Cherrio Christmas Trees

Ingredients

• 6 cups Honey Nut Cheerios cereal
• 6 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 4 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
• Betty Crocker green gel food color
• Betty Crocker red cinnamon decors or sliced gumdrops

Preparation

1. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper.
2. Pour cereal into 4-quart bowl. Set bowl aside.
3. Place butter and marshmallows in 3-quart saucepan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth. Remove saucepan from heat.
4. Stir in food color until mixture is evenly colored. Pour marshmallow mixture over cereal and stir until cereal is evenly coated.
5. Lightly spray hands with cooking spray. For each tree, shape about 1/4 cup of cereal mixture into tree shape on cookie sheet.
6. Press candies into trees to decorate. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Store trees in loosely covered container.
7. Note: Personalize trees using decorator icing (from 4.25-ounce tube) and use as place cards. Use icing to add garland.

Preparation Time

45 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 45 minutes

Serves

18

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