Cheerios Christmas Trees

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups honey nut cheerios
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 4 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
• green food coloring
• red cinnamon candies or gumdrop

Recipe

• 1 line a cookie sheet with waxed paper.
• 2 pour the cereal into a 4-quart bowl and set aside.
• 3 place the butter and marshmallows in a 3-quart saucepan. heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth.
• 4 remove the saucepan from the heat.
• 5 stir in the food color until the mixture is evenly colored.
• 6 pour the marshmallow mixture over the cereal and stir until the cereal is evenly coated.
• 7 lightly spray your hands with cooking spray.
• 8 for each tree, shape about 1/4 cup of the cereal mixture into a christmas tree shape on the cookie sheet.
• 9 press the candies into the trees to decorate. if using gumdrops, slice into the size of ornaments.
• 10 refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• 11 store the trees in a loosely covered container.