Cheerio Christmas Trees
photo by Stephanie Z.
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
10
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons margarine or 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 (10 ounce) package regular marshmallows or 4 cups miniature marshmallows
- 6 cups Cheerios toasted oat cereal or 6 cups Rice Krispies
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon green food coloring
- gumdrop
directions
- Heat butter in 3-quart saucepan.
- Add marshmallows.
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until marshmallows are melted and mixture is smooth.
- Remove from heat; stir in food color and vanilla.
- Fold in cereal until evenly coated.
- Quickly shape warm cereal mixture into Christmas tree shapes (about 2/3 cup per tree) on waxed paper, using buttered hands.
- Cut gumdrops into thins slice.
- Press gumdrop slices sticky side onto trees for "ornaments".
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Reviews
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Unfortunately, these didn't turn out as great as I was hoping. They were super cute, but the taste was lacking and my kids refused to eat them (which is a big shocker in my house!). If I were to attempt again I would suggest making regular rice crispy bars and tinting them green and using the spice drops as decoration.
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great stuff. My kids loved decorating them. I used mini candy-covered chocolates (mini M&M's/smarties) instead of gumdrops, they stuck wel! And a star-shaped chocolate on top of each one. I found that using hands dipped in cold water worked well for shaping, and less messy than butter. I first did a rough shape, then re-shaped them a little once they had cooled slightly, which worked well. THanks for a brillant, easy, kid-pleaser recipe!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Stephanie Z.
Blacksburg, Virginia