Candy Christmas Tree

Total Time:Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Kathryn Luna, Dana Point, California

Tested by Taste of Home Test Kitchen

Updated on Jun. 27, 2023

This is the perfect centerpiece at your holiday get-together and the best thing about it is that it is eatable.—Kathryn Luna, Dana Point, California

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Candy Christmas Tree

Yield:1 tree
Prep:20 min

Ingredients

  • 1 cup vanilla frosting
  • Green liquid or paste food coloring
  • styrofoam cone (12 inches high)
    • 15 hard peppermint candies
    • 15 hard spearmint candies
    • 19 large red gumdrops
    • 19 large green gumdrops
    • 25 to 35 pieces crimped ribbon candy
    • 23 pieces cut rock candy
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Directions

  1. Tint frosting green. Place cone on a 9-in. plate; frost the sides and top of cone. Starting at the bottom, alternate peppermint and spearmint candies around the cone in a single row. Alternate red and green gumdrops in a row above candies.
  2. Arrange remaining candies in rows around the cone until reaching the top. Position a mint candy on the tip of the cone; top with a gumdrop.
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