Cornflake Wreaths
Melted butter and mini marshmallows are tinted green, stirred into corn flakes, shaped into wreaths by hand and decorated with red hot candies.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp salted butter
- 10 oz miniature marshmallows
- 1-2 tsp green gel food coloring (more if you want a darker green)
- 5 cups corn flakes cereal not frosted flakes
- 30 red hot candies or mini M&M baking bits
- nonstick cooking spray for your hands
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet or large, sturdy cutting board with parchment or wax paper. Set aside.
- Set a large saucepot on medium heat. Melt the butter completely.
- Once melted, add the marshmallows. Heat over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the marshmallows are completely melted.
- Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of green gel coloring and stir gently until fully incorporated into the melted marshmallow mixture.
- Remove from the heat and add the corn flakes. Stir gently to coat all of the cereal.
- Spray your hands with nonstick spray. Take about 1/3 cup of the mixture for each wreath and form it into a tube shape/straight line.
- Connect the two ends to form a wreath, pressing the ends together and shaping the cereal until you get the wreath shape you want. A hole the size of a quarter helps create the wreath; any smaller and it will look more like a donut.
- Gently press three of the red hots or mini M&Ms into a cluster on the completed wreath while it's still slightly warm. Repeat until all mixture has been formed into wreaths.
Notes
- Gel food coloring gives a deep green without thinning the marshmallow. Liquid coloring takes more and can make the mixture sticky.
- Work while the mixture is warm. It firms up as it cools, so shape the wreaths right away. If you need to step away, reheat the mixture on low and stir once it begins to become pliable.
- Re-spray your hands every third wreath or so, so the cereal does not stick to your fingers. If you use kitchen gloves, you'll want to spray those too.
- Press the red hots/M&M minis in while the wreaths are still soft so they stay put.
- Storage: airtight at room temperature up to 3 days, with wax or parchment paper between layers.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 210kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 2gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 179mgPotassium: 29mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 433IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 5mg
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