Chocolate Christmas Tree
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Rockin’ around the Christmas tree.. or should I say, the Chocolate Christmas Tree. Yessssssss that sounds so much better!
This Chocolate Christmas Tree is anything but boring.
Tasty √
Cute to look at √
Easy to make √
It will make adorable little sweet appetizers for any holiday gathering and your kids will enjoy helping you make these too!
What You Need to Make Chocolate Christmas Tree Treats:
- Regular sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Snack sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Miniature Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- White Decorator’s Icing
- Black Decorator’s Icing
- White Decorating Gel
- Holiday sprinkles
- Star shaped sprinkles
How to Make Chocolate Christmas Tree Treats:
- Unwrap a snack sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and place it upside down on a flat surface.
- Apply a bit of black icing to the top of the snack sized candy cup.
- Unwrap a regular sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and place it upside down on top of the snack sized peanut butter cup.
- Repeat steps 1-3 to create a second layer of candy. Remember to apply black icing between the layers to hold them together.
- Place one more upside down snack sized Peanut Butter Cup on top of the two layers of candy.
- Apply some icing to the top of the snack sized cup, and press a miniature Peanut Butter Cup on top of it.
- Fill the top of the miniature Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup with white icing.
- Place a star-shaped sprinkle on top of the white icing.
- Put the candy Christmas trees into the freezer to set the icing that is holding the layers together. Remove them after about 10 minutes.
- Use Decorator gel icing to create a garland around the layers of the candy Christmas tree.
- Hold the candy tree over a paper plate, and apply some holiday colored sprinkles to the wet gel icing garland.
- Return the candy trees to the freezer to set for another 5-10 minutes, and serve.
You can pre-make these and refrigerate them prior to a holiday party. You can even allow them to dry and then put them in some plastic wrapping for gift giving.
Chocolate Christmas Tree
Ingredients
- Regular sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Snack sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Miniature Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- White Decorator’s Icing
- Black Decorator’s Icing
- White Decorating Gel
- Holiday sprinkles
- Star shaped sprinkles
Instructions
- Unwrap a snack sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and place it upside down on a flat surface.
- Apply a bit of black icing to the top of the snack sized candy cup.
- Unwrap a regular sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and place it upside down on top of the snack sized peanut butter cup.
- Repeat steps 1-3 to create a second layer of candy. Remember to apply black icing between the layers to hold them together.
- Place one more upside down snack sized Peanut Butter Cup on top of the two layers of candy.
- Apply some icing to the top of the snack sized cup, and press a miniature Peanut Butter Cup on top of it.
- Fill the top of the miniature Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup with white icing.
- Place a star-shaped sprinkle on top of the white icing.
- Put the candy Christmas trees into the freezer to set the icing that is holding the layers together. Remove them after about 10 minutes.
- Use Decorator gel icing to create a garland around the layers of the candy Christmas tree.
- Hold the candy tree over a paper plate, and apply some holiday colored sprinkles to the wet gel icing garland.
- Return the candy trees to the freezer to set for another 5-10 minutes, and serve.
Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.
