Cheerios Christmas Trees
From cardinal54 15 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 18
Recipe and picture courtesy of Betty Crocker and Cheerios. Cook time is chill time.
Ingredients
- 6 cups honey nut Cheerios® cereal shopping list
- 6 tablespoons butter or margarine shopping list
- 4 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows shopping list
- green food color shopping list
- red cinnamon candies or sliced gumdrops shopping list
How to make it
- Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
- Pour the cereal into a 4-quart bowl.
- Set the bowl aside.
- Place the butter and marshmallows in a 3-quart saucepan.
- Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
- Stir in the food color until the mixture is evenly colored.
- Pour the marshmallow mixture over the cereal and stir until the cereal is evenly coated.
- Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray.
- For each tree, shape about 1/4 cup of the cereal mixture into a Christmas tree shape on the cookie sheet.
- Press the candies into the trees to decorate.
- Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
- Store the trees in a loosely covered container.
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
How adorable! ^5
mystic_river1
in Bradenton loved it
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How cute! I hope I remember these at Christmas time. They'd be so cute tucked around a dainty tray!
michelle73
in Melville loved it
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I don't have children - but I'll become one and make them at Christmas. Lovely!
nazzb
in Ponte De Lima (Viana Do Castelo) loved it
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