Colorful Cereal Bugs
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
- 1 pkg. (10-1/2 oz.) JET-PUFFED Miniature Marshmallows
- 1 pkg. (13 oz.) cocoa sweetened rice cereal or fruit-flavored sweetened rice cereal (about 8-1/2 cups)
- decorations, such as Mini OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, JET-PUFFED Marshmallows, chewy fruit snack roll, decorating icing and assorted candies
- Microwave butter in 4-qt.
- microwaveable bowl on HIGH 45 sec.
- or until melted.
- Add marshmallows; toss to coat.
- Microwave 1-1/2 min.
- or until marshmallows are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 45 sec.
- Stir in cereal.
- Shape cereal mixture into desired bug shapes using moistened or greased hands.
- Place on wax paper-lined tray; cool.
- Caterpillar: Shape entire cereal mixture into 24 caterpillar sections.
- Add Mini OREO Bite Size Chocolate Sandwich Cookies for feet, and 1 large JET-PUFFED Marshamallow, cut in half, and sprinkles for eyes.
- Cut fruit snack roll to resemble legs; attach to "bug" with icing.
- Decorate as desired.
- Dragonfly: Shape 1/3 cup cereal mixture into two pairs of wings.
- Use a worm-shaped chewy fruit snack for the body and frosting and sprinkles for eyes.
- Bee: Shape 1/3 cup of the cereal mixture into the bee's head and body.
- Attach Mini NUTTER BUTTER Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies for wings with icing.
- Add striped gum for bee's stripes.
- Use frosting and sprinkles for eyes and necklace.
butter, jetpuffed miniature marshmallows, cocoa, oreo chocolate
Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/colorful-cereal-bugs-75109.aspx (may not work)