Apple Krispy Treats with Free Printable

I first made these wonderful treats back in September for String Beane to take to school.  He loved them!  He loves everything Krispy Treat and so do I.  So I make them a lot.  Too much maybe.  But I really like the praise from my little Beanes, so I will keep making them.

Aren't they cute?  They are super easy to make and you can customize them very easily for food allergies!   Woot!

Ingredients

6 C. Krispy Rice Cereal
1 pkg. large marshmallows
3 T. butter (I used Flieshman's unsalted margarine)
1 small pkg. Jell-o powder, cherry or strawberry flavor
25 cola flavored gummy candies

Green fruit roll ups

Baking spray
Wax Paper
Red Food Coloring, optional

Directions

Place marshmallows and butter in a large sauce pan and heat over medium-low heat until the marshmallows are melted.  Stir in the jello.  If desired, you can add a few drops of red food coloring (depending on how "red" your jell-o is). Add Krispy Rice cereal and stir well. Spray hands with baking spray and roll mixture into balls (a little larger than a golf ball) and drop on wax paper.

After balls have set for a few minutes, use your thumb to press into the top to make an "apple" shape.

Add a cola flavored gummy candy for the stem.  Cut some green fruit roll ups into diamond shapes and stuff in there for the leaves. 

Makes 25 apples!

I originally saw this recipe here.  I just had to change to a milk free margarine and change up the candies to make it work for us. 

Here is a what the free printable looks like.  Isn't it cute?  Hope on over here and print some out for yourself.

I got about 25 apples out of this recipe.  I used the printable and some clear baggies and packaged them up for String Beane's class.  They loved them.  

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Applesauce Cake in a Jar

I made these Applesauce Jar cakes for String Beane's teacher.  It was a thank you gift for a great first week of Kindergarten.  I have been a kindergarten teacher.  They all deserve a treat at the end of the first week!  It is a job. 

This recipe makes about 14 1/2 pint jars. 

Ingredients

2/3 cups shortening

2 2/3 cup sugar

4 eggs

2 cups applesauce

2/3 cups water

3 1/3 all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground cloves

2/3 cups chopped nuts (I used pecans)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  Sterilize 14 1/2 pint jars.  Spray them with cooking spray and set them aside.  In a large bowl, cream the shortening and add the sugar.  Beat in eggs, applesauce, and water.  Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda, salt and spices.  Add to the applesauce mixture.  Stir in the nuts. 

Fill jars 1/2 full with the batter.  Wipe the edges of the jars clean.  Bake 45 minutes.  Remove jars and quickly screw on the lids and rings.  The jars will seal as they cool. 

Once the jars were cool, I used some fabric and ribbon to try to pretty them up a bit.  That is not really my strong suit so I did the best I could.

I hope String Beane's teacher likes her treat.  He loves kindergarten so much.

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