Corn flakes coated with green-tinted marshmallow make a festive and convincing bouquet of holiday holly. These can also be formed into nests for Easter*.
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter
3 cups miniature marshmallows
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon green food color
4 cups corn flakes cereal
red hot candies or red mini M&Ms, and silver dragées (not pictured)
Directions
- 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 3″ mounds on sheets of waxed paper, decorate with red cinnamon candies or red mini M&Ms and silver dragées (not pictured). Let cool.
Notes
- * For Easter Nests: use 1/2 teaspoon of green food coloring for a light green, or try other spring colors such as light blue or light pink. Form each cookie into a nest shape (round with an indentation in the middle) and top with small jelly beans to be the eggs in the center of the nest.