A creative and edible party favor for each guest, these cookie trees that reveal a hidden Santa chocolate will be the talk of the holidays.
Secret Santa Trees
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 25 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 container (12 oz) fluffy white or vanilla whipped ready-to-spread frosting
- 16 small foil-wrapped milk chocolate Santa candies
- 8 fudge-striped cookies
- 8 sugar-style ice cream cones with pointed ends
- 2 to 3 drops green food color
- Sugar sequins, sugar crystals or assorted decors
Instructions
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Step1For each tree, place small amount of frosting between backs of 2 wrapped Santa candies; attach to bottom of cookie with small amount of frosting.
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Step2Spread rim of cone with small amount of vanilla frosting. Attach over Santa to 1 cookie, chocolate side to cone. Stand upright on tray. Let stand 5 minutes.
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Step3Stir food color into remaining frosting; frost each tree with 3 tablespoons green frosting. Decorate with sugar sequins, crystals or decors as desired. For frosting to be firm to touch, prepare the day before serving.
Nutrition
400
Calories
19g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
54g
Total Carbohydrate
42g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Treat
- Calories
- 400
- Calories from Fat
- 170
- Total Fat
- 19g
- 30%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 42%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 110mg
- 4%
- Potassium
- 120mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 54g
- 18%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 6%
- Sugars
- 42g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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