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candy wreath

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Recipe by
Megan Stewart
@GSMegan
Middletown, OH

My Aunt Margie brought Christmas Wreaths (those yummy cornflakes with cinnamon candies that I always picked off) to family get togethers. She shared the recipe with me when she found out I liked to cook. This is basically a rice krispies huge version, with frosting and M&Ms. Enjoy!

method Stove Top

Ingredients For candy wreath

  • 1 1/2 Tbsp
    butter
  • 5 oz
    marshmallows (20)
  • 3 c
    rice krispies
  • food coloring
  • vanilla frosting
  • 2 lb
    red and green m&ms
  • red bow

How To Make candy wreath

  • 1
    Melt butter, add marshmallows and melt completely then stir in food color and remove from heat before adding cereal. Coat hands with margarine and make a ring on waxed paper 7" in diameter. Stir food color to match candy, frost ring and press green candy all over wreath. Dab frosting onto red candy and clump together in threes to form berries. Attach to wreath. Put a dot of frosting on back of a bow to hold onto wreath. Slice and serve.
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