18(4mm) black sugar pearls or mini chocolate chips
18Mini Orange Starburst Fruit Chews
5Mini Yellow Starburst Fruit Chews
Instructions
Rice Krispie Treats
Grease a large mixing bowl with butter or baking spray and pour in 4 ⅔ cups of Rice Krispies Cereal, then set aside.
Heat the salted butter and marshmallows over low heat in a medium saucepan until about 75% of the marshmallows have melted.
Remove from the heat and stir, smashing the marshmallows, until completely melted.
Stir in 3 drops of yellow food coloring.
Pour over the Rice Krispies Cereal and stir until well blended.
Set aside to cool for 5 minutes.
Grease your hands and the inside of an egg-shaped cookie cutter with butter or baking spray.
Set the cookie cutter onto a silicone baking mat or a non-stick baking pan.
Fill the cookie cutter with yellow cereal treat mixture.
Flatten the top.
Remove the cookie cutter, set it down next to the egg-shaped treat, and repeat creating a total of 9 egg-shaped treats.
Decorations:
Press two black sugar pearl "eyes" into the Rice Krispie Treat about an inch from the top.
Cut and shape one Mini Orange Starburst Fruit Chew into a chick's beak and press it onto the treat just below the eyes.
Cut another mini orange Starburst into 6 strips and use them to create two feet.
Press them onto the treat near the bottom edge.
Cut a Mini Yellow Starburst Fruit Chew into 8 strips.
Press four of the strips at the very top of the treat to create the chick's head feathers.
Repeat.
Notes
Microwave Melting Directions
Heat the marshmallows and butter in a large mixing bowl in the microwave on high heat for 1 minute. Then stir vigorously, smashing the marshmallows, until melted.
Storage
Store the treats in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.