Heart Shaped Rice Krispie Treats are soft, gooey marshmallow treats cut into adorable heart shapes. These homemade cereal treats are easy to make with simple ingredients. And best of all, no baking required!

Heart shaped marshmallow treat on a white platter.

Valentine’s Day Rice Krispies Treats

Homemade rice krispie treats are one of our favorite holiday desserts. We especially love to dip them into melted chocolate or vanilla candies and dot them with fun pink and red sprinkles.

These heart shaped treats are great for gifting at a kid’s classroom party, a work event, or sharing with that special someone.

Don’t forget to try one of our other desserts to make your Valentine’s Day perfect! Chocolate Lava Cakes or Chocolate Mousse.

Or, try something a little different and make a sweet breakfast using our crumble topping on your favorite muffin recipe served next to a bleu cheese bacon frittata.

Recipe Tips

This recipe is easy and moves fairly quickly. It’s best to have all the ingredients prepped and ready to go head of time.
Keep an eye on the marshmallows as the cook. They can burn quickly.
Use your favorite variety of dark, milk, or white chocolate. Or, use a variety of brightly colored or white candy melts.
Any brand of crisped rice cereal works. It doesn’t necessarily have to be name brand.
If you’re unable to dip or drizzle the candy melts, use a butter knife or spatula to spread it over the cereal treats.

Large and small heart shaped cereal treats with sprinkles.

Storage

Room Temperature: Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for 4 to 5 days.

FAQs

We don’t recommend storing rice krispie treats in the refrigerator. The cool air dries them out very quickly and causes them to get hard and crunchy.

Yes, you’ll need 40 regular sized marshmallows to replace a 10 ounce bag of miniature marshmallows.

In my experience, marshmallows that are dried out or close to being expired don’t melt well. They’ve lost a lot of moisture and that makes melting difficult.

Another issue may be if your pan isn’t warm enough. Slowly adjusting the heat a little at a time while stirring may help. Just don’t go too high; otherwise, the marshmallows will burn.

We’ve found the cereal treats fall apart if there’s too much butter. You want enough butter for moisture and flavor but not so much that it makes the treats greasy. That will make them fall apart.

White chocolate chips are good for drizzling our Valentine Rice Krispie Treats, but they aren’t good for dipping. If you’re looking to substitute candy melts, we like vanilla melting wafers, baking chocolate or almond bark.

Other Desserts to Try:

Like this recipe?

We’d love it if you would leave a 5 Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating below and follow us on Facebook and Pinterest!