Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats

In a large saucepan, combine marshmallows, butter, and salt. Cook and stir until melted. Remove from heat and tint mixture orange with food coloring. Add cereal and stir.

With buttered hands (you have to butter them multiple times), shape into desired sized balls (I made mine rather small for 3 year olds). Set on waxed paper. If they begin to ooze apart, then they need to be more tightly packed together.

Cut Tootsie Rolls in half and press into the top of the pumpkin (to make a stem). With an icing tip, use the green icing to ice a leaf by the Tootsie Roll stem and twirl green icing around the pumpkin for the vine.

If you are taking these somewhere, package in a clear plastic party bag and tie with a ribbon.