New Year’s Eve Treats for a Party
When you’re hosting a New Year’s Eve party, you have to have plenty of delicious recipes to serve your guests! Whether you’re celebrating at home or with your friends, you can’t go wrong with these adorable New Years Eve treats. Since they’re no bake snacks, they’re quick and easy to make. And when you add some gold and silver decorations on top, they’re the perfect way to celebrate the new year.
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Rice Krispies treats are the perfect snack for any holiday — especially New Year’s Eve! That’s because you can easily adjust the decorations to fit your party’s theme.
Whether you’re hosting a glamorous event or just hanging out with your kids in the living room, these New Year’s Eve rice krispies treats are the best!
New Years Eve Treats
You’re going to love how quick these rice crispy treats come together. And thanks to the fun gold and silver decorations on top, they’re a festive snack that are perfect for both the kids and the adults at your celebration.
To make your own New Year’s Eve treats at home, you’ll need just a few simple ingredients:
- Butter
- Mini marshmallows
- Rice Krispies (or any crispy rice cereal)
- Chocolate chips
- Gold and silver sprinkles (I used these Wilton sprinkles for my treats)
How to Make New Year’s Eve Treats
Making your own no bake treats for New Year’s Eve couldn’t be easier! Just follow these quick instructions for preparing the Rice Krispies treats squares and decorating them for your party.
Start by placing your butter in a large stock pot and cooking it over medium low heat. When the butter is melted, add the mini marshallows to the pot and stir to mix. Continue mixing the ingredients as the marshmallows melt, making sure they don’t stick to the bottom or sides of the pan and burn.
When the marshmallows are fully melted, add the Rice Krispies to the pot and remove then pan from heat. Carefully mix the cereal into the marshmallows until the cereal is fully coated. The best method for mising is pulling the spoon up from the bottom and over the top of the cereal.
When the cereal is coated in melted marshmallows, transfer it to a greased 9×13 baking dish. After that, grease your hands with nonstick cooking spray and press the mixture into the pan until it’s a solid bar. Then allow the bars to cool completely at room temperature. This usually takes at least one hour.
When the rice cereal mixture is cool, it’s time to start decorating with chocolate and sprinkles! Start by cutting your treats into small squares. Mine were around 2 inches wide. I have found the best method for doing this is to remove the bars from the pan, then cut them into sections.
Once the bars are cut, melt the chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring betwee each intervals. When the chocolate is fully melted, transfer it to a piping bag. Cut the tip of the bag and drizzle the chocolate over the top of each treat, then immatediately top with gold and silver sprinkles while the chocolate is still soft.
Allow the chocolate to cool and harden before serving your party treats.
New Years Eve Rice Krispie Treat Ideas
Since these adorable party treats are so simple to make, you can easily adjust the recipe to create your own kid-friendly snacks!
As you’re preparing your own NYE party treats, try these adjustments and additions to create a delicious sweet snack for everyone at your party:
- Add some paper straws. Turn your holiday treats into cute rice krispies pops with the help of a paper straw or popsicle stick. Cut a paper straw in half, then carefully slide it into the bottom of each treat before serving.
- Cut them into larger squares. Making your treats into small squares is perfect for feeding a crowd at a party. But if you want your guests to have a larger snack, you can cut the bars into larger squares. Keep in mind that larger pieces won’t work as well on sticks because the weight of the treats may make them fall off the stick as you try to eat them.
- Make them gluten free. You can easily turn these party treats into a gluten free dessert by using gluten free crispy rice cereal. While Kellogg’s Rice Krispies are not gluten free, there are a few generic rice cereal options to choose from including Great Value (Wal-Mart), Kroger, and Millville (Aldi).
- Use different decorations. What could be better than melted chocolate and sprinkles for decorating your NYE snacks? If you want to change things up, try adding your sprinkles to the top of the treats while they’re still warm. Or decorated with melted chocolate and leave the sprinkles off all together.
More Easy New Year’s Eve Ideas:
New Year’s Eve Crafts & Activities
New Year’s Eve Party Ideas for Kids
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Emily is a midwestern mom of two boys. She loves all things DIY — from home renovations to kids birthday party planning. Whether she’s making a new farmhouse craft for her home or helping her kids with a cool activity, you can bet she’s in the middle of some kind of DIY project (or three) right now!
Yummm these look so good and cute for New Years too! I’m happy to be featuring them in this week’s link party! https://www.ourtinynest.com/2022/12/28/weekly-link-party-328/
Thanks so much for the feature!!
These look absolutely delicious, what a great idea, thanks for sharing.