This past weekend my 11-y.o. baker was in search for a dessert to put on the table to please our guests. She followed some YouTuber’s eclair recipe but it was a fail. We only had 1 hour before our guests arrive. Luckily that morning I stumbled in my Facebook feed a recipe for a Chocolate Pine Cones. It looked very festive and perfect for a holiday season. We already had all the ingredients on hand and let me tell you – in a nutshell it’s Crunchy, Salty, Sweet, Festive and Delicious. Not only this recipe came out delicious, but my 11 y.o. completed it from scratch in under an hour, our guests were in Aww and WOW and applauding. She definitely deserved the compliments.
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Now let me tell you how to make it and I know that you and your young ones will have fun making it.
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What you need: No baking required – Just mix and assemble
Inspiration and adaptation from Handmade Charlotte
- 3 cups Chex Chocolate cereal or comparable
- 6 pretzel sticks (I used the thicker dipping sticks)
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup Nutella (chocolate hazelnut spread)
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- Powdered sugar for decorative sprinkling
Directions: Things may get messy at first but do not worry.
- Mix the peanut butter, Nutella and butter in a bowl.
- Take a pretzel stick and mold some of the peanut butter mixture around it, forming a slight cone shape.
- Holding it steady by using the tip of the pretzel as a handle, start inserting pieces of chex cereal into the peanut butter mixture in a symmetrical pattern around the stick. Add more cereal pieces, staggering them as you move upward, until you get near the top.
- If your pine cone is getting too tall, cut off the top of the pretzel and add a dollop of peanut butter mixture to cover it. Insert a few more triangle pieces of cereal into the top of the pine cone.
- Set Pine cones in the fridge for 15-30 minutes
- Lastly For a “snowy” effect, dust the pine cones with powdered sugar.
Now the question is – How do you eat a pine cone? It is very easy. After you refrigerate them for 30 minutes, they become hard for an easy bite with the salty, sweet and crunchy effect. They will be gone in no time
Let me know what you think of these Snowy Chocolate edible pine cones? Have you tried it yet?
These are SO adorable! I love snacks and desserts that are sweet, salty and crunchy and these are so perfect for the Holidays.
How fun is that. That is something the kids could enjoy it and I could have fun with two. It has everything we love in it so hopefully we could actually make the tree without eating everything ahead of time. LOL.
What a beautiful festive treat. My older grandchildren could make these with just a little guidance. They would have so much fun and learn in the process plus we would have a treat for later!
What a beautiful creation. They are too beautiful to eat. Snowy Chocolate edible pine cones are such a great idea. I really love this and will surely try to make it as good as your creation.
This is a very creative pine cone! I think my younger cousins would enjoy doing this for the holidays.
What a super cute snack for the kids! I bet they would have fun making some with me!
This is a a great idea! It’s like a craft and a treat wrapped in one!
Who knew you could eat pine cones!?! Just kidding. These look delicious and I can’t wait to make them for my chocoholic family!
That looks so fantastic! Love that cute recipe. Hope i could try this on the coming holidays and eat this with my family
That is so cool! My kids would love this!
These look delicious! It’s so funy I thought they were real pincecones when I saw the picture.