1/2 cup butter
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1/2 tsp almond extract
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp green food color
4 cups corn flakes
red hot candies
silver dragées
Melt butter, add marshmallows, stirring until all marshmallows are melted. Add extracts and food coloring; stir until it is a uniform green color. When mixture is smooth, add corn flakes; mix well but gently so as not to crush the cornflakes. Form into wreath shapes on sheets of waxed paper, decorate with red cinnamon candies and silver dragées. Let cool.
Note: Reviewers, please help us out and note the yield. Thanks!
Erin in Ohio Dec 16, 2008
Would not make this again.
Maybe I am culinary challenged, but I had a hard time shaping these into wreaths. I ended up putting two red hots on each glob and I will call them "grinch cookies". I doubled the recipe and got 27 glob/wreaths. I probably didn't need to quite double the butter.
Alecia in St. Louis Dec 16, 2008
Would make this again.
My grandma makes these every year, and they're awesome. One of her "secrets" is that she uses a 1/4 measuring cup to measure the mixture and put it on the wax paper. Then she simply works a small hole into the center to make the shape. It's much easier than trying to form one out of a big clump!
A cookie baker in Plainfield, IL Dec 15, 2008
Would make this again.
These were simple for me and my 5 and 7 year old to make and VERY yummy!
Maxine in Florida Dec 13, 2008
Would make this again.
Grew up in WI my mom always made these, I love them. Haven't had these in over 20 years, and I have already eaten 3 today, had to mail away for the silver dragees, and I don't care I eat them anyway. Great cookies.
A cookie baker in Dyer, In Dec 12, 2008
Would make this again.
The kids LOVE these!!!
"Cheaters" version - just drop by spoonfuls on buttered sheet and place red candies in center (more like a holly) no shaping involved and of course they taste the same!!!!!
