It's very easy to make, and frankly, tastes best while you're assembling it, when the coating is still all warm... irresistible. Try it with a bunch of friends and see if you don't eat it all before the wreath is even formed. :)
Corn Flakes Christmas Wreath
1/3 cup butter
4 cups mini marshmallows
1 teaspoon green food coloring
6 cups corn flakes
Red cinnamon candies
In a large pot over low heat, melt butter. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from head. Stir in food coloring. Stir in corn flakes until well coated.
On wax paper or parchment paper, dump out the corn flakes and shape them into a wreath. Decorate with cinnamon candies.
It's easiest to cut the wreath in pieces while the coating is still warm, since it hardens as it cools. I think parchment paper is best if you have it; at any rate the wreath manages to stick even to wax paper. Make sure to press in the cinnamon candies before the coating sets.
No recipe post of mine is finished until there's been a closeup:
Also, you could make a bunch of tiny wreaths instead of one big one... but I wouldn't go to all that trouble for something that's not likely to last long. :)
6 comments:
I make these every year but I add a tsp of vanilla and tsp of praline and use mini m&ms instead of red hots......they fly off the plate at every holiday party.
The M&Ms are a good idea, since red hots are hard to chew on!
I made this for Christmas, thank you Rachel!! =))
Oh cool, I'm glad someone used the recipe! :)
Have made them for years. Also add vanilla, and make individual wreaths, about 2 to 3 inches across. Always include them on cookie plates I give for Christmas. They take time to make, but add color to the gift plate.
....Thank you for sharing, I made a big wreath this year for the first time---just because of you.
Thank *you* for sharing. I'll have to try adding vanilla next time.
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