Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp butter
• 1 10-oz bag of marshmallows
• 1 tsp red food coloring
• 5 cups rice cereal
• 2 green fruit rollups for leaves
• Black licorice or Tootsie Rolls for stems

Instructions

1. Prep Step! Measure out all of your ingredients. Hold off on cutting the leaves and stems, that will come later.
2. Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat. Then add all of the marshmallows and stir together until they are dissolved. Mix the food coloring into the marshmallow.
3. Add the marshmallow mixture to the cereal. Fold it into the cereal carefully, so that you don't crush too much of the cereal.
4. Now you need to wait a bit so that molding the apples is not a sticky mess. This is a good time to cut your leaves and stems.
5. With a sharp knife, cut a leaf shape out of the green fruit rollup. Cut the "stem", whatever you choose to use, into a length that looks good with the size of your "apples." I cut mine to about 3/4 in.
6. Once the treats are cool, grab a handful and mold it into a sphere with your hands. Using your smallest finger, push a little depression in the middle.
7. Put the leaf in the hole first, then add the stem. Eat like an apple!