Krispie Treat Christmas Trees

by Lisa Goldberg

on Dec 13

This super fun and super easy Krispie Treat Christmas Trees make for the perfect treat. Krispie treats are so tasty and make for a cute classroom, office, or holiday party treat.

INGREDIENTS:

6 cup Rice Krispies Cereal
3 tbsp Butter
10.5 oz Marshmallows
Green Food Coloring
12 Miniature Reese’s Cups
1/3 cup M&M Minis
3 cup Powdered Sugar
12 Candy Stars
3 tbsp Milk
3 tbsp Corn Syrup

DIRECTIONS:

To help in forming the cone shape, I took the foam that comes in a waffle cone pack to protect the cones and cut it to make a form to help shape the trees.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium to a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
Add enough food colouring to make mixture dark green (it will lighten when cereal is added).
Remove from heat.
Add the Rice Krispies cereal and stir until cereal is well coated.
Allow setting about 4 minutes.
Butter your hands and form mixture into cone shapes.
Place cones onto prepared pan.
Allow to cool and firm up for several hours.
Mix powdered sugar, milk and corn syrup in a bowl until smooth.
Transfer to a piping bag or zippered bag to pipe onto cookies.
Pipe like a garland around each tree.
Space M&M minis like ornaments onto the garland.
Pipe a dab of icing on top of the tree to act as glue and attach star.
Place Reese’s upside down on the pan. Pipe icing on it and place tree on top.
Allow setting before serving.