Krispie Treat Christmas Trees

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Check out our great recipe for our delicious Krispie Treat Christmas Trees! If you’re looking for some great Christmas and other holiday sweets, then this is perfect for you!

Kids love these fun Christmas tree rice krispies treats during the holidays! These Christmas desserts are great table decoration that is not only cute, but also edible!

Krispie Treat Christmas Trees

INGREDIENTS  

• 6 cup Rice Krispies Cereal
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 10.5 ounces marshmallows
• green food coloring
• 12 Miniature Reese’s Cups (for trunks)
• 1/3 cup M&M Minis
• 12 Candy Stars
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 3 tablespoons corn syrup

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. 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.
2. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
3. In a medium to large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
4. Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
5. Add enough food coloring to make mixture dark green (it will lighten when cereal is added).
6. Remove from heat.
7. Add the Rice Crispies cereal and stir until cereal is well coated.
8. Allow to set about 4 minutes.
9. Butter a your hands and form mixture into cone shapes.
10. Place coned shaped trees onto prepared pan.
11. Allow them to cool and firm up for several hours.
12. Mix powdered sugar, milk and corn syrup in a bowl until smooth.
13. Transfer to piping bag or zippered bag to pipe onto cookies.
14. Pipe like a garland around each tree.
15. Space M&M minis like ornaments onto the garland.
16. Pipe a dab of icing on top of tree to act as glue and attach star.
17. Place a Reese’s upside down on pan. Pipe icing on it and place tree on top.
18. Allow to set before serving.

Note: You can add melted chocolate, sprinkles, pretzel sticks, or even mini marshmallows as decorations for your cute Christmas rice krispies treats.

If you happened to like this recipe, then you should definitely check out some of our other great sweets!

Such as our Frozen Peppermint Pie recipe, our Eggnog Cinnamon Rolls recipe, our Eggnog Cookies recipe, our Christmas Cake Roll recipe, our Coconut Cream Cheese Pound Cake recipe, our Pumpkin Pie Cake recipe, our Pumpkin Pie Bites recipe, ourPumpkin Pie Fudge recipe, or even our Baked Apple Chimichangas recipe, and plenty of others!

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Krispie Treat Christmas Trees

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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
• 12 Candy Stars
• 3 cup Powdered Sugar
• 3 tbsp Milk
• 3 tbsp Corn Syrup

Instructions

 

• 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 large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
• Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
• Add enough food coloring to make mixture dark green (it will lighten when cereal is added).
• Remove from heat.
• Add the Rice Crispies cereal and stir until cereal is well coated.
• Allow to set about 4 minutes.
• Butter a 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 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 tree to act as glue and attach star.
• Place a Reese’s upside down on pan. Pipe icing on it and place tree on top.
• Allow to set before serving.

Notes

Note: You can add melted chocolate, sprinkles, pretzel sticks, or even mini marshmallows as decorations for your cute Christmas rice krispies treats.

Nutrition facts are provided as a courtesy.

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