Marshmallow Gatos for Cinco de Mayo
 
 
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Ingredients
  • Marshmallows (Jet-Puffed regular size)
  • Golden Oreos
  • Yellow cookie icing
  • Jimmie sprinkles
  • Fruit Roll up in red and green
  • Black candy coated sunflower seeds
  • Small pink confetti sprinkles
  • Black edible marker
  • Melted white candy coating wafers
Instructions
  1. Twist open Golden Oreos and use the half without the frosting.
  2. Frost the Golden Oreo half with yellow cookie icing.  Place a yellow gumdrop in the middle and sprinkle the edges with jimmie sprinkles.
  3. Cut a small green fruit roll up strip and wrap around the bottom of the gumdrop.  Secure with melted white candy coating.
  4. Using a knife or kitchen shears, cut 2 small triangles from a marshmallow and attach to each side of the gumdrop on top of the hat for ears.
  5. Let icing on hat dry completely.
  6. Using the black edible marker, make 2 dots on the marshmallow for eyes.
  7. With a toothpick dipped in melted candy coating, attach the pink confetti sprinkle for the nose and the 2 black candy coated sunflower seeds for the mustache.  Place each sunflower seed on the opposite side of the nose pointing downward.
  8. Cut a strip of red fruit roll up and tie around the middle of the marshmallow.
  9. Using the black edible marker, make whiskers.
  10. Cut a small tail out of marshmallow and attach with white melted candy coating.
Recipe by Dessert Recipes - Holiday Food Recipes - Sweet Treats - Party Pinching at https://partypinching.com/mexican-marshmallow-cats-cinco-de-mayo/