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By Lisa Favre on January 30, 2020 Leave a Comment

Conversation Hearts Rice Cereal Treats for Valentine’s Day

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Homemade conversation hearts for the win. Be mine, Valentine – and here are some conversation hearts rice cereal treats for your enjoyment!

How to make the sweetest rice cereal treats for Valentine's day

Valentin’es Day Conversation hearts

A while ago, I made Sugar Cookie Conversation Hearts on 5 Minutes for Mom. I was so pleased with the creation that I wanted more. You see, conversation heart candies have always been a favorite Valentine candy of mine. Though not the most popular choice, there’s something about them that makes me feels so nostalgic. I’m a softie like that.

Heart-Shaped Rice Cereal Treats

In fact, I was on the hunt for conversation hearts before writing-up my article on 5 Minutes for Mom. For the life of me, I couldn’t find any! I hunted around, drove around town… and absolutely nothing!

This is why I am on such a conversation hearts kick now.

Making rice cereal treats that look like conversation hearts

How to make conversation hearts rice cereal treats

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Kitchen Tools AND SUPPLIES Needed: 

  • Baking Sheet
  • Wax Paper
  • Medium Sauce Pan
  • Mixing Spoon
  • Heart Shaped Cookie Cutter
  • Small Cookie Cutter Letters
  • Rolling Pin

Ingredients Needed: 

Here’s what you’ll need from the store. The exact amounts are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

  • Butter
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Violet gel food coloring
  • Rice cereal
  • White fondant
  • Red gel food coloring
Rice cereal treats that are shaped like hearts and have conversation heart writings on them.

Fondant Letter Tips

Working with fondant is not as intimidating as it seems. Here are a few tips to get these fondant pieces to cooperate with you as you whip-up these ultra-cute Conversation Hearts Rice Cereal Treats:

  • Fondant feeling sticky as you roll it out? Sprinkle your counter and rolling pin with a touch of cornstarch. Stickiness, be gone!
  • Make your own shades. If you don’t like the colored fondant available at the store, you can just color white fondant. I recommend using gel food coloring for the richer shades because they will not change the consistency of the fondant.
  • Don’t forget that you’re working with rolling fondant – pouring fondant is a very different kind of fondant and will not work with this recipe. Rolling fondant mimics play dough; you can roll and maneuver it into your desired shape.
Cutting out the letters Q and T out of pink fondant

colored cereal treats

Of course, you can go with any color combination for these ultra cute cereal treats. I opted for purple rice cereal treats, but feel free to choose a different one! Personally, I would go for something very V-day-oriented: purple, pink, red, etc.

Just like when you color fondant, I highly recommend using gel food coloring when tinting your rice cereal treats. Continue reading below to get the technique!

Heart-shaped Rice Krispie Treats

My Conversation Hearts Rice Cereal Treats are really easy to make! I opted for fondant cut-outs to spell out some cute words. I am so eager to serve these on February 14th!

Rice Krispie Treats that look like conversation hearts.
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Conversation Hearts Rice Cereal Treats

Give your rice cereal treats a Valentine makeover with these super cute Conversation Hearts Rice Cereal Treats!
Cook Time10 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Rice Krispie Treats, Valentine’s Day
Servings: 6 rice cereal treats
Calories: 197kcal
Author: Lisa Favre

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 cups mini marshmallows
  • One drop violet gel food colouring
  • 3 cups rice cereal
  • 3-4 oz. white fondant
  • One drop red gel food colouring

Instructions

  • Line a baking sheet with wax paper and set aside.
  • Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over medium heat. Add marshmallows and mix.
  • Once the marshmallows have completely melted, remove from heat.
  • Add one drop of violet food colouring to the melted marshmallows and stir.
  • Add rice cereal to the marshmallow mixture and fold.
  • Spread the rice cereal treat mixture on your lined baking sheet. My trick is that I wet my fingers before spreading the cereal treat mixture to avoid any stickiness.
  • Use a heart cookie cutter to cut out heart shapes.
  • If you have any scraps left over, put them together and re-spread to cut out a couple more hearts.
  • Allow the cereal treats to set for about an hour.
  • Place one drop of red gel food colouring on your white fondant. Knead until the fondant is completely tinted.
  • Using a rolling pin, roll out the fondant so that it’s about ½ of an inch thick.
  • Use letter cookie cutters to create words for your rice cereal treats.
  • Press each fondant letter onto each heart-shaped treat.
  • Serve and enjoy.

Nutrition

Serving: 1piece | Calories: 197kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 194mg | Potassium: 22mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 368IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 5mg
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Rice Cereal Treats That look like conversation hearts

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About Lisa Favre

Lisa is the founder and content creator of the food blog, Fabulous Habits. Her website focuses on fun, fabulous recipes for families to enjoy. A total family gal, Lisa enjoys going on culinary adventures with her husband and son. When she’s not in the kitchen, she’s likely catching up with friends or enjoying a day at the spa.

Lisa has been part of the Creative Team on Ideas for the Home by Kenarry® from October 2018 to August 2019 and returned to the team in June 2020. Follow Lisa on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter.

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