You can make these Small-batch Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats in just a few minutes for a simple, fun fall dessert.
Fall is officially here!! The leaves are starting to change, evenings are cooling down, and while it’s not sweater weather here yet, I’ve already spent waaaaay too many hours sweater shopping online (#1 on my wishlist? A perfect slouchy sweater with elbow patches–I NEED IT).
Anyway, fall is the season of pumpkin spice, and yes, I’ve already made a few pumpkin spice recipes this season, my Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe (!!!) and Pumpkin Donuts With Maple Glaze (my fav forever and ever), but you’re about to get one more, Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats!
Why Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies? Because it’s fall, and as a food blogger, I am contractually obligated to add pumpkin spice to all things this time of year. And because rice krispies, while delicious just the way they are, always make me want to dress them up a bit.
And they do look so cute all dressed up with pumpkin, pumpkin spice, and white chocolate. Plus, this is just a recipe for small-batch pumpkin spice rice krispies, so they are quick to make and you won’t overindulge.
This recipe will make four servings, which I think is the perfect number of servings, two for you, two for someone you like (or two for the you of tomorrow). It also uses real pumpkin puree, but just a tablespoon, so it’s perfect if you are down to the bottom of a can of puree and need to get rid of the stuff!
As I’ve covered before, pumpkin puree has a ton of moisture in it, which can cause the rice krispies to become soggy. So I used the same technique that I used for my Pumpkin Shortbread Cookies , of squeezing out some of the puree’s moisture between two paper towels. It’s super easy and takes care of the sogginess problem!
I am completely in love these treats and they are just the sort of easy-to-throw-together dessert that can really pick up a boring evening. Give them a try!
More Pumpkin Desserts
- Mini Pumpkin Pie
- Small Pumpkin Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
- Pumpkin Donuts With Cream Cheese Glaze
This recipe only uses a tiny fraction of a can of pumpkin puree. Check out my post What to Do With Leftover Pumpkin Puree for some ideas on what to do with the all the leftovers.
Ingredients
Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies
- ▢ 1 tablespoon ( 15 g) pumpkin puree
- ▢ 2 tablespoons ( 1 oz) butter
- ▢ 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ▢ Pinch of nutmeg
- ▢ Pinch of ground cloves
- ▢ Pinch of ginger
- ▢ 2 cups mini marshmallows or 20 regular-sized marshmallows, divided
- ▢ 1 1/2 cup Rice Krispies
White Chocolate Drizzle
- ▢ 1 1/2 teaspoons milk
- ▢ 3 tablespoons finely chopped white chocolate good-quality chips are fine
Instructions
Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies
- Lightly grease a small dish (I used a 6-inch round Pyrex dish) or sheet of parchment paper.
- Drop pumpkin puree onto a couple layers of paper towels. Fold the towel over and squeeze out the moisture. Scrape the the puree onto a dry part of the towel and repeat once or twice more, until most of the moisture has been removed and you can pick up the puree with your fingers.
- In a medium pan, combine prepared puree, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and ginger. Heat over medium heat until butter is melted and whisk until mostly combined. Add 1 1/2 cup of the marshmallows and use a heat-proof rubber spatula to stir until mostly melted and combined.
- Remove from heat and stir in Rice Krispies and remaining 1/2 cup of marshmallows. Stir just until everything is well-mixed (some of the marshmallows will not completely melt). Transfer to your greased dish or drop onto lightly greased parchment paper. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
White Chocolate Drizzle
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, heat milk for 10 to 20 seconds until steaming. Add chopped white chocolate and stir until melted. Drizzle over the rice krispies treats with a spoon or transfer to a disposable plastic bag and snip off one of the corners to “pipe” your chocolate. Allow another 10 minutes of cooling time before eating.
- Store in an air-tight container at room temperature.
Notes
Adapted From Life Sprinkled With Glitter
18 quick and easy dinner recipes for those nights you need something simply delicious in a hurry.
Another month down, another monthly theme on the blog in our rear-view mirror. After last month’s theme of Slow Cooker Recipes , for September, we tackled super simple recipes, things you can throw together in a pinch for a quick and easy dinner.
I shared three of my favorites this month:
Easy Teriyaki Chicken for Two
Quick Basil Chicken Pasta for Two
Quick and Easy Broiled Steak With Mustard Sauce
And for this month’s round up I asked some food blogger friends for some of their favorite quick and easy dinner recipes (along with some older Baking Mischief classics). If you need an easy dinner tonight, there’s something here for everyone!
Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes
20 Minute Healthier Orange Chicken from Nutmeg Nanny
Pan Fried Five Spice Pork and Peaches from The Flavor Bender
World’s Easiest Chicken Taco Soup
8-Minute Beet Juice Poached Salmon from A Side of Sweet
5-Minute Black Bean Taco Bowls From the Pantry + Freezer from Umami Girl
Bacon Pan Fried Noodles from Omnivore’s Cookbook
Seared Scallops Recipe With Orange Rum Sauce from Ciao Florentina
Quick Mac and Cheese for One
Chilli Pasta With A Fried Egg from Sprinkles and Sprouts
Shrimp Pesto Pasta from Dinner at the Zoo
Kielbasa, Cheddar & Rice from Hungry Enough to Eat Six
Clean Eating Hamburger Helper Skillet from A Mind “Full” Mom
Quick Rosemary Pork Chops
Chicken Francese from Salt & Lavender
Instant Ramen Cacio e Pepe from Hapa Nom Nom
You can make Hannibal’s Sanguinaccio Dolce without blood for a surprisingly easy, elegant chocolate dessert.
Heeeeeeey, it’s October! That means 31 days of pumpkins, pumpkin spice lattes , and spooky things!! Do you have any plans for Halloween yet? I’m not totally sure what I’ll be doing on the 31st, but I do know what I’m doing to celebrate on the blog…
Last month the blog theme was Quick and Easy Recipes . This month, in honor of Halloween, I thought I’d do something a little less practical and a little more fun: Creepy Recipes From Fiction!
I picked a few of my favorite spooky/scary foods inspired by television shows and movies to post every Monday this month and I’m su-ooooooo-oooooooo-ooper (not sorry) excited to share them.
First off, Sanguinaccio Dolce Senza Sangue (Sanguinaccio Dolce Without Blood) from Hannibal .
For those keeping score, this is the second Hannibal recipe on the blog. Last time, I made Lomo Saltado , and if you want to see me lose it a little over how much/why I loved this show, you can read aaaaaaall about it in that post.
Sanguinaccio Dolce is a dessert that appears in the show’s 3rd season. It’s a fantastically rich dark chocolate pudding traditionally made with pigs blood. Hannibal makes it with cow’s blood, though he confesses to his colleague, Dr. Chilton, that the last time they ate it together, it was made with blood from a different sort of animal…
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This Sanguinaccio Dolce recipe does not use pig, cow, or any other kind of blood because I wanted to make it a little more accessible and because it can be a challenge to get your hands on fresh pig’s blood.
I asked around at all of my usual stores, and no one carried it. In fact, when my butcher went in to ask his boss if they could get me any, his boss thought it was so funny, I could hear him laughing through two closed doors, which I think Hannibal would agree with me… RUDE! 😉
Anyway, this is a wonderful dessert and very easy to make. Despite the fancy Italian name, you don’t need any fancy ingredients, just some milk, flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and good-quality chocolate. They simmer together until you get a luscious deep dark chocolate pudding.
Sanguinaccio Dolce is pure chocolate indulgence, so dark and rich you’ll probably just want to drift off into a chocolate coma afterwards. It feels completely sinful, making it a perfect Halloween dessert.
Serve it in a bowl with lady fingers for dipping or recreate Hannibal’s plate for an elegant presentation in a hollowed out orange half with fresh berries.
More Nerdy Recipes
- Game of Thrones Frey Pie
- American Gods Beef Pasties
- The Good Place Maple Butter Scones
Sanguinaccio Dolce Recipe Tips and Notes
- This pudding is delicious warm and at room temperature, but as it cools, the surface may begin to look dull. Don’t worry. Just give it a good stir right before serving to return its luster.
- DO NOT skip sifting where the recipe calls for it. If there are lumps in your cocoa powder, there will be lumps in your pudding and you will not be able to get rid of them!
- If you can get your hands on some fresh pigs blood, you might like to try the version with sangue !
- Some stores don’t carry Lady Fingers. You can purchase them on Amazon * (make tiramisu with the leftovers!) or use any mild, hard cookie/biscuit you’d like.
- If you want to serve your Sanguinaccio Dolce like Hannibal, the easiest way to hollow out an orange is to cut it in half and run a spoon between the fruit and the pith. Keep working all the way down until you can pop most of the fruit out and use your spoon to scrape out the last bit at the bottom.
- Finally, Fannibals, did you know Janice Poon, the food stylist on Hannibal has a Hannibal cookbook coming out at the end of October? It’s called Feeding Hannibal: A Connoisseur’s Cookbook * and I cannot wait to check it out!
Ingredients
- ▢ 1 cup milk (any percentage, preferably whole)
- ▢ 1 cinnamon stick
- ▢ 1/2 cup ( 42 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- ▢ 1/2 cup ( 100 g) granulated sugar
- ▢ 3 tablespoons ( 22 g) all-purpose flour
- ▢ 1/3 cup ( 2 oz) chopped good-quality chocolate at least 70%
- ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium pot combine milk and your cinnamon stick. Heat over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes until just before simmering. Remove from heat and discard cinnamon stick.
- In a medium bowl, sift together cocoa powder, sugar, and flour.
- Slowly whisk in hot milk, doing your best not to allow lumps to form. Mix well and return mixture to the pot.
- Whisk constantly over medium-low heat until mixture begins to bubble and thicken, 4 to 8 minutes.
- Whisk in chocolate until smooth. Remove from heat, and mix in vanilla.
- Cool slightly before serving.
Sanguinaccio Dolce Without Blood Adapted From Scatti di Gusto
Small-batch Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies Treats
Ingredients
Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies
- 1 tablespoon ( 15 g) pumpkin puree
- 2 tablespoons ( 1 oz) butter
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Pinch of ground cloves
- Pinch of ginger
- 2 cups mini marshmallows or 20 regular-sized marshmallows, divided
- 1 1/2 cup Rice Krispies
White Chocolate Drizzle
- 1 1/2 teaspoons milk
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped white chocolate good-quality chips are fine
Instructions
Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies
- Lightly grease a small dish (I used a 6-inch round Pyrex dish) or sheet of parchment paper.
- Drop pumpkin puree onto a couple layers of paper towels. Fold the towel over and squeeze out the moisture. Scrape the the puree onto a dry part of the towel and repeat once or twice more, until most of the moisture has been removed and you can pick up the puree with your fingers.
- In a medium pan, combine prepared puree, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, ground cloves, and ginger. Heat over medium heat until butter is melted and whisk until mostly combined. Add 1 1/2 cup of the marshmallows and use a heat-proof rubber spatula to stir until mostly melted and combined.
- Remove from heat and stir in Rice Krispies and remaining 1/2 cup of marshmallows. Stir just until everything is well-mixed (some of the marshmallows will not completely melt). Transfer to your greased dish or drop onto lightly greased parchment paper. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
White Chocolate Drizzle
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, heat milk for 10 to 20 seconds until steaming. Add chopped white chocolate and stir until melted. Drizzle over the rice krispies treats with a spoon or transfer to a disposable plastic bag and snip off one of the corners to “pipe” your chocolate. Allow another 10 minutes of cooling time before eating.
- Store in an air-tight container at room temperature.
