Cheerios Christmas Trees
Description
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Ingredients
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6 cups Honey Nut Cheerios cereal
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6 tablespoons butter or margarine
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4 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
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Betty Crocker green gel food color
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Betty Crocker red cinnamon decors or sliced gumdrops
Preparation
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Line cookie sheet with waxed paper.
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Pour cereal into 4-quart bowl. Set bowl aside.
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Place butter and marshmallows in 3-quart saucepan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth. Remove saucepan from heat.
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Stir in food color until mixture is evenly colored. Pour marshmallow mixture over cereal and stir until cereal is evenly coated.
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Lightly spray hands with cooking spray. For each tree, shape about 1/4 cup of cereal mixture into tree shape on cookie sheet.
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Press candies into trees to decorate. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store trees in loosely covered container.
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Note: Personalize trees using decorator icing (from 4.25-ounce tube) and use as place cards. Use icing to add garland.
Serves
18
Preparation Time:
45 minutes
Total Time:
1 hour, 45 minutes
