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Hugs and Kisses Rice Krispie Treats are a sweet and delicious Valentine’s dessert that will show your family that you love them on Valentine’s Day.

Rice Krispie Treats in the shape of X's and O's in pink and white on a white linen surrounded by red valentine's day hearts.

Looking for a way to say I love you this Valentine’s Day?  These Hugs and Kisses Rice Krispie Treats will do it.  They are an easy, delightful, and super delicious way to show your family and friends how much you love them.

How to make the Rice Krispie Treat mixture

Rice Krispie Treat mixture in a white sauce pan with a wood spatula.

The base for this fun Valentine’s day treat is our Best Ever Rice Krispie Treat Recipe which we have adjusted and perfected over the years until it is now absolutely the best Rice Krispie Treat recipe we have ever tasted.  You can find all the directions you’ll need to make these delicious treats right here. 

For each color batch of these Valentine’s Day Rice Krispie Treats you will need 3 tablespoons of butter, 3 cups of marshmallows, and 3 cups of Rice Krispies Cereal.  

We made three colors of X’s and O’s. For the “white” hugs and kisses simply mix in the 3 cups of Rice Krispie Cereal to the marshmallow mixture without adding any food coloring.

Collage image with close-up images of Rice Krispie Treat mixture colored Red and Pink for Valentine's Day

For the Red Hugs and Kisses Rice Krispie Treats, add 8 drops of Crimson Wilton Color Right Food Coloring and 1 drop of Red to the marshmallow mixture before you add the Rice Krispie cereal.

For the Pink X’s and O’s add 2 drops of Pink Wilton Color Right Food Coloring to the marshmallow mixture BEFORE you add in the Rice Krispie Cereal.

How to make the X’s and O’s

Collage image showing exactly how to use alphabet cookie cutters to form the X's and O's Valentines Rice Krispie Treats.

You’ll see in the picture here, an X and a Q cookie cutter.  Somewhere we have misplaced our O so we used a Q instead.  But you should stick to the X and the O!

We made one color of the Rice Krispie Treat mixture at a time because you don’t want the mixture to cool too much while you are making the X and O’s.  Once the mixture had cooled enough so we could handle it without burning our fingers we started filling the cookie cutters to form the X and O’s.  I like molding the mixture into the cookie cutters this way instead of making a sheet of Rice Krispie Treats and cutting out the X and O like a traditional cookie. You will have smoother and prettier edges this way.

Then pop the treat out of the cookie cutter and make another one.  Super easy!

Close up of a white serving platter covered with Hugs and Kisses Rice Krispie Treats in Red, Pink and White.

For us, the 3 cups of Rice Krispie Treat mixture made 3 X’s and 3 O’s but your yield will depend on the size of your cookie cutters. 

Red, Pink and White Rice Krispie Treats in the shapes of X's and O's laying on a white linen surrounded by small red hearts.

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Hugs and Kisses Rice Krispie Treats

Yield 6 servings
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Additional Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Hugs and Kisses Rice Krispie Treats are a sweet and delicious Valentine's dessert that will show your family that you love them on Valentine's Day.

Ingredients

  • Kellogg’s Rice Krispie Cereal
  • Mini Marshmallows
  • Butter (Sweet Cream, Salted)
  • Wilton Color Right Food Coloring
  • X & O cookie cutters

Instructions

  1. For each color of Hugs and Kisses Rice Krispie Treats you will need 3 tablespoons of butter, 3 cups of marshmallows, and 3 cups of Rice Krispies Cereal.   Melt the butter in a large pan on medium heat.  Add the marshmallows and stir until melted.
  2. For the White X's and O's Rice Krispie Treats, simply mix in the 3 cups of Rice Krispie Cereal to the marshmallow mixture without adding any food coloring.
  3. For the Pink X's and O's add pink food coloring to the marshmallow mixture BEFORE you add in the Rice Krispie Cereal. Then mix in the cereal until it is completely covered with marshmallow mixture.
  4. For the Red X's and O's add red food coloring to the marshmallow mixture before you add the Rice Krispie cereal.
  5. Once the mixture had cooled slightly fill the X and O cookie cutters with Rice Krispie mixture.
  6. Then pop the treat out of the cookie-cutter and make another one until you run out of the mixture.

Notes

For us, 3 cups of Rice Krispie Treat mixture made 3 X's and 3 O's but your yield will depend on the size of your cookie cutters.

For the Red Hugs and Kisses Rice Krispie Treats, add 8 drops of Crimson Wilton Color Right Food Coloring and 1 drop of Red to the marshmallow mixture before you add the Rice Krispie cereal.

For the Pink X's and O's add 2 drops of Pink Wilton Color Right Food Coloring to the marshmallow mixture BEFORE you add in the Rice Krispie Cereal.

Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!

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Cuisine: American / Category: Rice Krispie Treats