Froot Loops Marshmallow Balls
Use Froot Loops to make these easy marshmallow balls! A fun and festive treat that kids love.
I think that Rice Krispies kind get all the love when it comes to fun ways to use cereal! I decided to use Froot Loops to make these cute little treats, and I just love how colorful they are. And they were incredibly easy to make!
If you agree and think that other cereals deserve their fair share of love, I think you’ll also like this Honey Nut Cheerios Treats recipe!
These bite sized treats look like innocent cake balls on the outside, but the inside is a riot of color! Froot Loops and marshmallows are coated with vanilla candy coating to make a unique marshmallow treat.
School is back in session for most kiddos, and all of the parents I know are going through that weird period of adjustment. Just once you get used to the pace of summer, it seems like it’s time to switch it up again! To add to the mayhem, there’s always extra trips to the store for school and lunch supplies. If you can believe it, I got a supply list for my son’s toddler classroom. You can’t make this stuff up!
After I picked my jaw up off the floor about the toddler supply list, I went to Sam’s Club to grab the classroom supplies from the list, and stock up on after school snacks and breakfast items. While there, I found an awesome promotion for Kellogg’s products!
On certain items (many of Kellogg’s cereals and snacks), they are offering a 1 box=2 books promotion. What this means for you is that when you purchase those items, you can redeem the code on the box for two full-length Scholastic books!
One book for yourself (with free postage to your house), and then a second book which is donated on your behalf to a local school in need. Super deal, right? You can also choose to donate both books, if you’d rather do that.
If I do one thing for Eli, I’d really like to pass on my love of reading. Every night, we eat dinner, do bath time, then settle down with some books. I read aloud to Eli nightly, and sometimes he picks up a book and plops in my lap first thing in the morning!
Lately, he’s started to try to read along with me, loudly interjecting words for some of his favorites that we’ve read hundreds of times. It’s so awesome.
I love getting creative with childhood favorites like Froot Loops, and these little Froot Loops marshmallow balls fit the bill! The inside is like a fruity marshmallow crispy treat, and the vanilla coating adds a bit of candy to the mix. Super fun, and super festive way to treat your kiddos during the back-to-school rush!
Froot Loops Marshmallow Balls
Ingredients
- 2.5 cups Froot Loops cereal
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 24 ounces vanilla almond bark
- 3 tablespoons Froot Loops cereal, crushed (for topping)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, gently melt marshmallows and butter over low heat, stirring constantly.
- Once melted, add Froot Loops, and stir to coat.
- Meanwhile, place almond bark in a microwave safe dish. Microwave for 3 minutes at half power. Remove from microwave and stir.
- Spoop up the Froot Loops mixture with a spoon, and form into a ball with your hands. You may have to push in parts of the ball to make it more round.
- Using a spoon, drop each Froot Loops ball into the melted almond bar. Gently toss the melted almond bark over the ball with your spoon. Place the ball on a plate to cool, and use the spoon to smooth out the almond bark around the sides and the top of the ball.
- Sprinkle crushed Froot Loops on top of the treats while the almond bark is still soft.
- Allow the treats to sit and cool until the bark hardens. This can take up to an hour.
There are some fun Kellogg’s demos coming up at Sam’s Club stores on 8/22/15 and 8/23/15! Click here to see if your local store will have demos.
Not a member of Sam’s Club? No problem! Bring this invitation printed out to the Member Services Desk at your local Sam’s Club for a pass to shop for the day. A 10% service fee applies on all non-member purchases when shopping with this One-Day Pass (not applicable in CA, SC or Elmsford, NY). The 10% service fee does not apply if the non-member decides to join the Club at the time of purchase.
How are you stocking up for back to school? I’d love to hear what creative treats are going in your kid’s lunchboxes this year!
I cannot wait to try these, added ingredients to my grocery list! If I wanted these for a meal, what would you suggest pairing with?
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I love Froot Loops and these bombs look like a lot of fun to make and eat. And I love this cause Kellogg’s is being a part of through Sam’s Club.
Thanks Connie! It’s such a good cause, and they are making it so super easy to partake!
That’s such a fun (and colorful) after-school treat! I love that Kellogg’s is helping families and schools build Scholastic libraries with products purchased at Sam’s Club. #client
Same here, Carrie! It’s such a win/win.
These are so fun! I know my menagerie would go crazy if I set these in front of them!
Menagerie! Haha, I love it!
My mouth is watering!! Even as an adult I’m going crazy for these!!
Um, yeah. I had a hard time keeping my paws off them!
These are so cute, my kids would go absolutely crazy for them!
Thanks Sara!
These little bombs are super cute and I have two kiddos at home that would literally flip if I made some of these. It’s actually been decided. It’s happening!
Haha! That’s awesome!!!! Let me known how they like them! 😉
Those supply lists get crazier each year! I only have one in school now but when all 5 go? Yikes!
This is a super fun treat that every child would love!
I could hardly contain my exasperation that his not-cheap Montessori school needed me to go buy them chalk. Sigh. 🙂
These are super cute!! I have a box of fruit loops on hand right now and with my daughter starting school this year, this would be a great snack (she would make the other kids jealous, muahaha!)
Exactly! I figure you put one of these babies in a lunchbox and your kiddo has the most fun lunch at the table, for sure! 🙂