Crispy Christmas Trees

  Desserts

These holiday novelties will draw admiring comments wherever you serve them— a sprinkle of sugar supplies a yuletide touch to each fanciful hand-shaped creation.

Crispy Christmas Trees

Average Rating: 3

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 15 min.
YIELD: about 1-1/2 dozen.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 cups pastel miniature marshmallows
  • 3 cups crisp rice cereal
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
  • Green decorator's sugar
  • Assorted sprinkles, optional
  • Confectioners' sugar

Instructions

  • 1. In a heavy saucepan, melt butter. Stir in marshmallows; cook and stir over low heat until melted. Remove from the heat; stir in cereal and pecans. Let cool just enough to handle.
  • 2. With greased hands, shape into trees. (Work quickly, as the cereal hardens quickly and becomes difficult to form.) Roll in green sugar. If desired, decorate with sprinkles. Place on a serving tray; dust with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts

1 each: 57 calories, 3g fat (1g saturated fat), 3mg cholesterol, 58mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

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