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Valentine lollipops crispy cake recipe

14/02/2017 by Cathy James 16 Comments

If lollipops make your heart go giddy-up this Valentine crispy cake recipe is for you! Just three ingredients (with a few added decorations) and about 20 minutes to make, it’s a recipe the kids can do by themselves with a little supervision.

 

crispy cake recipe
Here’s how we made them and at the end you’ll find a printable recipe card you can download.

Valentine crispy cake recipe

To make around 20 small heart shaped lollipops you will need:

crispy cake recipe

25g butter :: 170g  marshmallows :: 120g rice crispy type cereal :: sprinkles, jelly sweets or red laces for decoration :: lollipop sticks

crispy cake recipe

Put the butter and marshmallows in a large pan. Heat gently and stir until all the marshmallows have melted.

crispy cake recipe
Add the rice crispy cereal and stir gently until all the cereal is coated with the marshmallow mixture. Add in any sprinkles for extra decoration.

crispy cake recipe
There two ways you can make your heart shapes.

:: line cookie cutters with cling wrap and then fill well with the rice crispy mixture. Leave to cool and then pop out the shapes. You’ll need lots of cookie cutters if you do it this way.

:: line a baking tin (ours was about 25cm square) with baking paper and then fill with the rice crispy mixture. Flatten down the surface with the back of a spoon.

You need the hearts to be fairly thick (2cm+) so there is room to push in the lollipop stick later. You might like to add some extra sprinkles on the surface of the hearts while the marshmallow is still sticky.

crispy cake recipe
Once the rice crispy mix has cooled, cut out your heart shapes with a cookie cutter. Flip the cutter over as you cut along to fit more hearts in. Doing it this way does mean you have some of the crispy cake left over – but I’m sure you’ll find someone who’s willing to eat the offcuts!

crispy cake recipe
Carefully push a lollipop stick into each heart to make your lollipops.

crispy cake recipe
For extra fun you can add jelly sweets on to the lollipops. Just brush a tiny bit of water over the surface of the lollipop as a little ‘glue’ and press on the sweets. You can even use Red Laces sweets to write words or make kisses.

crispy cake recipe
If you’re giving the lollipops as gifts you might like to wrap them with a piece of cellophane and fasten with a red or pink rubber band or a piece of ribbon.

More lovely Valentine’s Day activities for your children

Did you see all my other Valentine’s Day activities for children? I’ve got more free printables, art, math, science, literacy and play ideas, all with a Valentine theme. You can find them all here.

 

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Comments

  1. Rebecca says

    08/02/2012 at 10:18 am

    Yummy and pretty. Live these. Was wondering if I could make something similar using fallback but think it might be too crumbly,

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  2. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    08/02/2012 at 10:55 am

    Ohhh yum and thankfully different than our crispie cakes for valentine 😀 I’ve never made them with marshmallows so going to have to try that.

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  3. Emma @ Mummy Musings says

    08/02/2012 at 11:53 am

    These look amazing! Now I just need to find some heart cookie cutters!

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  4. maggy,red ted art says

    08/02/2012 at 1:25 pm

    These look YUMMY SCRUMMY!!! Mmmmmmh! Can I have some?

    Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

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  5. Esther says

    08/02/2012 at 1:40 pm

    Looks so yummy and pretty pink! Thanks for the recipe1

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  6. Jackie says

    09/02/2012 at 1:13 pm

    Cool! I wouldn’t have know how to “glue” the treats to the tops! Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Emily (@amummytoo) says

    09/02/2012 at 5:27 pm

    Lovely – I wonder if this would work with white choc and a drop of red food colouring instead of marshmallows (I’m vege).

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    • Cathy @ NurtureStore says

      09/02/2012 at 6:17 pm

      Hi Emily – I think that might work. The marshmallow is the glue so you’d need to replace it with something ‘sticky’. Melted white chocolate can be a little tricky to work with though, but worth a try I’d say. A squeeze of golden syrup is sometimes used with milk chocolate crispy cakes, so maybe that would help too? I’d love to hear how you get on if you make a chocolate version.

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  8. Emma @mummymummymum says

    11/02/2012 at 6:44 pm

    These look great! I think we will give them a go this week.

    Thanks so much for linking to Fun sparks. xx

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    • Leighanna says

      17/02/2013 at 8:54 pm

      If you have a look online you can order veggie marshmallows. The taste similar but I haven’t tried using them in this way.

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  9. Eva Scott says

    12/02/2012 at 2:22 am

    Yummy! These are so pretty & festive!!

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  10. creativejewishmom/sara says

    12/02/2012 at 9:14 pm

    These look amazing! I’m quite sure my kids would love to make some, and with Purim treats coming up soon, this might just be perfect! Thanks so much for sharing on Craft Schooling Sunday!

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  11. fspdt says

    22/01/2013 at 1:51 am

    these are too cute and i am sure they are yummy too. I am gathering post for my next 10 things kids love and would love to include this with one pic(of course a link back). Jaime@FSPDT

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  12. Kerry says

    30/01/2013 at 3:54 pm

    Oh yum are so going to have to try these look brilliant xx

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  13. Kerry says

    30/01/2013 at 3:55 pm

    Oh yum these look fab will have to make these xx

    Reply

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