
    optional, #4 and #12 round pastry tips, if making your own eyes
    parchment paper (or Silpat) lined baking sheet/s

    *if you don't have these cutters, use a sharp knife or kitchen shears to cut out your shapes

    Instructions:

    If you are looking to use homemade Rice Krispie Treats,  head on over to my new website, HowToMakeRiceKrispies.com. You can also check out how we taste tested 20 versions of the Rice Krispie Treat recipe to come up with the absolute BEST Rice Krispie Treat Recipe. This is a great way to add some extra flavor to your desserts!

    Just follow the recipe in the link provided, cut them into rectangles, and use them in the steps below:

    how to cut modeling chocolate

    • Pinch off a small amount of white modeling chocolate and color it orange (go here for directions.)
    • Dust a cutting board lightly with powdered sugar.
    • Roll white, orange, and dark modeling chocolate out to 1/16- inch thickness.
    • Using your cutters or a knife/kitchen shears, cut out 8 dark chocolate eggs for the bodies, 8 white 1 ½" circles for the bellies, 16 dark ovals for the wings, and 16 orange teardrops for the feat.
    • Use the very tip of the diamond cutter to cut out 8 triangles for the beaks.
    • If you are making your eyes out of modeling chocolate and are not using candy eyes, cut 16 small white circles using the #12 pastry tip and 16 tiny dark circles using the #4 pastry tip.

    making chocolate penguins

    how to mold rice krispies treats

    • Use your egg-shaped cookie cutter to shape the rice krispies treats.
    • I squish the ends of the treat and press it into the cutter then press around the edge to fill in the cutter so that the treat has a nice egg shape.
    • If using homemade treats, just cut the treats using the egg-shaped cutter.
    • Insert a craft stick into the larger end to the treat.

    how to coat rice krispies in chocolate

    • Pour your melted and tempered pure chocolate, or melted confectionery coating into a tall glass, just wide enough for the egg-shaped cereal treats to fit.
    • Pick up one of the cereal treats by the stick and dip the treat into the chocolate, completely coating it before removing it from the glass.
    • Shake off the excess chocolate.
      • I recommend dipping the top of the treat into the chocolate then pulling it out quickly and repeating a few times.  This action helps pull away the excess chocolate from the treat.

    how to assemble Rice Krispies Treat pops

    • Set your dipped treat on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and immediately top it with one of the modeling chocolate penguins.
    • Gently press the penguin onto the treat.

    rice krispies treat pop

    • Continue dipping your treats and topping them with penguins.
    • Refrigerate, if using pure chocolate, and freeze if using confectionery coating/candy melts until the pops are set, about 10 minutes.

    rice krispies treat gift

    • Allow them to come to room temperature before serving.
    • Package them in clear cellophane bags if giving as gifts.

    If you love these cute Penguin Rice Krispie Treat Pops you might like these other Christmas treats too...

    See all of my 12 Sweet Designs of Christmas

    Christmas Mouse Cookies  • Polar Bear Rice Krispie Treats • Christmas Kids Brownies

    Santa Claus Pops  • Christmas CarolerCandy Bars • Christmas Elves Caramel Pops

    Chocolate Marshmallow Snowmen • Toy Soldier Peanut Butter Pops • Mrs. Claus

    Reindeer Lollipops  • Breakfast Pastry Christmas Lights • Coconut Creme Christmas Ornaments

    I hope you enjoy making these cute Penguin Rice Krispie Treat Pops.

    Beth Jackson Klosterboer blogger, recipe developer, and chocolatier.

    I'd love to see pictures of your Christmas creations. You can share in our How to Make Fun Food facebook group. It's a great place to ask questions and learn from others.

    If you love making chocolate be sure to check out my Chocolate Making Courses at The Sugar Academy.

    Have a sweet day,

    Beth

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    1. AngelaMuir

      January 05, 2014 at 6:49 pm

      These are freakin adorable! thanks for sharing 🙂 http://www.handmadeintheheartland.com/

      Reply
    2. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust

      January 12, 2012 at 2:59 am

      So creative and very cute! You're an artist. Thanks for sharing on Crazy Sweet Tuesday!

      Reply
    3. Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      November 30, 2011 at 10:12 pm

      HI Beth, thanks so much for featuring my pops. I grabbed a button and posted it on my Featured On page!

      Reply
    4. Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com)

      November 30, 2011 at 9:18 pm

      I just wanted to let you know that I feautred this WAY cool looking penguin snack on TGIF Linky Party #7 - http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/2011/11/tgif-linky-party-7.html - Feel free to stop on by and grab an I was Featured button and link up again =-)
      Beth

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    5. Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      November 29, 2011 at 4:53 pm

      Thanks Scarlet.

      Sue, oh I hope you get a chance to pet a penguin. I never thought I would. It was so fun.

      Beth, Thanks for visiting. I linked up to your party.

      Reply
    6. Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com)

      November 29, 2011 at 4:25 pm

      This is waaaaaaaay cute! I am your newest follower! I'd love for you to follow me back, if you want to =-) I also wanted to invite you to link this up at TGIF Linky Party - http://livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com/search/label/Linkey%20Parties
      Beth =-)

      Reply
    7. sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more

      November 29, 2011 at 3:03 pm

      How awesome is that, I wish we could pet a penguin. And those pops are too cute.

      Reply
    8. Scarlett

      November 28, 2011 at 3:53 pm

      I LOVE THESE!~THANKS!!!

      Reply
    9. Beth Jackson Klosterboer

      November 28, 2011 at 2:24 pm

      Thanks Angela and Vanessa. I have more of these pops to come this week.

      Reply
    10. Vanessa

      November 28, 2011 at 1:53 pm

      Those are so adorable!

      Reply
    11. Angela

      November 28, 2011 at 1:35 am

      Those are unbelievably cute, Beth!

      Reply

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