Baby Chick Rice Krispies Treats for Easter {Microwave Rice Krispies Treats Recipe}

I love Rice Krispies Treats and when trying to come up with an idea for making a fun treat for our Kids Easter Party at church, I had a *brilliant* idea - I'd make Rice Krispies Treats , cut them in egg shapes, and then dip them in yellow candy melts and decorate to look like chicks.

However, it wasn't as brilliant as maybe I had hoped or imagined. Or maybe that was because I had 5 kids in the kitchen "helping". But it was sort of a mess. A big mess.

Here's what you'll need (not everything is in the picture above and there are a couple of small cutters that I didn't use):

Rice Krispies Treats (see my recipe/method below)

Oval Cookie Cutter

Lollipop Sticks

Yellow Candy Melts

1 Tbsp. of Shortening

Orange Candy Color (or some other orange candy or fondant for the beaks)

Chocolate Chips

Plastic Squeeze Bottle or Frosting Bag with small round tip

First up, I made Rice Krispies Treats. I usually just press them into the pan with a spatula, but you're going to want these to be really packed tight, so use the bottom of a glass to press them down tight, or even a small rolling pin.

With very tightly pressed treats, use your oval cutter to cut out the egg shapes (or chick shapes?). I got 8 out of my pan, but my kids were helping and they weren't exactly conscious of trying to cut as many as possible.. they were just having fun cutting. You might could get 10 or more from one pan.

Melt the yellow candy melts in the microwave, then add about 1 Tbsp. of shortening. Stir until very smooth. I didn't get pictures of every step... so just use your imagination.

Dip the lollipop stick in the melted yellow candy, then insert into the egg shaped treat. Immediately dip into the yellow candy melts.

Easter Chick Rice Krispies Treats on Board

Now honestly, we had trouble at this stage but I think it's because my first few weren't pressed tightly enough. The stick sort of pulled out and made a huge mess. You can see that one on the bottom left of that last picture.

After that, I sort of did a combination of dipping and actually spooning theyellow candy melts over the chicks. With the kids helping, this was not a pretty process and they aren't picture perfect, but we had fun and that was my goal with the kids today.

Anyway, after dipped, immediately put into the freezer for a few minutes to harden. This will solidify the chocolate and help the chicks hold their shape.

Then push chocolate chips into the chicks for eyes (or "glue" them on with some melted candy melts). For the beaks and feet, I added some orange candy coloring to my yellow candy melts and poured it into a small squeeze bottle with a frosting tip top (see below). My daughter made a heart fondant heart and said those two were in love. hehe.

You'll notice that on a couple of them, the kids wanted to decorate the back (smooth) side of the chick - the side that was flat on the wax paper in the freezer and those were cute too!

Anyway, these little bottles are so convenient for jobs like this and for cookie decorating (like the princess carriage cookies I shared yesterday). We use it to quickly pipe on the beaks and feet - super easy! And that's it!