Easy Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats

Last minute Christmas parties or school events… they happen to all of us. I’m not going to lie; this food blogger often defaults to Rice Krispie treats. They’re SO easy to make (ridiculously easy), they’re okay for my nut-free kids, and they’re relatively neat.

Meaning when my toddlers eat them, I won’t have to change their clothes. Or their teacher won’t have to spend 10 minutes cleaning up the table. And chairs. And floor.

I’ve seen a couple versions of Rice Krispie treat Christmas trees, but they’ve all been cone-shaped. These are way easier to make, and I’d argue they are just as cute. It’s as easy as dying them green, cutting them into triangles, and sticking a pretzel stick in them. The hardest part is getting the pretzel stick to not break.

Seriously, that’s the hardest part. I think you can handle this. Also – gentle but firm pressure is the key to the pretzel sticks. Plus if you break any, you have two options: a shorter tree trunk or a delicious pretzel snack.

Easy Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

•     6 cup Rice Krispies Cereal
•     Green Food Coloring
•     10.5 oz Marshmallows
•     3 Tablespoon Butter
•     3 oz white chocolate
•     12 Peppermint Candy
•     12 Miniature Reese’s Cups
•     Edible pearls, sprinkles, candies for decoration

Instructions

1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. Cut the foam that comes in a waffle cone pack to protect the cones, it will make much easier to shape the trees.
3. In a large saucepan melt the butter over low heat, then add marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
4. Stir in green food coloring to make mixture dark green.
5. Remove from heat and stir in Rice Krispies cereal (stir well until all cereal is well coated).
6. Grease your hands and form mixture into cone shapes, place trees onto prepared pan and set aside for several hours to firm up well.
7. Melt white chocolate and transfer to piping bag or zip-lock bag to pipe onto trees.
8. Pipe melted white chocolate like a garland around each tree.
9. Place edible pearls, star candies (you can use mini M&M candies, or whatever you have on hand) like ornaments onto the tree using a dots of chocolate as a glue.
10. Pipe chocolate on top of tree to attach peppermint candy.
11. Place a Reese’s upside down on pan and pipe chocolate on it and place tree on top.
12. Allow to set before serving.

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