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These fun and delicious Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats are so easy to make and will be a big hit with your family and holiday party guests.

Closeup on five Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats sitting on a white table in front of two glass bowls filled with Mini Marshmallows and Rice Krispie Cereal.

Rice Krispie Treats in the shape of a Christmas Tree?  Yes, please!  These fun and delicious Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats are so easy to make and will be a big hit with your family and holiday party guests. Just a little food coloring, some sprinkles, and our amazing recipe you can easily add some Christmas spirit to a traditional Rice Krispie Treat. Remember the Two Sisters Crafting motto … Rice Krispie Treats DO NOT have to be square!

Ingredients You Will Need

All the ingredients you will need to make Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats including Mini Marshmallows, Rice Krispie Cereal, Butter, Sprinkles, Food Coloring and Green Icing.

How to Make the Rice Krispie Mixture

Closeup on a medium saucepan filled with warm Rice Krispie Treat mixture and a wooden spoon.

Step 1: The base for our Christmas Wreath Rice Krispie Treats is our Best Ever Rice Krispie Treat Recipe which we have adjusted and perfected over the years until it is now absolutely the best Rice Krispie Treat recipe we have ever tasted.  You can find all the directions you’ll need to make these delicious treats right here.

How to Color the Rice Krispie Mixture

Overhead shot on a white pan filled with Green Rice Krispie Treat mixture.

Step 2: You need to make a 4 cup batch (4 Tbsp. Butter/4 Cups Marshmallows/4 Cups Cereal) of Rice Krispie Treat mixture and tint it green.  Add the food coloring BEFORE you add the Rice Krispie Cereal.  We use Wilton Color Right Food Coloring.  It creates very vibrant colors without having to use a lot of food coloring.  Here is the Food Coloring Formula we used:  6 drops of yellow and 3 drops of Blue

How to Make the Christmas Trees

Collage image showing how to shape the Rice Krispie Treat mixture into Christmas Trees.

Step 3: Grab a handful of the green Rice Krispie Treat mixture. We measured out about 2 oz. for our trees.
Step 4: Shape the mixture into a cone-like Christmas Tree.

Decorating the Christmas Trees

Closeup on a Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treat sitting on a white table next to a glass bowl filled with Christmas Sprinkles.

Step 5:  Finally, decorate the Christmas Trees with sprinkles and Holiday M&M’s.    Make sure you do this part while the green Rice Krispie Treat mixture is still warm and sticky or the M&M’s will fall off later.  If you can’t get the placement exactly right, use a little bit of Green Icing to make the decorations stick to the Rice Krispie Treat tree.

Collage image showing four different ways to decorate the Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats.

You can make so many pretty designs with only sprinkles and M&M’s. This is a fun food-making project to do with the kids or grandkids.  

Closeup on a Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treat sitting on a white table surrounded by Red and Green M&M's and Christmas sprinkles.

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Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats

Yield 6 Trees
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes

These fun and delicious Christmas Tree Rice Krispie Treats are so easy to make and will be a big hit with your family and holiday party guests.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups Rice Krispie Treats Cereal
  • 4 cups Mini Marshmallows
  • 4 tablespoons Butter (Sweet Cream, Salted)
  • Wilton Color Right Food Coloring - Yellow, Blue
  • Christmas Sprinkles
  • Green Icing

Instructions

    1. The base for our Christmas Wreath Rice Krispie Treats is our Best Ever Rice Krispie Treat Recipe which we have adjusted and perfected over the years until it is now absolutely the best Rice Krispie Treat recipe we have ever tasted.  You can find all the directions you’ll need to make these delicious treats right here. You need to make a 3 cup batch (3 Tbsp. Butter/3 Cups Marshmallows/3 Cups Cereal) of Rice Krispie Treat mixture.
    2. Tint the Rice Krispie Treat mixture green.  Add the food coloring BEFORE you add the Rice Krispie Cereal.  We use Wilton Color Right Food Coloring.  It creates very vibrant colors without having to use a lot of food coloring.  Here is the Food Coloring Formula we used:  6 drops of yellow and 3 drops of Blue
    3. Grab a handful of the green Rice Krispie Treat mixture. We measured out about 2 oz. for our trees.
    4. Shape the mixture into a cone-like Christmas Tree.
    5. Finally, decorate the Christmas Trees with sprinkles and Holiday M&M's.    Make sure you do this part while the green Rice Krispie Treat mixture is still warm and sticky or the M&M’s will fall off later.  If you can't get the placement exactly right, use a little bit of Green Icing to make the decorations stick to the Rice Krispie Treat tree.
    6. Allow the Christmas Trees to completely cool before you store them.

Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!

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Cuisine: American / Category: Rice Krispie Treats