Valentine’s Day just wouldn’t be the same without our super cute heart-shaped rice crispy treats! They’re the perfect sweet treat to share with your loved ones.

Valentine's Rice Crispy Treats on a brown tray with pink flowers and Valentine decorations on the counter.

Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 24

Ingredients:

crispy rice cereal
butter
marshmallows
food safety gloves (3+ gloves needed)
different shades of pink food coloring
edible sugar hearts
silicone heart-shaped mold

Rice crips cereal, large marshmallows, edible hearts, heart-shaped mold, butter, pink food colorings, and valentine decorations. On a brown tray on the counter.

Get the full printable instructions with measurements at the bottom of the post in the recipe card.

Step 1: Melt the butter over low heat in a large pot. Add the marshmallows. Stir together with a wooden spoon until combined, about 3-5 minutes. Set aside.

Large marshmallows and butter in a large pot on the stove.

melted butter and marshmallows in a pot on the stove.

Step 2: Pour ½ cup of the marshmallow mixture into a large bowl. Add one of the pink food dyes to the bowl and mix into the marshmallow mixture until combined.

1/2 cup measuring cup with some marshmallow mixture in it.

Pink food coloring melted marshmallows and butter are mixed in a large black pot on the stovetop.

Step 3: Add 3 cups of crispy rice cereal to a bowl and add the edible sugar hearts now, if desired. Add the cereal to the pink-dyed marshmallow mixture. Use a wooden spoon to mix the cereal and pink-dyed marshmallow.

Edible sugar hearts with rice crispy cereal in a large white bowl, on the counter.

Edible sugar hearts with rice crispy cereal and pink marshmallow mixture are stirred by a wooden spoon in a large black pot on the stovetop.

Step 4: Spray gloves with cooking spray so they don’t stick to the crispy rice cereal mixture for the next step.

Step 5: Use gloved hands and press equal-sized amounts of rice crispy mixture into the heart molds. *do not overfill.

Using food-greased food gloves press pink rice crispy treats into heart-shaped molds.

Step 6: Repeat steps 1-5 for the second pink color. Change gloves between each repeated step to avoid color mixing.

Step 9: Once the Valentine Rice Crispy Hearts have set, they are ready to serve. Enjoy!

Valentine Rice Crispy hearts in a glass bowl on a brow tray with pink flowers in the background on the counter.

Tips:

Items such as silicone mold, food safety gloves, food coloring, and edible sugar hearts, may be purchased online at Amazon.com or purchased at select craft and grocery stores.

Valentine Rice Crispy Hearts

Valentine's Day just wouldn't be the same without our super cute heart-shaped rice crispy treats! They're the perfect sweet treat to share with your loved ones.

Tara

Total Time 30

Servings

Equipment

silicone heart shaped mold

Ingredients

6 cups crispy rice cereal
3 Tbsp butter
40 large marshmallows (or 5½ cups mini marshmallows)
pink food coloring ( 2 different shades of pink)
edible sugar hearts
food safety gloves (3+ gloves needed)

Instructions

Melt the butter over low heat in a large pot. Add the marshmallows. Stir together with a wooden spoon until combined, about 3-5 minutes. Set aside.
Pour ½ cup of the marshmallow mixture into a large bowl. Add one of the pink food dyes to the bowl and mix into the marshmallow mixture until combined.
Add 3 cups of crispy rice cereal to a bowl and add the edible sugar hearts now, if desired. Add the cereal to the pink-dyed marshmallow mixture. Use a wooden spoon to mix the cereal and pink-dyed marshmallow.
Spray gloves with cooking spray so they don’t stick to the crispy rice cereal mixture for the next step.
Use gloved hands and press equal-sized amounts of rice crispy mixture into the heart molds. *do not overfill.
Repeat steps 1-5 for the second pink color. Change gloves between each repeated step to avoid color mixing.
Once the Valentine Rice Crispy Hearts have set, they are ready to serve. Enjoy!

Notes

Items such as silicone mold, food safety gloves, food coloring, and edible sugar hearts, may be purchased online at Amazon.com or purchased at select craft and grocery stores.