Raise your hand if you love quick and easy treats for parties. This Easy Monster Cornflake Clusters recipe is a fun, no-bake activity to do with your little ones. However, kids of all ages will love making and eating these adorable treats.
In addition, the best part is these adorable treats take only 30 minutes to create.
These Easy Monster Cornflake Clusters came together especially fast. I already had a jar of candy eyes. I routinely create these from leftover royal icing. However, don’t worry. Follow the easy instructions below for making edible eyes out of white and black candy melts.
The candy eyes do not have to be white. For instance, if you have red, green, orange, yellow or blue candy melts on hand, use those instead of white for the eyes for a pop of color.
A word about pupil placement when creating the eyes for these Easy Monster Cornflake Clusters. Placement changes the personality of the creature you use them on. I love crossed eyes, eyes looking skyward or diagonally together or in separate directions. Create emotions from worried, to confused to kooky to crazy.
If you want more control and for a make-ahead, pipe the eyes out first on parchment paper. When they have dried completely, peel them off and attach them to the monsters when wet.
Skip the candy melts:
Ok. Enough about candy eyes. If you do not have black candy melts, use dark, milk or white chocolate to create these Easy Monster Cornflake Clusters. Just substitute them for the candy melts. Consequently, these will be tastier than the candy melt version.
Easy Monster Cornflake Clusters for Halloween
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 10 oz package black candy melts
- 2 cups cornflakes
- 1/4 cup black glitter sugar
- 1 oz white chocolate or candy melts or candy eyes.
Instructions
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Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and fit each with a baking rack on top. Set aside
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Reserve 1 melt and chop the rest of the candy melts into small pieces.
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Melt the coconut oil in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-low heat.
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Add the chopped candy melts
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Stir until combined and everything has melted together.
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Add the cornflakes and stir to coat completely. Remove from heat.
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Use a tablespoon to drop clusters of the mixture one at a time onto the prepared baking racks over the baking sheets.
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Sprinkle the black glitter sugar over the wet clusters.
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When the clusters have dried completely, shake each off to remove the excess sugar and return them to the racks.
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Place the white chocolate and leftover black candy melt in separate bowls and melt in the microwave.
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Use a disposable pastry bag fitted with a #2 tip or snip off a small piece of a corner of a ziplock bag. Fill the bag with the white chocolate and pipe two white circles on each cluster for eyes.
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Use a toothpick dipped in the melted black candy to dot pupils into the center of each white circle for pupils.
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Let the eyes dry completely before plating and serving.
