Need a party activity? Let the kids decorate cereal pumpkins, using their imaginations and a few extras.
Jack-o'-Lanterns
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 45 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 3 cups miniature marshmallows
- 3 drops red food color
- 2 drops yellow food color
- 5 cups Cheerios™ cereal
- 12 to 15 whole cashews
- Assorted gumdrops, raisins, candy-coated chocolate pieces, licorice
- 1 tube (4.25 oz) Betty Crocker™ white decorating icing
Instructions
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Step1Place sheet of waxed paper on work surface. In 2-quart saucepan, heat butter and marshmallows over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in both food colors until mixture is orange. Stir in cereal until evenly coated.
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Step2Lightly spray hands with cooking spray. For each pumpkin, shape about 1/3 cup cereal mixture into a ball. Press 1 cashew into top center of ball for stem. Place balls on waxed paper. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
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Step3Attach raisins and candies with decorating icing to make faces on pumpkins. Store in loosely covered container.
Nutrition
130
Calories
4g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
21g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Pumpkin
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 85mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 85mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 21g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 6g
- 24%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 4%
- 4%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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