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:

1. Unwrap a snack sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and place it upside down on a flat surface.
2. Apply a bit of black icing to the top of the snack sized candy cup.
3. Unwrap a regular sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and place it upside down on top of the snack sized peanut butter cup.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 to create a second layer of candy. Remember to apply black icing between the layers to hold them together.
5. Place one more upside down snack sized Peanut Butter Cup on top of the two layers of candy.
6. Apply some icing to the top of the snack sized cup, and press a miniature Peanut Butter Cup on top of it.
7. Fill the top of the miniature Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup with white icing.
8. Place a star-shaped sprinkle on top of the white icing.
9. Put the candy Christmas trees into the freezer to set the icing that is holding the layers together. Remove them after about 10 minutes.
10. Use Decorator gel icing to create a garland around the layers of the candy Christmas tree.
11. Hold the candy tree over a paper plate, and apply some holiday colored sprinkles to the wet gel icing garland.
12. 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

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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

1. Unwrap a snack sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and place it upside down on a flat surface.
2. Apply a bit of black icing to the top of the snack sized candy cup.
3. Unwrap a regular sized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, and place it upside down on top of the snack sized peanut butter cup.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 to create a second layer of candy. Remember to apply black icing between the layers to hold them together.
5. Place one more upside down snack sized Peanut Butter Cup on top of the two layers of candy.
6. Apply some icing to the top of the snack sized cup, and press a miniature Peanut Butter Cup on top of it.
7. Fill the top of the miniature Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup with white icing.
8. Place a star-shaped sprinkle on top of the white icing.
9. Put the candy Christmas trees into the freezer to set the icing that is holding the layers together. Remove them after about 10 minutes.
10. Use Decorator gel icing to create a garland around the layers of the candy Christmas tree.
11. Hold the candy tree over a paper plate, and apply some holiday colored sprinkles to the wet gel icing garland.
12. Return the candy trees to the freezer to set for another 5-10 minutes, and serve.