Chocolate Gingerbread Men Rice Krispies

Recipe posted in: Flex Meals & Snacks, Snacks, Snacks, Desserts
Chocolate Gingerbread men Rice Krispies

You don’t need an oven to make gingerbread men! These festive, no-bake chocolate rice krispies are an adorable addition to your Christmas dessert table. Featuring rich chocolaty flavor and ooey gooey marshmallows, they’re a family friendly snack that’s also perfectly portioned for your weight loss plan.

Chocolate Gingerbread Men Rice Krispies are the ultimate sweet treat to prepare with the kiddos. They’re fun to make and allow the kids to get creative! Prepare and cut out the gingerbread men, then let the little ones take care of the decorating with white icing and chocolate candies. You could even cut out different shapes like snowmen and snowflakes if you have assorted cookie cutters!

Each serving of these chocolate rice krispies clocks in at just 109 calories. You can log them as three Extras in your NuMi app journal.

If you enjoyed this sweet, festive treat, you’ll love our recipe for gingerbread flavored rice krispies! Instead of cocoa powder, they are seasoned with classic gingerbread spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Get our Holiday Gingerbread Rice Krispies recipe here! >

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Servings: 8

Calories per Serving: 109

On Nutrisystem, Count As: 3 Extras

Ingredients:

  • 2 ½ cups crispy rice cereal
  • 2 ½ cups mini marshmallows
  • 1 ½ Tbsp. light butter
  • ½ Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp. white cookie icing
  • 2 Tbsp. red and green milk chocolate candies (such as M&M's)

Directions:

  1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat. Add the marshmallows and stir to melt.
  2. Stir in the cocoa powder.
  3. Remove from heat and stir in the crispy rice cereal.
  4. Pour the mixture onto wax or parchment paper and spread into one even layer. Let it cool completely to harden.
  5. Spray a gingerbread man cookie cutter with nonstick cooking spray. Cut out gingerbread men.
  6. Decorate with icing and chocolate candies.
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