How to Make Christmas Candy Wreaths

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Peppermint Christmas candy wreaths are great crafts to make and eat. You can create a melted peppermint candy wreath or use unopened hard peppermint candies for this project. Here's how to make a Christmas candy wreath.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Peppermint candies
Aluminum pie tin
Cookie sheet
Ribbon

Step 1

Pre-heat the oven to 250 degrees.
Step 2

Open a bag of hard, round Christmas peppermint candies and open each individual candy piece.
Step 3

Lay the candies around the edge of a pie tin. Make sure that the pieces are about a 1/2 inch from the edge of the tin and that all the pieces touch each other. Put the pie tin onto a cookie sheet.
Step 4

Place the cookie sheet in the oven for 3 to 5 minutes. Watch the candy as it heats. As soon as the candies melt together, remove the tin from the oven.
Step 5

Allow the wreath to cool for 15 minutes.
Step 6

Use a spatula to remove the cooled candy wreath from the pie tin.
Step 7

Tie a bow with ribbon onto the wreath and a piece of ribbon around the top of the wreath to hang it for decoration.

Tips & Warnings

Use different colors of peppermint candies and alternate the colors if you choose to make it multicolored.
You can make smaller wreaths in your pie tin and use them as Christmas ornaments.
You can also make a wreath without melting the candies. Make a circle with a coat hanger by twisting the ends with needle nose pliers. Tie a piece of ribbon around a piece of peppermint candy and tie the ribbon onto your wreath. Keep doing this until you have a full wreath of candy.
Children should be accompanied by an adult when making this craft.

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