easter egg dipper treat™

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 (10 ounce) package jet-puffed marshmallows*
• 6 cups kellogg's® rice krispies® cereal
• 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels or milk chocolate morsels
• 5 teaspoons shortening
• multi-colored sprinkles

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• in large saucepan melt butter over low heat. add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. remove from heat.
• add kellogg's rice krispies cereal. stir until well coated.
• using 1/4-cup measuring cup coated with cooking spray divide warm cereal mixture into portions. using buttered hands shape each portion into 2 1/2- x 1 1/2-inch egg shapes. (or, coat insides of plastic snap-apart easter eggs with cooking spray. press cereal mixture into eggs. remove cereal mixture from plastic eggs.) cool.
• in small saucepan combine chocolate morsels and shortening. cook over low heat until melted, stirring constantly. dip bottoms of cereal eggs into chocolate. decorate with sprinkles. place on wax-paper-lined baking sheet. refrigerate until chocolate is firm. individually wrap in plastic wrap. best if served the same day.