Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats

A favorite classic becomes a holiday hit when you make this Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats Recipe for the holiday parties and cookie exchanges.

With some food coloring, pretzels, sprinkles, and a special cookie cutter you can turn a classic rice krispies treats into a special Christmas dessert. Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats taste yummy, but are also a fun activity to enjoy with the kids during the hustle and bustle of the season, and will add color and variety to your Christmas cookie plate.

Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats Recipe

To make these Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats, you will first make a batch of green rice krispie treats. Then you use a cookie cutter to cut the Christmas trees out, add sprinkles for lights, and a pretzel stick for a tree trunk.

Ingredients:

• 6 cups Rice Krispies Cereal (off-brand works fine too!)
• 10 ounces mini marshmallows
• 3 Tablespoons butter, cut into chunks
• Green gel food coloring
• Pretzel sticks
• Red, green & white holiday sprinkles

Materials:

• Toothpicks
• Christmas tree cookie cutter (mine was about 3″ tall)

Directions:

1. Line a 9×13 pan with wax paper.
2. Add the mini marshmallows and butter to a large saucepan and heat on low/medium heat, stirring occasionally. Once the mixture is about 1/2 melted, add several drops of green gel food coloring. 
3. Fold in the 6 cups of Rice Krispie cereal. 
4. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and gently press down evenly.
5. Sprinkle with green, red and white holiday sprinkles.
6. Place the pan in the fridge for 30 minutes. 
7. Remove from the fridge and use the Christmas Tree cookie cutter to cut out each Christmas tree as close together as possible.
8. Gently insert a toothpick into the base of each Christmas tree to form a hole for the pretzel stick.
9. Break off about 1/4 of the pretzel stick and insert the longer pretzel you have left into the base of the tree.
10. Repeat with all the Christmas Trees.

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Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treat Recipe

Use this recipe to make Rice Krispie treats shaped like Christmas Trees! Use a cookie cutter to cut the trees out of green rice krispies treats, add sprinkles for lights, and a pretzel stick for a tree trunk.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats Recipe, Christmas Tree Rice Krispies Treats Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes minutes

Cooling Time: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 18

Author Alea

Equipment

• 18 Toothpicks
• Christmas Tree Cookie Cutter 2 3/4 inch - 3 1/4 inch tall

Ingredients

• ▢ 6 cups Rice Krispies Cereal off-brand works fine too!
• ▢ 10 ounces mini marshmallows
• ▢ 3 Tablespoons butter cut into chunks
• ▢ Green gel food coloring
• ▢ Pretzel sticks
• ▢ Red, Green, and White Holiday Sprinkles

Instructions

• Line a 9x13 pan with wax paper.
• Add the mini marshmallows and butter to a large saucepan and heat on low/medium heat, stirring occasionally. Once the mixture is about 1/2 melted, add several drops of green gel food coloring.
• Fold in the 6 cups of Rice Krispie cereal.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and gently press down evenly.
• Sprinkle with green, red and white holiday sprinkles.
• Place the pan in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Remove from the fridge and use the Christmas Tree cookie cutter to cut out each Christmas tree as close together as possible.
• Gently insert a toothpick into the base of each Christmas tree to form a hole for the pretzel stick.
• Break off about 1/4 of the pretzel stick and insert the longer pretzel you have left into the base of the tree.
• Repeat with all the Christmas Trees.

More Holiday Rice Krispie Treats

Here are more Christmas Rice Krispie Treat recipes. These are an easy no-bake addition to holiday cookie platters.

Lump Of Coal Rice Krispie Treats

Double Chocolate Lump of Coal Rice Krispie Treats

Snowman Rice Krispie Treats

Santa Rice Krispie Treats

Reindeer Rice Krispie Treats