Sensory overload and I love every minute of it.
Freshly cut pine boughs as you brush by the tree. Cinnamon and cloves gently lollying in a saucepan of hot apple cider. The overwhelming wall of perfume spritzers as you enter the department store. And hot deliciousness baking in the oven.
They’re the smells of Christmas.
Between creating homemade gifts for the neighbors and keeping up with Smudge’s cookie cutter creation requests, I’ll be baking up a storm this month.
One of the easiest recipes we would whip up were the classic no-bake holiday wreath cookies with those little red hot berries. I never did like those berries, they were just too hard for my taste.
This year I did some updating to the recipe, making it creamier, mintier and chewier with my newly minted—DOH!—White Chocolate Peppermint Wreath Cookies. Just like Mr. Mac says, “I think you’re gonna like them.”
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White Chocolate and Peppermint Christmas Wreath Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, plus one tablespoon at room temperature
- 1 10- ounce package of miniature marshmallows
- 1 ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 teaspoons green food coloring
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 4 cups toasted rice or corn flake cereal
- ¼ to ⅓ cup chewy cinnamon candies such as Hot Tamales® cut in half
Instructions
- Prepare baking sheet with wax paper. Butter wax paper and set aside.
- In large saucepan or Dutch oven, melt ½ cup butter over medium heat. Add marshmallows and stir continuously until melted, scraping sides of pan so sugar crystals don’t form.
- Turn heat to low. Add peppermint extract and green food coloring and mix well. Add white chocolate chips and stir until melted. Add cereal and mix well until all cereal flakes are well coated.
- Coat hands with some of remaining tablespoon of butter. Take about ¼ cup of cereal mixture and form wreath shapes on wax paper coated baking sheet. Decorate each wreath with 3-6 cinnamon candy halves, cut side down.
- Allow to cool for about an hour before serving. Store in an airtight container in single layers separated by wax paper or on baking sheet covered in plastic wrap for 4-5 days.
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I used to make these when I was young and liked the little Red Hots (cinnamon candies). However, another alternative not mentioned yet is red Sixlets candies (chocolate candies with hard candy shell — similar to an M&M but more round in shape).
I ran across your recipe for Peppermint Christmas Wreaths.
How do you form the wreaths? Any tips? (I am NO Betty Crocker).
Also, how many wreaths are created?
thank you
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I have fond memories of making Christmas wreaths when I was little. Your recipe sounds delicious, and ours never quite looked as good as yours.
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Hi! I’m new to this blog! I LOVE wreath cookies – my fave from childhood. Would love to try your version. Is the recipe posted somewhere? I’m not seeing it here – maybe it’s somewhere obvious and I’m missing it for some reason, but they sure do look delicious.
Thanks!
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Thank so much for the shout out on my edible gifts! I always love your Friday faves. =) Happy Holidays, Heidi!
I literally can’t stay away from these! I love your spin ♥
I love the black and white reference. It’s so odd to think that kids these days will never experience something so simple. This is such a fun update on a classic recipe, love it! And btw, truly so awesome meeting you this weekend. Hope to see you again.
And great meeting you! I hope our paths cross again in the not to distant future. In the meantime, there’s always the blogs to keep us in touch!
Love the wreaths….so cute! My kids would go crazy if I made those for them. :)
Eeek I love these little wreaths! Have never seen anything like them, so funny how every family has their classics that others have never seen. Ours is Sicilian Cucidati cookies – it just isn’t Christmas without them :)
I never did like those little red hots. Any time I need a small red bite for decorating, I use the mini holiday M&Ms flipped upside down. Chocolate > spicy red hots.
Cute little wreaths!
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How cute! Love it!
These wreaths are just the cutest! Pinned :)
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These are an awesome departure from santa and reindeer shaped cookies, love them!
My aunt always makes wreath cookies for the holidays, yours are stunning! And they sound way more delicious too!
Can’t wait for the new mag to come out! I was really hoping to get to Mixed this year, now I’m having the regret that comes from not signing up! Next year!
Have a great day!