Homemade conversation hearts for the win. Be mine, Valentine – and here are some rice cereal treats for your enjoyment!
Ur a QT.
A few weeks ago, I made Sugar Cookie Conversation Hearts on 5 Minutes for Mom. I was so pleased with my creation that I wanted more. You see, conversation heart candies have always been a favourite 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.
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.
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
- 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
working with fondant
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 your 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 and to 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.
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!
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!
Conversation Hearts Rice Cereal Treats
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
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What’s your favourite Valentine’s Day candy/chocolate/treat?
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