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  • Prep 20 min
  • Total 1 hr 20 min
  • Servings 16
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The Cheerios® Cookbook shares a recipe! The sky's the limit when it comes to crafting cereal cutouts. Choose hearts, stars or animals, or stick with circles and let your child go crazy with the decorator icing.
By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Apr 11, 2006
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Ingredients

  • 10 cups Cheerios™ cereal
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 bag (10.5 oz) miniature marshmallows (6 cups)
  • 1/2 teaspoon food color (any color)
  • Betty Crocker™ decorator icing (from 4.25-oz tube), if desired
  • Assorted candies or small gumdrops, if desired

Steps

  • 1
    Spray a 15x10x1-inch pan with cooking spray. Pour the cereal into a large bowl.
  • 2
    Place the butter and marshmallows in a 2-quart saucepan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
  • 3
    Stir in the food color until the mixture is evenly colored. Pour the marshmallow mixture over the cereal and stir until it is evenly coated. Pour the mixture into the pan. With the buttered back of a spoon, press the mixture in the pan until it is even. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
  • 4
    With 2-inch cookie cutters, cut the mixture into shapes. Decorate the cutouts using the decorator icing to attach the candies. Store the cutouts in a loosely covered container.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Skip the cookie cutters, and cut the cereal mixture into bars.

Nutrition

200 Calories, 5g Total Fat, 3g Protein, 37g Total Carbohydrate, 17g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cutout
Calories
200
Calories from Fat
45
Total Fat
5g
8%
Saturated Fat
2g
11%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
10mg
3%
Sodium
210mg
9%
Potassium
65mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
37g
12%
Dietary Fiber
2g
7%
Sugars
17g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
10%
10%
Vitamin C
4%
4%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
30%
30%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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