Cereal Treat Pumpkins

Does anyone else really love the General Mills Monster Cereals besides me?  I don't know why, they are all sugary and silly, but there is just something about them.  I don't let the kids eat them for breakfast, but making desserts from them is totally acceptable.  A couple years ago I did some different treats with Frankenberry, Boo-Berry and Count Chocula.

Monster Cereal Bites

Monster Cereal Cupcakes

and Monster Cereal and Cake Pops

And look what I found the other day, a new monster cereal Fruity Yummy Mummy! WHAT??! Well apparently after doing some google research, this was available back in 1989, but discontinued in 1992.  It kinda tastes like an orange creamsicle.   Go figure, I thought I knew all the Monster Cereals.  There was even one called Frute Brute - which was discontinued back in '82. (See not only do you get fun treats on this blog, you also learn too.  OK maybe you'll be answer a random Trivial Pursuit question. You're Welcome!)  

Love how the cereal looks like little pac-man ghosts!

I figured an easy treat to make with them would be cereal treats.  Use the regular Rice Krispie Treats recipe, and just substitute the new cereal for the Rice Krispies.  And cut into squares.

And although they were good, they needed a little something more.  Add a little green candy melt and a piece of pretzel stick, and you get Cereal Treat Pumpkins!  

Ok ok ok, I know they are square pumpkins and all and could possibly look more like peaches, but I'm sticking with calling them little pumpkins! Either plain or dressed up, they are fun little treats.

And if you are really interested, looks like Target has all the Monster Cereals this year in their retro packaging! It's like it's 1980 all over again! I'm ready to bust out some metal roller skates and neon friendship bracelets.  Boo-Berry has always been my fav, but must try the Frute Brute!

Fun, right?? Anyways, I love this time of year and all the fun Halloween Treats showing up everywhere.  You all are so creative!  Have a great weekend!

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cake n' cereal treats....!

....so this is kinda like halloween in august...remember these monster cereals...?

....frankenberry, count chocula, and my all time fav....boo-berry (for some reason i love love love blueberry flavored stuff)!...i found these on sale at tar-jay for like $2 a box at the end of the halloween season and had to get them....i loved these when i was a little kid and begged and pleaded until my mom gave in....now that i have kids i totally get why she gave us a hard time on the sugary cereals....but they always remind me of being a kid...so i usually also say no when the kids beg for a box of trix...but randomly i do bring one home for them (although i don't let them eat it for breakfast--just can't do it....but it's a "treat" after dinner....)...anyway.....since i had all 3 boxes i was trying to think of something to do with them....so decided to food process the heck out of them and get some cereal powders to add to stuff....

....the first was cereal and cake bites.....i usually freeze extra cupcakes i make since it's so easy to do a "quick" project/idea with them....for these i used 1 cupcake and about 1 cup of the cereal powder and mashed them up until nice and crumbly.....then added enough icing until moist enough or until you can make a ball/bite that sticks together nicely....(don't these look like multi-colored meatballs??)....

.....then coat in candy melt/wafers like you would do for any other cake bite....and while still wet..... just roll in some of the crushed monster cereals....

.....and you get some really yummy monster cereal n' cake bites...

.....see yummy....!

....or add a stick to them, well because as meaghan from the decorated cookie says...everything is better on a stick (at least i believe that's a quote...!)....

...and you have some very nostalgic monster cereal n' cake pops on a stick....!

....or of course you can add some of the cereal powder to some boxed cake mix batter.....

....and also add some powder to to some of your favorite vanilla buttercream.....

....and you get boo-berry, frankenberry, and count chocula cupcakes....!

....that said you could always just eat a plain ole bowl of boo-berry and pretend you are 8 years old again....

....these were fun, fun, and fun....unfortunately my oldest kiddo told me never to make this kind of cupcake again.... :( oh well....you can't win 'em all...and i enjoyed these probably more than i should have....!

....happy monday to everyone....and a very happy early halloween!

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