No-Bake Holiday Treats
Recipe from Betty Crocker

From Betty's Soul Food Collection... Everyone's sweet on this no-bake holiday treat--crunchy cereal mixed with gooey marshmallows and decorated with glittery sugar magic. Pop some in boxes for gifts, too.


No-Bake Holiday Treats

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Servings: 16 treats
Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Related Categories: More Holidays, No Bake, No Bake Cookies
 
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Ingredients
  • 6   cups
    Honey Nut Cheerios® cereal
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  • 1/3   cup
    butter or margarine
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  • 4 1/2   cups
    miniature or 48 large marshmallows
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  • 5   ounces
    vanilla-flavored candy coating
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    Edible glitter, colored sugar or candy sprinkles, as desired
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Directions
1.
Butter bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan. In very large bowl, place cereal. In 3-quart saucepan, heat butter and marshmallows over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth. Pour over cereal; stir until cereal is well coated.
2.
Using buttered back of spoon, press mixture evenly in pan. Let stand at room temperature about 1 hour or until firm.
3.
Loosen edges of cereal mixture with metal spatula; remove from pan. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters about 1 inch deep. In small bowl, microwave candy coating on High 1 to 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds, until melted and smooth. Dip tops of treats in coating, or drizzle coating over top of each. Sprinkle with edible glitter.

No-Bake Cereal Surprises:
In very large bowl, place cereal. In 3-quart saucepan, heat butter and marshmallows over low heat, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth. Pour over cereal; stir until cereal is well coated. Let stand 5 minutes or until cool enough to handle. For each treat, lightly butter hands and shape 1/4 cup cereal mixture around 1 large gumdrop or milk chocolate candy drop or piece. Immediately roll each in candy sprinkles.

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Nutrition information
Calories 190 (Calories from Fat 70); Total Fat 7g (Saturated Fat 4g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 10mg; Sodium 140mg; Total Carbohydrate 28g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 18g); Protein 2g. Daily Values: Vitamin A 8%; Vitamin C 6%; Calcium 6%; Iron 15%. Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 0 Medium-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat. Carbohydrate Choices: 2. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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