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Ingredients

  • 6 individually wrapped Lime flavour ring-shaped hard candiesfrom a five flavour peg bag (150g)
  • 1 small cookie
  • 1 piece shoestring licorice (6 to 8 inch)

Method

  • Preheat oven to 325F.
  • Cover baking sheet with parchment paper or foil.
  • Cut a 1-1/2-inch piece of a plastic drinking straw; set aside to make hole in ornament.
  • Using ring-shaped hard candies sold in a bag; unwrap 7 green and 1 yellow candy.
  • Arrange green ring-shaped hard candy on paper in tree shape, using 1 candy in top row, 2 in centre row and 3 in bottom row.
  • Add yellow candy to bottom as tree trunk.
  • Bake 3 to 6 min.
  • or until candies are melted.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Make a hole, about 1/2 inch from the top, by pressing the drinking straw piece into ornament, leaving in place until candy is cooled.
  • While still warm, use a knife to press yellow candy into a square shape for tree trunk.
  • Cool completely before removing ornament from paper.
  • Gently remove straw.
  • Thread a 6- to 8-inch piece of yarn, ribbon or shoestring licorice into the hole in tree to hang the ornament.