Melt butter or margarine over low heat in a large saucepan.

Add mini marshmallows and stir until completely melted.

Remove from heat.

Add rice cereal (both cocoa and regular) to the melted marshmallow mixture.

Stir until the cereal is well coated.

Line a counter top with wax paper.

Transfer the cereal mixture onto the wax paper.

Cover with another sheet of wax paper.

Roll out the mixture to about 1 inch thickness using a rolling pin.

Grease a football-shaped cookie cutter.

Cut out football shapes from the rolled-out cereal mixture.

Re-roll the scraps to cut out more footballs.

Melt most of the milk chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl in 1-minute intervals, stirring in between, until smooth.

Add the remaining chocolate chips to the melted chocolate and stir until melted to temper the chocolate.

Dip the tops of the Krispie treat footballs in the melted chocolate.

Place the dipped footballs on a sheet of wax paper to allow the chocolate to set.

Place vanilla frosting in a plastic sandwich bag.

Snip off a corner of the bag to create a piping bag.

Decorate the chocolate-covered footballs with frosting to resemble football laces.