Ingredients

  • 12 cup unsalted butter
  • 30 large marshmallows
  • 1 12 teaspoons liquid green food coloring
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 4 cups corn flakes
  • 2 tablespoons red-hot candies

Method

  • Melt butter over low heat.
  • Add marshmallows and melt them over low heat.
  • Stir the marshmallows constantly until smooth.
  • Remove from heat and add food coloring and vanilla.
  • Mix in cornflakes.
  • Keep the mixture warm by placing the saucepan in a large pot or skillet filled with 1 inch with hot water; replace water as it cools.
  • Working quickly so mixture does not harden, use 2 spoons, or lightly greased fingers to drop small mounds of cornflake mixture onto wax paper.
  • With lightly greased fingers, quickly form cornflake mixture in wreaths with holes in the center.
  • Immediately, decorate wreaths with red hots.
  • When wreaths dry you can string them on nylond string or gold ribbons for tree decorations or you can eat them!