Rice Krispies and Snickers combine in this delicious game day treat shaped like a football. It’s the perfect football party dessert.
It’s getting to be that time of year. No, I don’t mean autumn, back-to-school, or the soon-to-be-here Halloween. I’m referring to Football Time!
I may have mentioned in the past that while I really have zero interest in the game of football itself, I LOVE a good football party.
It’s just another reason to entertain and it’s a whole new party theme to work with! Football parties also mean comfort food and yummy treats that make everyone happy.
Of course, CHOCOLATE is one of those foods that can make a lot of smiles, so I was happy to put on my chocolate recipes thinking cap and come up with a football-themed dessert recipe using SNICKERS® candy bars!
To get started, I headed to my local Sam’s Club to stock up on a 48 count box of SNICKERS®. I needed to have enough to make my recipe, plus extras for those who just wanted straight-up chocolate candy bars. While I was there, I also grabbed a 105 Count Variety Bag. That way we had a few different MARS Candy treats to satisfy different appetites.
So, to get ready for game day, I created a super cute and SUPER delicious SNICKERS Rice Crispy Treat Football Recipe to add some fun and some flavor to the party.
It takes a classic recipe and throws in a couple of extra chocolatey twists to amp up the chocolate goodness. In my opinion there is no such thing as too much chocolate!
SNICKERS Rice Crispy Treat Football Recipe
(See recipe card below for ingredient amounts and full instructions.)
INGREDIENTS:
- butter
- marshmallows
- cocoa flavored crisp rice cereal
- SNICKERS® bars
- white decorator icing tube
How to Make a Chocolate Rice Krispies Treat Football:
- Start out by chopping the SNICKERS® bars into small pieces about 1/4″ across. (They are easier to melt when they’re small.)
- Melt the butter over low heat in a large saucepan. Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Turn off heat.
- Add in the cereal and SNICKERS® bars. Stir until the cereal is well coated. Turn out the mixture onto a large cookie sheet coated with cooking spray.
- Let it cool for a minute, butter your hands and shape into a football. (I used part of the mixture to make additional small football shapes.)
- Using decorator icing, pipe the laces onto your football.
So, I loved the way the football turned out with that nice brown football color, but what is even better is that it tasted AWESOME!
It was seriously so good that I was really glad I made the extra mini footballs because that meant I had some set aside to eat all by myself!
If you don’t necessarily want a big centerpiece dessert for your party, you can make lots of little footballs instead so that they can be just grabbed and eaten. We simply used a knife to cut apart our big football.
To add extra treats to our dessert spread, I served up lots of full size SNICKERS bars, as well as the Twix, M&Ms, Milky Way and 3 Musketeers bars from the 105 count variety bag in cute little metal buckets that I picked up at the craft store. They can be easily refilled to make sure you never run out of chocolate!
SNICKERS Rice Crispy Treat Football
Cocoa Krispies and Snickers combine in this delicious game day treat shaped like a football. It's the perfect football party dessert.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 package (about 40) Marshmallows
- 6 cups cocoa flavored crisp rice cereal
- 4 full sized SNICKERS® bars
- White decorator icing tube
Instructions
- Start out by chopping the SNICKERS® bars into small pieces about 1/4″ across. (They are easier to melt when they’re small.)
- Melt the butter over low heat in a large saucepan. Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Turn off heat.
- Add in the cereal and SNICKERS® bars. Stir until the cereal is well coated. Turn out the mixture onto a large cookie sheet coated with cooking spray.
- Let it cool for a minute, butter your hands and shape into a football. (I used part of the mixture to make additional small football shapes.)
- Using decorator icing, pipe the laces onto your football.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 326Total Fat: 13gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 103mgCarbohydrates: 42gFiber: 9gSugar: 13gProtein: 10g
Nutrition is calculated automatically and may not be accurate.
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
What a fun idea for game day! I am going to have to try these.
Jaime says
These look SO yummy. I work at a university and football is big here. I’ll have to try this for my colleagues one weekend. 🙂
Lindsey @ Redhead Baby Mama says
What a great way to incorporate the candies AND a football shape. I love it!
Betsy Mitchell says
It’s football season! This is such a great idea for football parties of all sorts.
melinda says
that sounds amazing. I’d eat anything that was snickers flavored
Amber Conaway says
OH my gosh that looks so yummy!!! I’ve never thought about using Snickers but it sounds AMAZING!!
Family Travel Blogger says
Oh my gosh yum! I cant believe football season is already here. My little brother had his first scrimmage on friday.
Shannon Gosney says
That looks like such a fun idea! I love Snickers and love Rice Krispies Treats. Thanks for sharing.
Shasta Walton says
I love this! My kids make their own rice crispy treats, so this will be a fun challenge for them. I think I’d like mine with Twix!
Michelle Swank says
What a cute idea and fun recipe! I will definitely have to add this to one of our menus for tailgating!
Terry says
That is a really cute snack idea. My Daughter and her boyfriend are always throwing a get together during football season. She would be very surprised if I came walking in with this treat.
Jeanine @ sixtimemommy.com says
This just made my mouth water. HAHA. It looks so absolutely good, and easy to do. I will have to try!
aimee fauci says
I love seeing all these Snickers recipes. This looks great and the football mold looks fantastic. Great job .
Dawn says
Snickers + rice kripies treats + football = winner, winner Snickers dinner! I can’t wait to make this for our next football night!
Courtney says
What a fun, cute recipe! My daughter loves snickers and rice krispies treats, and the guys in my life love football. I know what I’ll be making this season!
Ashley says
We are big football fans in our house and this snickers rice crispy football looks like such a fun treat! I love the snickers incorporation, I think it takes it to an entirely different level.
Shell says
That football turned out so cute! I’ll have to try it this fall!
Carly Anderson says
Umm… this absolutely looks delicious! Rice Crispy AND Snickers?! Heaven!
brett says
snickers AND krispy treats? for reaL? I love this!
Camesha says
That sounds so good. I’ve been on this chocolate kick lately and you are not helping! LOL!