Enjoy these colorful and crunchy cereal snack balls made using Cheerios® cereal and marshmallows - perfect for dessert.
Holiday Balls
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 40 large marshmallows
- 1/2 teaspoon green food color
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups Cheerios™ cereal
- Small gumdrops, sliced or cut into pieces
Instructions
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Step1Place a sheet of waxed paper on the kitchen counter.
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Step2Place the butter and 32 of the marshmallows in a 3-quart saucepan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
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Step3Stir in the food color and vanilla until the mixture is evenly colored. Stir in the cereal until it is evenly coated.
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Step4Lightly spray your hands with cooking spray. For each ball, shape about 1/2 cup cereal mixture into a ball around 1 of the remaining marshmallows. Press the gumdrop pieces into the balls to decorate. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Store the balls in a loosely covered container.
Nutrition
240
Calories
5g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
47g
Total Carbohydrate
26g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Ball
- Calories
- 240
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 5g
- 8%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 12%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 180mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 50mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 47g
- 16%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 6%
- Sugars
- 26g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 25%
- 25%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 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; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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