Crunchy Special K cereal is drenched in peanut butter caramel, shaped into pumpkins and adorned with a green candy stem to make a great Halloween/fall treat.
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 cup corn syrup
¾ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1½ cups creamy peanut butter
6 cups Special K cereal
4 green licorice twists, each cut into 6 pieces
4-6 ounces melted orange candy melts
Instructions
Heat sugar, corn syrup and pumpkin pie spice in a large pan on medium high heat. Stir with a wooden spoon until mixture comes to a rolling boil. Turn off heat and stir in peanut butter. Add cereal and mix until well coated. Let mixture cool slightly, and working quickly, shape into golf ball-sized balls. Place them onto wax paper. Flatten slightly. Make a slit in the top of each pumpkin with the handle of a spoon and place a piece of the green twist candy to form the stem. Allow to set for 20-30 minutes until pumpkins are firm. Decorate with melted orange candy melts.