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 and silver dragées (not pictured)
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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 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.