Christmas Treats - Krispie Trees

Does anybody else just want it to be December already?! Since I'm in Christmas mode I thought I'd attempt these super cute (and kinda fiddly) Christmas trees.

I was kind of reluctant to post this because, as you can see, with the New Zealand summer weather - my icing melted really quick! Grrr. 

You will need:

• 6 cups of ordinary Ricies cereal
• 3 tbsp of butter 
• Green food colouring
• 10.5 oz of marshmallows
• A pack of miniature Reese’s Cups
• 1/3 cup of M&M Minis
• Candy stars - anything edible you can find!
• 3 cups of icing sugar
• 3 tbsp of milk
• 3 tbsp of glucose syrup 

Directions:

• Line a tray with baking paper.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter over low heat.
• Add the marshmallows and stir until completely melted.
• Add enough food coloring to make mixture green.
• Remove from heat.
• Add the cereal and stir until cereal is well coated.
• Allow to set around 3-4 minutes.
• Butter (or wet) your hands and form mixture into cone shapes.
• Place cones onto prepared pan.
• Allow to cool and firm up.
• Mix icing sugar, milk and glucose syrup in a bowl until smooth.
• Transfer to piping bag to  pipe onto your Christmas trees.
• Pipe like a garland around each tree.
• Space M&M minis like ornaments onto icing.
• Dab some icing on top of tree to act as glue and attach your star.
• Place a Reese’s upside down on pan. Pipe icing on it and place tree on top.
• Allow to set before serving.

Oooh and if you're anything like me - make sure you've got extra Reese's Pieces on hand. I ate most of them while I was baking haha. 

Enjoy! X