Fruity Pops

If your family is like mine, you have boxes and boxes of cereal that never seem to get finished.  My daughter, Sophie loves cereal but she can never seem to finish the whole box before wanting something else.  We had half a box of fruit loops in the pantry so I thought I'd experiment and make some Fruity Pops.  I just took a recipe for rice krispy treats and replaced the rice krispies with fruit loops.  It turned out to be deeelicious!

Recipe:

3tbsp butter
1bag (10oz) marshmallows
6 cups fruit loops (or any other cereal you have on hand); loosely chopped

In a large saucepan, melt the butter.  Once melted, add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Add fruit loops and mix until fruit loops are well coated with the marshmallows.

Spray a 9x15 ceramic dish (or any size dish will do as long as it is about 2'' thick) with Pam or lightly coat with butter so the mix won't stick.  Place marshmallow cereal onto the dish and take a piece of wax paper and smush (very technical term) the mix into place, making sure the top is as level as possible.

Optional:
Once cool, turn the mixture onto a cutting board and cut into rectangles.  Insert lollipop sticks into one end and place in clear plastic candy bags. Secure with ribbon and you've got the perfect anytime treat.  I had 4 within an hour of making these...shhhhh!