Corn Flake Holly
"Are these party favors?" one of my sisters-in-law said the first time she saw my family's dessert contribution, Cornflake Holly, at the family Christmas party. "Refrigerator magnets?" a brother-in-law asked. "Looks like plastic, but fully edible," my helpful husband explained.
I think my mom got the recipe out of a Ladies Home Journal in the 1960's; it was my brothers and sister and my favorite Christmas treat to make and eat, growing up on Crestland, and it's even better now, because my own kids have discovered you can dye them black and purple for Halloween.
It's a variation on good old Rice Crispy treats. You use cornflakes instead, dye everything green, coat your fingers with butter so they don't burn while you shape the mixture into little holly shaped clumps, add those little red cinnamon candies for berries and you're done.
6 cups cornflakes
1 bag marshmallows
3 tablespoons butter
green food coloring
red cinnamon candies
Melt butter and marshmallows in pan on stove, add drops of green food coloring, the more drops, the darker green they will be. Stir in cornflakes.
Once cornflakes are coated, take mixture off of burner, and immediately form into little clumps, allowing the youngest children to add the red cinnamon candies while cookies are still sticky. If mixture gets cold there is nothing you can do with it. (Remember the butter for your fingers.)
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