Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats

Turn standard cereal into some tasty Christmas treats that are improved with peanut butter, marshmallows and melted chocolate. The treats can be dyed red and green or blue and silver, to match the season. Definitely one for the kids.

Ingredients

 * Cheerios, Rice Krispies or Chex
 * Peanut butter, marshmallows, or whipped cream
 * Chocolate chips
 * Food dye–red and green or blue and silver

Steps

 * 1) Add cereal to a medium-sized bowl.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 1.jpg|center]]
 * 2) Mix the marshmallows or peanut butter with the chocolate chips.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 2.jpg|center]]
 * 3) *For this step, you can use peanut butter, marshmallows, or even whipped cream. If using whipped cream, heat it just a bit so it melts, in the microwave only.
 * 4) Heat the chocolate mixture on low.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 3.jpg|center]]
 * 5) Stir the mixture until completely melted.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 4.jpg|center]]
 * 6) Split the chocolate batter into two smaller bowls.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 5.jpg|center]]
 * 7) Dye one bowl of melted chocolate red and one green. Or, dye one blue and one silver.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 6.jpg|center]]
 * 8)  Pour half of the cereal into one bowl and pour the other half of the cereal into the other bowl.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 7.jpg|center]]
 * 9) Stir each mixture to combine the cereal with the different colors of chocolate mixture. Combine thoroughly.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 8.jpg|center]]
 * 10) Let the mixture cool. Putting it in the fridge is a good but optional step.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 9.jpg|center]]
 * 11) Use a knife or spoon to un-clump the cereal pieces and to keep them from sticking to the sides of the bowl.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 10.jpg|center]]
 * 12) Top it with white sprinkles and your chocolate covered cereal pieces are now ready to eat.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Step 11.jpg|center]]
 * 13) Finished.[[Image:Make Chocolate Coated Cereal Christmas Treats Final.jpg|center]]

Thing's You'll Need

 * 1 medium bowl
 * Spoon
 * 2 small bowls
 * Oven