Rice Krispie Treat Pumpkins

We made these for my son's preschool Halloween treat.

Ingredients Needed
6 cups rice krispies
6 Tbsp butter (NOT 3 like the box says)
40 regular sized marshmallows
red and yellow food coloring
mini tootsie rolls (midgets)

Melt 6 Tbsp butter in a non-stick pan over low heat. (Note - Use 6 tbsp instead of the 3 called for on the box because they will yield much softer treats that won't turn into bricks when cooled.) Add in marshmallows and stir until melted. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring and 1-2 drops red food coloring to turn the marshmallows into the desired orange color. (We didn't use very much because I didn't need mine to be crazy bright orange).

 Remove the pan from heat and quickly add in the 6 cups of rice krispies. (It pays to pre-measure these in a separate bowl so you can add them to the pan all at once.)  Stir quickly to mix all the marshmallow and krispies together.
Press a heaping mound into a mini muffin tin. Press a tootsie roll halfway into the mound. Let cool for a few minutes. Then carefully remove the krispie treat and slightly reshape the bottom into a rounded pumpkin shape. Let cool completely on wax paper.

 If you are feeling ambitious, I've seen some pipe green frosting leaves.  I didn't do this because we packaged them up in individual little plastic bags and the frosting would have smeared all over.