Christmas Tree Rice Krispies Treats Food

CHRISTMAS TREE RICE KRISPIES TREATS

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Add in marshmallows and stir until melted, while tinting with green food coloring to reach desired shade.
• Remove from heat add in Rice Krispies cereal and fold mixture until evenly coated. Let cool about 5 minutes.
• Spray hands with non-stick cooking spray and shape about 1/3 cup to 1/2 cup of the mixture into into cones, while pressing firmly so they'll hold together.
• Decorate with sprinkles, using the icing to get them to stick. Then put icing on the Reeses and place one under each tree.
• Note if you want the icing to harden let them rest overnight, or you can just eat them right away.
• Recipe source: adapted from Family Circle

CHRISTMAS TREE RICE KRISPIE TREATS RECIPE

Steps:

• Grease or spray a 9x13-inch pan and set aside. In a large pan, melt butter and marshmallows over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Once it almost smooth and melted, add green food coloring little by little until you achieve your desired tree color. Once completely smooth and perfectly green, remove from heat and stir in Rice Krispies. Continue to stir until all the cereal is coated. Press evenly into prepared pan (I always spray my hand with nonstick cooking spray to do this, but you can also use a piece of wax paper). Immediately sprinkle with sprinkles. Let cool for at least 30 minutes. Cut one cut down the middle of the pan (the long way). Then, cut each of those rows into triangles (you should have 4 scraps leftover, one at each side of each row).

CHRISTMAS RICE KRISPIES® TREES

Steps:

• Mix crispy rice cereal, cranberries, and apricots together in a large bowl. Toss gently to combine and set aside.
• Combine orange zest and juice, butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt, and cloves in a large saucepan over low heat. Cook until butter is melted and stir to combine. Add marshmallows all at once; cook, stirring constantly, until fully melted, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Quickly pour the marshmallow mixture over the cereal mixture and toss to combine, making sure cereal is thoroughly coated.
• Lightly butter or oil clean hands and a 1/3 cup measure. Scoop out 1/3 cup of the cereal mixture and press firmly into a tree shape. Flatten the bottom of the tree and set aside. Continue making trees, re-buttering your hands as needed, until all the mixture is used up. Allow trees to cool and harden for 15 to 30 minutes.
• Cut whole apricots into star shapes, using a sharp paring knife or small cookie cutter. Set the scraps aside for extra decoration. Chop dried cranberries for extra decoration.
• Combine white chocolate and butter in a small heat-proof bowl. Microwave until chocolate is melted, about 30 seconds. Stir to combine. Pour white chocolate into a piping bag.
• Pipe white chocolate into decorative patterns all over the trees, covering the very tops to adhere the apricot stars. Use remaining white chocolate to adhere extra chopped apricots and cranberries as desired. Reheat chocolate in the microwave for 10 seconds if it begins to harden. Allow chocolate to fully harden on the trees before serving.

CHRISTMAS TREE RICE KRISPIES TREATS®

Steps:

• Microwave butter in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 45 sec. or until melted. Add marshmallows; toss to evenly coat. Microwave 1-1/2 min. or until marshmallows are completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 45 sec. Stir in food coloring.
• Add cereal; mix well. Press onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Top with sprinkles; press gently into cereal mixture to secure. Refrigerate 15 min.
• Remove cereal mixture from pan. Cut lengthwise in half to form 2 long rectangles, then cut each rectangle diagonally into 6 triangles to resemble Christmas trees. Press 2 scrap pieces from ends of each rectangle together to make additional tree. (You will have 14 trees.)
• Press confetti star into top of each tree. Insert pretzels into bottoms of trees for the trunks.