The hallmark of a good Super Bowl treat is that you must be able to eat it with one hand while sitting on the couch, and bonus if it doesn’t make crumbs. These Football Cocoa Krispy Treats fit the bill. They’re also super cute and easy to make with your kids.
If you want to make these extra easy you can skip the whole laces part. They’re still cute as little football-shaped treats without the laces and it doesn’t add much in terms of taste. If you are making the white laces, you can use either white store-bought fondant or white icing. For the Football Cocoa Krispy Treats pictured in this post I used white fondant and cut it with a pizza cutter. Michales sells small packages of fondant for around $2.50 per pack. White frosting in a piping bag or white icing in a tube from the grocery store works just fine too, which you can see I used in an older post with the same Football Cocoa Krispy Treats and they still came out super cute.
Use organic cocoa krispy cereal if you can find it. I used Nature’s Path Chocolate Coala Krisps for these but there are other brands if you check your organic aisle. Make these dairy-free by using a vegan butter.
Football Cocoa Krispy Treats
These Football Cocoa Krispy Treats are a great Super Bowl dessert and easy to make with your kids.
Ingredients
- Cocoa Krispies - 5 cups
- Crushed Cocoa Krispies - 1/2 cup
- Marshmallows - 10 oz. (1 bag)
- Butter - 3 Tbs.
- Nonstick cooking spray
- White fondant or white icing in a tube
Instructions
1. Melt butter is a large sauce pan over low heat. Once butter is melted add in marshmallows and stir until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Add 5 cups of cocoa krispy treats to marshmallow mixture, stirring to mix until all of the cereal are covered with the marshmallow mixture.
2. Crush reserved cocoa krispies in the bowl of a mini food processor to form fine crumbs or crush by hand in a ziplock bag using a rolling pin. Place crumbs on a plate.
3. Spray hands with a few sprays of nonstick cookie spray (and rub hands together to coat them with spray). Grab about 3/4 C. of cocoa krispy mixture and form into the shape of a football. Place bottom of the football on the counter and press down to create a flat side. Reshape if necessary. Roll tops of football in crushed cocoa krispies to coat (you are creating a smoother surface to pipe the frosting lacing; you can skip this step if you are using fondant instead of icing). Repeat until you have used up all of the cocoa krispy mixture. One recipe should make 10-12 footballs, depending on how large you make the footballs.
4. Place footballs on a cookie sheet coated with waxed paper. If using fondant: Place the fondant between two sheets of parchment or waxed paper. Using a rolling pin, flatten the fondant and roll into a thin 1/8" square. Use a pizza cutter to cut 12 longer strips and 48 small strips to lay across as the laces. Wet the under side of each fondant pieces with a little water on your finger to get them to stick to the treast. If using icing: Pipe a straight line lengthwise in the middle of the football. Let the frosting dry so the laces are easier to pipe. Once the first frosting lines are dry, pipe short perpendicular lines across the middle line to create “laces” on the football. If the edge of each lace is not completely even use the tip of a sharp knife or toothpick to even them out (wipe the tip of the knife or toothpic after each cut to remove extra frosting and prevent smudging). Let frosting dry and serve. You can make these up to 1 day in advance.
