Christmas Cornflake Wreaths are your basic crispy treat formed into Holiday shaped wreaths and they get decorated with red hot candies. I'm a fan of colorful Christmas lights so I used the bright ones but any color would. be fine. You can even shape them into trees.
Next up on my Holiday Treat making extravaganza, are these Christmas Cornflake wreaths. I must admit this is my first time making these. I've seen them before on cookie platters and have always admired them. It's just like making regular rice crispy treats but you use cornflakes instead. Dust the cookies with powdered sugar to make it look like they got snowed on.
Food Coloring
Christmas wreaths are a very specific evergreen color. The amount of food coloring gel used might vary depending on how green you wish these to look like. If you don't like the amount in the recipe feel free to add more food coloring gel.
How to make Christmas Cornflake Wreath Cookies
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Combine the marshmallows and butter in a large bowl and microwave on 50-percent power in 30-second intervals, stirring in between each, until melted, about 1 minute 30 seconds.
- Stir in the vanilla and enough food coloring to make the mixture a deep green, 10 to 15 drops. Stir in the cornflakes until they are completely coated.
- Working with wet hands, form the mixture into twenty-four 2-inch balls. Flatten on the prepared baking sheets and poke a hole in the middle of each with your finger, molding the sides as needed to form a wreath shape. Decorate with the cinnamon candies to create holly berries.
- Form the red candy strips into a simple bow on each wreath. Sprinkle lightly with the white nonpareils for snow. Let set at room temperature to firm up, about 2 hours, or refrigerate 30 minutes.
Tools Used for Christmas Cornflake Wreaths
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3 PCS Non-Stick Baking Sheet Pan by Boxiki Kitchen. Non-Toxic and Rimmed Carbon Steel Cookie Sheet Set. Dent, Warp and Rust Resistant. Heavy Gauge Steel Oven Baking Sheets. 3 Trays.
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For fun, sprinkle some powdered sugar on top of them to make it look like it snowed.
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Christmas Cornflake Wreaths
- Total Time: 1 hr 10 min
- Yield: 24 1x
Ingredients
- 1 (16 oz) package regular marshmallows
- ⅓ cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 to 8 drops green food coloring
- 6 cups corn flakes
- red cinnamon candies or rainbow
Instructions
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment. Combine the marshmallows and butter in a large bowl and microwave on 50-percent power in 30-second intervals, stirring in between each, until melted, about 1 minute 30 seconds.
- Stir in the vanilla and enough food coloring to make the mixture a deep green, 10 to 15 drops. Stir in the cornflakes until they are completely coated.
- Working with wet hands, form the mixture into twenty-four 2-inch balls. Flatten on the prepared baking sheets and poke a hole in the middle of each with your finger, molding the sides as needed to form a wreath shape. Decorate with the cinnamon candies to create holly berries.
- Form the red candy strips into a simple bow on each wreath. Sprinkle lightly with the white nonpareils for snow. Let set at room temperature to firm up, about 2 hours, or refrigerate 30 minutes.
- Category: Easy
- Method: Mix
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 108
- Sugar: 13g
- Sodium: 56mg
- Fat: 3g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 1g
Keywords: christmas cornflake wreaths
Amy says
Oh my, how creative is this,. I would have nerve even thought this was possible,