Frosty the Cheery Snowman
Ready In: 33 mins
Serves: 1
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
- 32 large marshmallows
- 4 cups Cheerios toasted oat cereal
- 1⁄4 cup chocolate chips
- 1 piece candy corn
- 2 miniature marshmallows
- 2 pretzel sticks
- 2 squares chocolate-flavored candy coating, chopped (about 3 ounces)
- 1 large marshmallows
- 1 chocolate wafer cookie
- 1 rolls, fruit by the foot tropical or 1 cherries, fruit snack
- red cinnamon candies
Directions
- Place butter and 32 marshmallows in large microwavable bowl.
- Microwave uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until mixture is melted and smooth when stirred.
- Stir in cereal until well coated.
- Line cookie sheet with waxed paper.
- Lightly grease or spray waxed paper with nonstick cooking spray.
- To make snowman, spoon cereal mixture into 3 mounds onto waxed paper, using about 3/4 cup cereal mixture for the head, 1 1/2 cups for the upper body and 1 3/4 cups for the lower body.
- Shape each mound of cereal mixture into a ball, using greased hands; press tightly.
- To decorate head, press on chocolate chips for eyes, candy corn for nose and miniature marshmallows for cheeks.
- To decorate upper body, press on chocolate chips for buttons.
- To make arms, poke hole into either side of cereal ball with metal skewer, and insert pretzel stick into each hole; continue squeezing cereal balls until firm.
- To make hat, melt candy coating as directed on package.
- Dip 1 large marshmallow into candy coating, leaving 1/2 inch of marshmallow white; attach coated marshmallow, white side down, to cookie with small amount of candy coating.
- Let stand until coating is set.
- To assemble snowman, attach upper body to lower body with small amount of candy coating.
- Attach head to upper body with small amount of candy coating.
- Attach hat to head with small amount of candy coating.
- Cut scarf from fruit roll; attach to body with candy coating.
- Cut holly leaves from fruit roll; attach to hat and scarf with candy coating.
- Attach cinnamon candies to holly leaves with candy coating.
- Let stand until coating is set.
- Makes 1 snowman.
- To Store at Room Temperature:
- Store snowman loosely covered at room temperature no longer than 1 month.
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