The new Disney Pixar film Inside Out has been getting lots of attention. If you haven’t been to see it yet, you might not know that the short before the movie is called Lava. I love it so much, I can barely stand it. It’s a story about two volcanoes, Uku and Lele. The whole short is set to a song. It’s perfect and lovely. I don’t want to give away the whole plot if you haven’t seen it, but it is a love story. We have been listening to Lava on repeat for days. It’s very relaxing and has been great background music.
The other exciting thing around here is that Super Cute Crispy Treats, will be released on 7/28/15. It seemed destined that I would create some volcano rice crispy treats. Not a fan of Lava? No, problem. I made up some regular volcanoes too! These are perfect for your summer luau or just a fun activity to do with the kids. My kids certainly enjoyed adding lava to their volcanoes.
So you have some comparison, here is a shot of Uku and Lele from the film.
Not too bad right? The animation is stunning, it was so much fun to try and recreate these characters with rice crispy treats. Alright, let’s get cooking!
- 3 cups chocolate rice crispy cereal
- 2 cups mini marshmallows
- 2 tablespoons margarine
- 2 ounces Red candy melts
- 2 ounces Orange candy melts
- Black candy writer
- Green candy writer
- Heat margarine over low heat in a five quart or larger saucepan. When the margarine has completely melted, add the marshmallows. Heat the marshmallows until completely melted, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
- Stir in the chocolate crispy cereal until the cereal is completely covered in marshmallows. With greased hands, grab a small hand full of crispy treats and form into a cone or volcano shape. If necessary let the treats cool for 2-3 minutes, until they are cool enough to handle. Place the formed treats onto a greased baking sheet.
- Heat the red candy melts in the microwave, in a plastic zipper bag, for 15 second increments until completely melted. Squish the candy melts around between each heating to distribute the heat and help with even melting.
- Cut a very small piece off the corner and drizzle the candy melts over the top of the volcano. The candy will drip down the sides. You can also add lines of candy melts to the sides, if they aren't dripping the way you want. Repeat with the orange candy melts if desired.
- Let the candy melts set on the volcanoes. Refrigerate for about 5 minutes to speed up the process.
- To shape Uku, make him a little shorter and add some "arms" to the each side. Lele is taller and thinner than the traditional volcano.
- Heat the black candy writer according to the package directions. Draw two lines for Uku's eyes and a big wide smile. Lele's eyes are shaped like tear drops on their side. Her smile is much smaller than Uku's.
- Lele has long black flowing "hair." Using the black candy writer add the hair in long strands. For some added effect, add in some red lava highlights to her hair.
- In the film, both volcanoes are covered in green from the bottom down. To achieve this look, heat the green candy writer and squeeze small dots all over. Alternately you could dip the bottom of each volcano in green candy melts, but I liked that it was more sporadic.
Here is another shot of the regular volanoes. I ended up liking them better with just red candy, but my husband preferred red and orange. Just go with the look you like!
Okay, here’s one last shot of all the volcanoes together. They look like on big happy family!
Like this recipe? Super Cute Crispy Treats is chock full of cute, fun, and tasty rice crispy treat projects. Head over to the book page and get more info and a sneak peek at the Table of Contents.
Oh those are so stinking cute! My kids would have so much fun making a volcano crispy treat!
These look so cute! We love rice crispie treats in our house so we’ll have to make them. The new movie looks really cute as well 🙂
I lava these! They are just too cute. I can’t wait to surprise my husband and kids with these yummy treats.
I love rice krispie treats and so do my boys. Even more fun that they look like characters from a movie! I need to look up this movie.
I love this short movie, super cute. What a great idea to make these little treats. My kids would get a kick out of them!
So I am so out of the loop because I hadn’t heard of the Lava movie. And how fun these crispy treats are!
They are so cute.
You are so creative. I haven’t even heard of the Lava movie, but my son loves volcanos hell want me to make them anyway.
Hi there Friend, you are so creative! Thank you for joining in at the Friday Favorites Link Party! Please join us again to share what you have been working on this week. Christine @ Must Love Home
So cute! This looks so good. Pinned and tweeted. Thank you for bringing this to our party and we hope to see you on Monday at 7 pm. Lou Lou Girls
We haven’t seen this yet, but now I’m dying to see it! So cute! Love these little treats; my boys would love them. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in this week’s issue.