Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats
Servings: 9 trees
Calories: 248cal
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 10 oz marshmallows or 4 cups miniature marshmallows
- 6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- 1 cup marshmallow cream
- Various candies for decorations licorice twists, broken candy canes, M&Ms, etc
Instructions
- In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
- Add Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated.
- Using buttered spatula or wax paper evenly press mixture into 13x9 pan coated with cooking spray. Cool.
- Use a Christmas tree shaped cookie cutter to get as many trees from the rice krispie treats as you can.
- Fill a piping bag or plastic zipper sandwich bag with marshmallow cream. Pipe onto the trees to create diagonal lines.
- Add candy decorations to the diagonal lines.
Notes
- If you prefer to use the microwave to melt the marshmallow mixture, heat butter and marshmallows on HIGH for 3 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes. Stir until smooth.
- We ended up with 9 Christmas tree treats from our batch. However, depending on the size of your cookie cutter, the number of treats you end up with could vary.
- You could skip the cookie cutter all together and simply cut the treats into long triangles.
- Nutritional info does not include candy decorations.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tree | Calories: 248cal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 157mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 1358IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 6mg
