1. First step, prepare your work surface by placing a sheet of wax paper or parchment paper on the countertop. I call this “work smart”.

Stovetop

1. Place butter in a medium non-stick saucepan and melt on medium heat stirring constantly. I stress a non-stick pan because, trust me on this, if you use anything different you may just have a total mess and potentially burning the marshmallows. Oh, speaking of marshmallows I have a recipe for that too. You should try it sometime, it’s super easy. Check out my homemade marshmallow recipe.

Remove from heat

1. After marshmallow mixture has melted remove from heat and add vanilla, green food coloring and cornflakes. Using a buttered wooden spoon works best.

   Hint: Work quickly after combining all ingredients before the mixture cools down or the wreaths will be difficult to shape.

Shape treats

1. Before starting to shape wreaths butter your hands. Make a ball about the size of a golf ball (or smaller). Note: Make one wreath at a time before making the next ball.

   Using your thumbs push a hole in the center of the ball and make wreath shape. Place shaped wreath on waxed paper.

   While the wreath is still pliable immediately add red hot cinnamon candy to make the holly berries. I usually only use two red hots per wreath but add however many you want.

   Now, move on to making your next wreath. I can usually make about 16 -18 wreaths but it all depends on the size of the wreaths I make.

2. ENJOY!