happy holidays Deronda here with foods 101 today i'm showing you how to make these edible
christmas corn flake wreaths they're absolutely fabulous during the holidays and i don't know
anybody that doesn't love these the ingredients you're going to need is 5 cups of unfrosted
corn flakes 40 regular marshmallows or you can use four cups of miniature marshmallows which is a 10
ounce bag one teaspoon of pure vanilla extract 1/ 4 cup of cubed butter this is a half stick four
tablespoons i have edible candies that i'm going to use for the berries in our wreath i'm using
green food coloring and i've got candy shreds that i'm going to add on my wreaths to act like
snowflakes they're really super adorable in a 3 quart saucepan or skillet add your butter over
medium heat add all your marshmallows now if your butter starts bubbling i've turned down
your heat to medium low which i'm gonna do it this time we're gonna let these marshmallows
blend in with our butter keep an eye on them now that the marshmallows are almost melted
i'm going to add that pure vanilla extract and again if you think it's getting a little too
warm you can remove your skillet or your pan off the heat marshmallows have melted into our
butter and vanilla we're going to turn off the heat add the green food coloring if you want to
make these a light green you may if you want to make them a darker green then you're going to add
more green food coloring oh and that looks wonderful
i want them a little bit more green so i'm going to add a little bit more food coloring if you want
to leave it lighter then you can use less green food coloring you want to incorporate this until
it's well blended you don't want any white or green streaks here in your marshmallow mixture add
all your corn flakes as you see these cornflakes aren't covered with sugar that's really what
you're looking for with a spoon fold our corn flakes in with our green marshmallow mixture
be sure when you're folding it in that you don't squish your corn flakes because you want your corn
flakes nice and whole when you start shaping them into the size of wreaths i've got all of my corn
flakes coated with the marshmallow mixture i'm adding a spoon about this size dig right into
it and we're going to add it over here onto a parchment lined cookie sheet now if you don't
have parchment paper just go ahead and butter your cookie sheet a little bit you don't want these
sticking i find that it's better to use a silicone spoon because it's not going to stick we're going
to let these cool down for a little bit before we start shaping them into wreaths don't want our
fingers now that they've cooled down a little bit they're very cool right now
but they're still pliable and just start shaping them into your wreath add extra
over here from your pot if needed because you want them tightly pushed together so they won't
fall apart when you get ready to eat them very simple and easy to do now if you think that
they're sticking to your fingers a little too much you can put a little bit of butter on the end of
your fingertips or you can dip your fingertips in water make sure that your water's not really
saturated on your fingertips it'll also keep the marshmallow from sticking to your fingers these
are going to be so much fun get the kids in the kitchen during the holidays they would love to
be creative with these christmas wreaths before your wreaths start to harden you're going to add
your little holly berries and these are edible candy pearls if you'd like to use miniature m
ms or red hots you can do that too i love adding a little dusting of this candy shred it makes it
look like it's been snowing on these candy wreaths and also be sure to put it over parchment paper
because you can lift your parchment paper up and use your candy flakes these are almost set up not
quite but they're getting there i think that makes it so festive and really put you in the holiday
spirit you can prepare these three or four days in advance and store them in an airtight container
at room temperature before serving now i'm going to show you how to make my giant cornflake wreath
add your remaining ingredients here on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper or butter
and we're going to mold it into a big giant christmas wreath if it gets too hard on you
you can put this in the oven on 250 for about five or ten minutes and it will really soften up on you
that's what i've had to do here work it into the size of wreath we're wanting so what do you think
you think we should make it a little bit bigger which we could by stretching it
because it's so pliable i like this shape right here we're coming back with our little candied
pearls if you want to use larger ones you be my guest but this time i'm going to put three
together so it can represent the hollies on your fresh wreaths during the holidays i love
integrating the green berries with the red i love the contrast it gives we're going to add
our little sprinkles of snow before it completely sets up reason i love using this parchment paper
is we can add our candy shreds right back into the bottle and use for another time i want to
show you what it looks like on the inside now this recipe makes 18 small christmas wreaths like this
or you can make one large wreath or you can make eight little wreaths and then a larger wreath
but i'm gonna leave that up to you and see how it just breaks open it just pulls apart everyone
loves these gotta give it a try mmm trace the marshmallows oh so buttery and nice
these are so fun and festive for your large wreath you can use a serrated knife
and cut whatever you'd like to eat off your giant size wreath and how fabulous
is that i just love these edible christmas corn flake wreaths leave me a comment give me thumbs up
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million for watching you all happy holidays stay safe i'll catch you lovely people later