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This edible rice krispie wreath is ooey gooey marshmallow perfection. The fun and festive presentation is spot on, and is great for large holiday parties!
Transform your rice krispie treats into a festive holiday wreath! For more Christmas treats try Soft Gingerbread Cookies, Peppermint Sugar Cookies, and Easy Brownie Christmas Trees.
The Kids LOVE it!
One of my family’s holiday favorites is Rice Krispie Treats because they are an easy to make treat that tastes amazing. This year we took it up a notch!!
This dessert is a show stopper. It looks absolutely amazing, and tastes delicious too! The kids love the presentation, green coloring, and classic rice krispie treat flavor they know and love (if you’re more of a corn flake fan you should try our Christmas Wreath Cookies).
There is a level of sophistication to this dessert because of it’s presentation. The added marshmallow cream piping is yum. Christmas Wreath Rice Krispie Treats is an adorable, fun and delicious Holiday dessert that will look great on your Christmas dessert table.
How to Make a Giant Rice Krispie Wreath
Wreath:
PREP. Generously grease a bundt pan with cooking spray and then line it with plastic wrap.
MARSHMALLOW MIXTURE. Using a large saucepan melt the butter over medium low heat. Once melted gradually add the marshmallows. Stir occasionally until all is melted together. Add the light and dark green food coloring and stir until incorporated. Remove the mixture from the heat.
COAT. Add the rice cereal, one cup at a time, and stir until evenly coated.
FORM & CHILL. Gently press the coated cereal into the bundt pan. Let the mold set, at room temperature, for 1 hour. Then, place it in the fridge for 30 minutes. While the mold is chilling make the topping.
TOPPING. Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and powdered sugar until fluffy, about 1 minute. Fold in the marshmallow fluff, vanilla and milk. Continue to fold until very smooth. Place the marshmallow mixture into a piping bag fitted with small round tip.
ASSEMBLE. Turn the rice mold out onto a platter. Remove the plastic wrap. Pipe the marshmallow topping over the wrath, dust with powdered sugar and decorate with cherry candies. Slice and serve.
Allergy: This is a really great dessert to serve for those with nut and gluten allergies. I do recommend you double check the ingredient labels. You can even make it dairy free using a butter and milk substitute.
Variations:
This wreath is designed to be a festive Christmas wreath. It’s super cute and really yummy. However, you can use the base recipe and make little changes to fit whatever celebration you are wanting to use it for. You can easily change the food coloring according to the holiday and add festive coordinating decorations.
For example: Serve it for a birthday. Use your child’s favorite color for the food coloring and replace the cherry candies with birthday sprinkles.
You can also add candy mix-ins like mini chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, M&M’s and more.
Keeping it Soft + Storing
I think we can all agree that none of us like to bite into a hard rice krispie treat. Here are a few tips that will keep your treats soft:
- Don’t use old marshmallows.
- Be careful not to overheat the marshmallows when you’re melting them.
- Don’t pack the rice krispie layer too tightly in the bundt pan
- Store it in airtight containers.
Serving and Storage: To store this wreath, wrap it tightly with plastic wrap. Store at room temperature for 2-3 days. It may keep even longer, but it will start to dry out. When you’re ready to cut the wreath use a medium serrated knife.
Leftovers can be wrapped in plastic, or stored in an airtight container. Keep at room temperature. For longer storage, be sure to place the wrapped pieces in a freezer Ziploc. It should be able to keep in the freezer for 6 weeks. Let it come to room temperature before eating.
For more Christmas treats, check out:
- Holiday Blossom Cookies
- Snowball Cookies
- Mini Hot Cocoa Cheesecakes
- Cream Puff Cake
- Peppermint Swirl Marshmallows
Rice Krispie Wreath Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
Wreath
- 3 (24 tbsp) sticks unsalted butter
- 24 oz mini marshmallows
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp dark green food coloring
- 1/4 tsp light green food coloring
- 9 c Krispy rice cereal
Marshmallow topping
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter softened
- 3/4 c powdered sugar
- 7 oz marshmallow fluff
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp milk
Decorations
- 1/4 c powdered sugar
- cherry sours
Instructions
Wreath
- Generously grease a bundt pan with cooking spray and then line it with plastic wrap.
- Using a large saucepan melt the butter over medium low heat. Once melted gradually add the marshmallows. Stir occasionally until all is melted together.
- Add the light and dark green food coloring and stir until incorporated. Remove the mixture from the heat.
- Add the rice cereal, one cup at a time, and stir until evenly coated.
- Gently press the coated cereal into the bundt pan. Let the mold set, at room temperature, for 1 hour. Then, place it in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Marshmallow topping
- While the mold is chilling make the topping.
- Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter and powdered sugar until fluffy, about 1 minute.
- FOLD in the marshmallow fluff, vanilla and milk. Continue to fold until very smooth.
- Place the marshmallow mixture into a piping bag fitted with small round tip.
Assemble
- Turn the rice mold out onto a platter. Remove the plastic wrap.
- Pipe the marshmallow topping over the wrath, dust with powdered sugar and decorate with cherry candies.
- Slice and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Love this!! It’s so perfect for any Christmas party. Rice krispies are always loved by everyone & this just makes them even better!
My kids and I made this yesterday for a school gathering and it was a huge hit!
The perfect way to have festive rice krispie treats. LOVED how easy it was to make and yet such an impressive looking treat!
This is so cute and we love how easy it is to make!
My first thought was how to get the wreath out of the bundt pan, but you have that covered. Tastes like a frosted Rice Krispie and is pretty and festive to set out.
Such a eye catching fun wreath to eat. Yummy and pretty!