| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr |
| Active: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 15 wreaths |
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons salted butter
- One 10-ounce package mini marshmallows
- 1 teaspoon green food coloring
- 5 cups cornflakes
- Nonstick cooking spray, for your hands
- 45 small red cinnamon candies
Instructions
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Add the marshmallows and cook, stirring, until melted. Add the green food coloring and stir until evenly distributed. Remove from the heat, add the cornflakes and stir until well coated.
- Spray your hands with nonstick spray as needed during this step to ease in the shaping of the wreaths. Take 1/3 cup of the mixture and form an even log. Join the ends of the log together to form a wreath. Place the wreath onto one of the prepared baking sheets. Continue with the remaining cornflake mixture.
- Decorate each wreath with 3 small cinnamon candies. Let sit to firm before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 15 servings |
| Calories | 271 |
| Total Fat | 13 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 43 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 28 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 8 mg |
| Sodium | 111 mg |
Reviews
Fun to see this recipe. I’m almost 60 and this has been a holiday cookie staple my entire life.
Many thanks to those who said to make a ball and poke a hole. It worked like a charm. I sprayed an ice cream scooper a the rounded the end of a wooden spoon to make the hole and then just shaped it a little bit.
Turned out beautifully by flattening slightly then making a whole in the middle. Used red mini M&Ms for the holly… who doesn’t love chocolate.
These were easy to prepare, but a pain to roll into a log and make a circle. The mixture was literally falling apart as I was trying. I had moderately better success by scooping out the proportions and leaving them set up for awhile then reshaping them. The candies also did not stick or stay on very well. Another disappointment.
WE have made these since I was a girl and I am over 60 years. My mother-in-law who was the head baker for a university in the midwest taught me to use ice cubes on my hands for these and for rice krispie treats to form them. I keep a bowl of ice next to the mixture, cool my hands, and form. You usually can form 2-3 before cooling your hands.
I dont know how you made such little one i had a big mess with sticky hands even after spraying thme with oil.
Wreaths are difficult. Made them into clumps & added sprinkles. They looked nice & taste the same!
Can these be frozen? Oven broken!
Yummy
This has been a Christmas favorite for me for 50 years. Now it’s a tradition for our 30 yr old son who still must have every year. I’ve also used silver dragees as well. ❤️❤️❤️