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Cinnamonster Rice Krispies Treat Snack Mix & $100 Gift Card Giveaway

This giveaway is now closed. The winner of the $100 gift card is Laura from the blog Trains and Tutus. Congrats to Laura and thank you to all who entered!

October is here, which means it’s time for another post about Team Kansas City’s Rice Krispies® Treats Making Memory Challenge! This months challenge was to highlight Halloween with a Rice Krispies treat and craft.

We’ve been chatting about doing a snack mix for quite some time and I am so glad we decided to go this route. I have to say, our Cinnamonster Rice Krispies Treat Snack Mix is my favorite tasting treat yet. Who doesn’t love a good snack mix? How about a snack mix with crunchy cinnamon sugar Rice Krispies treat bites, popcorn, cashews, and M&M’s? So delicious!


There are so many fun ways to serve Cinnamonster Rice Krispies Treat Snack Mix. We loved these Monster Cans so much and felt like it was the perfect combination of spooky and tasty! Imagine how fun this would be to bring to your next classroom party. The kids will go crazy for this fun treat.

Before the recipe, like all of our Rice Krispies Memory Making Challenge posts, my friends at The Motherhood and Rice Krispies want to give you the opportunity to win a $100 gift card! To enter, simply leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite Halloween treat is! For an additional entry, tweet the following:

“Check out the fun Cinnamonster Rice Krispies Treat Snack Mix on @dineanddish & enter to win a $100 Gift Card! http://su.pr/5HmKdh”

Leave a separate comment on this post letting me know you tweeted the giveaway! All entries must be received by midnight on Tuesday, October 25th. Winner will be chosen via Random.org and notified via email. All three of my teammates, Kelly from Kansas City Mamas, Jenn from Super Jenn and Julie from My Kansas City Mommy are each giving away their own $100 Visa Gift Card, too.  Visit them for even more chances to win!

For details on how to make our spooky snack mix containers or how to make a chocolate version of our delicious Rice Krispies Snack Mix, visit this post on my teammate Jenn’s blog!

Now for the recipe:

  • 3 Tbsp. Unsalted Butter
  • 4oz.  cinnamon flavored marshmallows (1/2 bag)
  • 2 1/2c. Traditional Rice Krispies®
  • Cinnamon Sugar (Mix to your personal cinnamon/sugar preference)

Melt 3Tbsp. Butter in a heavy saucepan over med-high heat.
Add marshmallows, stirring constantly until melted and mixture is smooth.
Add RiceKrispies® to hot mixture in saucepan (this keeps them warm, and thus easier to manipulate, longer)
Mix thoroughly.

Spray cooking spray on a cookie sheet and pull out small chunks of RiceKrispies mixture one at a time to work with.  Pull apart enough to make small balls of krispies treats, slightly smaller than “bite sized”.
You will need to work quickly.  The cooler the mixture gets, the more difficult it is to shape.

Roll each ball in the cinnamon and sugar mixture to coat.  Set aside on waxed paper.
If not using immediately, cover tightly to store.

Tip **If you want a more crunchy texture to your cinnamon balls, set your marshmallows out the night before so that they dry out.  They will melt as normal but when the final mixture cools it will be more crunchy and less chewy.**

Mix Cinnamon balls with 1 1/2c. popped popcorn, 1/2c. salted cashews and 1/2c. chocolate candy pieces.

This is a sponsored post on behalf of The Motherhood and Kelloggs Rice Krispies. All opinions expressed are my own.

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  2. In Katrina's Kitchen says

    Bite sized crispies rolled in cinnamon sugar? Yes that my dear is delicious sounding!

  3. Jodi Pavlik says

    My favorite Halloween treat is definitely the caramel apples that we get at the pumpkin patch!!

  4. Tickled Red says

    I just adore the Cinnamonster! Great idea guys. This snack mix will make great little Halloween bags for my little guys class party. Reese’s Cups all the way!

  28. Christy says

    Last year I made some awesome popcorn balls with popcorn and white chocolate. It was the perfect mix of savory/sweet!

  31. Alina Conn says

    Favorite Halloween candy would have to be caramels with a smidgen of sea salt. A few years ago, I tried making them and I’ve been hooked since then.

  37. Amanda Sakovitz says

    my favorite halloween treat is actually popcorn balls! so cute!

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  44. Michelle says

    My favorite Halloween treat as a kid was caramel apples – I loved everything about them – melting the caramel, dipping the apples, eating them and getting all sticky. And then I got braces (womp womp) These days, my favorite Halloween treat is cream cheese frosted pumpkin bars!

  49. Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says

    Such a fun post and great recipe.

    My favorite Halloween treat are old school mini candy bars like Snickers or Twix or Reeses PB cups.

  73. TidyMom says

    My favorite Halloween treat is anything pumpkin – or if we are talking store bought, it would be the holiday Reeses

    You treats look fantastic and I can’t wait to try the cinnamon snack mix

  75. Kim B. says

    Frozen Snickers & Baby Ruth’s that my kids share with me from their trick or treating loot 🙂

  76. Stefani says

    for my kiddie days, halloween meant searching my trick-or-treat bag for twix bars! mmm..chocolate, caramel, and cookie…how can you go wrong?

  78. Cindy B. says

    I love mini peanut butter fingers, snicker , doves milk chocolates, peanut butter cups…. I just love them ALL!

  80. Jennifer Glamour says

    My favorite Halloween treat is candy corn. I usually eat enough to make me sick but then I do it again every year.

  89. Dana says

    I love the peanut butter chewy candies that come in the orange and black wrappers. I am not sure if they have a name but they are stick to your teeth fantastic!

  104. Amanda C says

    My grandma would always make popcorn balls for the grandkids. After going out for trick or treating we would always end at her house for popcorn balls and she her all of our candy. It makes me sad that I won’t be enjoying her popcorn balls this year.

  112. Christy Davis says

    My favorite growing up was Sugar Daddy’s, which is hard to find these days. I loved trying to see how long I could stretch out the caramel. I won’t eat the sugar babies because they aren’t the same, nostalgia. So when I do find a bag of Sugar Daddy’s I grab a couple and relive Halloween as a kid.

  116. mary c says

    My favorite Halloween treat is a toss up between caramel apples and caramel corn…do you see a theme going here?

  117. Desi says

    I love the bite-sized cookies and cream hershey bars, heath, and pixie sticks! I end up eating way too much candy that I was supposed to be passing out lol!

  120. Laurie says

    Where to begin??? Caramel apples, popcorn balls, anything pumpkin, and of course, anything chocolate! Can you tell I have a sweet tooth??

  124. Amy Tong says

    What a generous giveaway! 🙂 My favorite Halloween treat is Caramel apples with dark chocolate drizzled on it and sprinkled with chopped peanuts. 😛 Ha…I wanted one NOW after typing that out. Maybe I’ll make some tomorrow. Thanks for a chance to win.

    amy [at] utry [dot] it

  128. Aimee @ ShugarySweets says

    I have a secret love of Bit O Honey. Other than that I like to snag the Skittles from the basket. And the 100 Grands. And Butterfingers. Oooh, I love Twix too. Yeah, how does one even decide????

  137. Chantal says

    Candy corn. I have no clue why I love it so much, but I could eat a bag of it. Then get sick of course. Then eat more the next day. Oh candy corn, for one who loves you so much, you sure are cruel!

  147. Alice says

    my favorite halloween treats must have peanut m&m’s- so far it’s ricekrispies with peanut M&Ms mixed in.
    yuukiimi(at)gmail(dot)com

  157. Lisa says

    It has to be candy corn.. just the original, and sometimes the pumpkins are okay. I’ve recently discovered that candy corn hershey kisses exist, though I’ve yet to see them in real life I’m sure they will join the candy corn obsession

  160. Leann Lindeman says

    Usually this time of the year I make a mix of candy corn, peanuts, Cheerios and M&M’s. It’s my fav fall treat!

  161. Betsy Hoff says

    My fav Halloween Treat is FRESH roasted pumpkin seeds straight out of the oven and a little salt!

  167. Jen W. says

    Caramel corn and caramel covered apples are my Halloween faves! Actually, pretty much anything involving caramel makes it seem like Halloween time to me. 🙂

  169. Sandy says

    I lke witches fingers…long pretzels dipped in white chocolate with a toasted almond finger nail.

  187. ACMommy3 says

    My favorite treat this time of year – those mini Chocolates, like mini Snickers. 🙂 And a brown sugar cream cheese dip with apple slices, yum!! creedamy [at] yahoo[dot] com

  192. Jennifer @ Mother Thyme says

    I love candy corn this time of year. It is one of those snacks that I keep grabbing a handful of and nibbling on throughout the day! 🙂

  195. Erin from Long Island says

    I couldn’t possibly pick ONE favorite treat. I have a serious chocolate problem 😉

  204. Melissa T says

    awww i love popcorn, and this look so fun and yummy 😉 MY favorite Halloween Treat = Caramel apples dipped in peanuts and the works please. They’re sweet, tart, an deeeeelicious. 🙂

  210. angie says

    My all-time favorite Halloween treat is homemade caramel apples…especially with granny smith apples rolled in cashews! MMMMMM

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