CRISPY CHRISTMAS TREES

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These holiday novelties will draw admiring comments wherever you serve them- a sprinkle of sugar supplies a yuletide touch to each fanciful hand-shaped creation. -Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 15m

Yield about 1-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
2 cups pastel miniature marshmallows
3 cups crisp rice cereal
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
Green decorator's sugar
Assorted sprinkles, optional
Confectioners' sugar

Steps:

In a heavy saucepan, melt butter. Stir in marshmallows; cook and stir over low heat until melted. Remove from the heat; stir in cereal and pecans. Let cool just enough to handle. , With greased hands, shape into trees. (Work quickly, as the cereal hardens quickly and becomes difficult to form.) Roll in green sugar. If desired, decorate with sprinkles. Place on a serving tray; dust with confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 57 calories, Fat 3g fat (1g saturated fat), Cholesterol 3mg cholesterol, Sodium 58mg sodium, Carbohydrate 9g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.