Winter Wonderland Castle

Name: Winter Wonderland Castle
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 candy canes, 3 inches long; 567 grams package vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark); 1 Betty Crocker® chewy fruit snack roll (from 4.5-ounce package); 7 graham cracker squares, 2 1/2 inches; 14 inches Foamcore board or heavy cardboard, 16x; 9 sugar-style ice-cream cones with pointed ends; 298 grams bag miniature marshmallows; 16 pretzel rods, about 9 inches long; 1 serving Red string licorice, cut into 5-inch strips; 26 grams roll ring-shaped hard candy; 1 serving Betty Crocker® red colored sugar, red and green candy decors

Winter Wonderland Castle might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 1 servings with 5431 calories, 19g of protein, and 185g of fat each. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 30 minutes. It will be a hit at your Winter event. Head to the store and pick up colored sugar, pretzel rods, string licorice, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the heavy cream you could follow this main course with the Homemade Blizzards with Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs as a dessert.

Instructions

Make corner posts of castle by securing 4 pretzel rods with twist tie or rubber band at the middle. Make sure that one end of group of pretzel rods is even so they stand upright easily. Repeat 3 times to make 4 corner posts; set aside.

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Pretzel Rods

Place 6 squares of candy coating in 4-cup microwavable measuring cup. Microwave uncovered on High 1 minute; stir. Microwave 1 to 2 minutes longer, stirring well every 30 seconds, until smooth. Candy coating will be used to attach pieces of castle.

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Almond Bark

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Measuring Cup

Microwave

Add squares coating as needed, and microwave 10 to 15 seconds at a time, stirring until smooth.

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Microwave

Dip 2 inches of bottoms (level end) of 1 corner post of pretzels into coating.

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Pretzels

Dip

Place upright on waxed paper, letting coating pool slightly to form a base.

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Base

Let stand about 30 minutes or until coating is completely set. Repeat with remaining corner posts.

Meanwhile, spread melted coating over ice-cream cones.

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Spread

Cream

Ice

Roll 4 cones in red sugar for castle towers; roll remaining cones in candy decorations for trees.

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Candy

Sugar

Roll

Place upright on waxed paper.

Let stand about 20 minutes or until coating is completely set.

Cover foamcore board with aluminum foil. Dip tops of each corner post into coating; top with red cones.

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Dip

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Aluminum Foil

Let stand about 30 minutes or until coating is completely set; remove twist ties or rubber band from pretzels.

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Pretzels

Attach 1 graham cracker square between each set of corner posts, using coating, to form square castle. Attach half of a graham cracker square above 3 of the whole cracker squares, leaving 1/2 inch space between crackers. Attach gumdrops along top of cracker halves, using coating. Attach licorice along sides of corner posts.

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Graham Cracker Squares

Crackers

Gum Drops

Licorice

Attach 1 graham cracker square at right angle to cracker square at fourth side, using coating, to form drawbridge.

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Graham Cracker Squares

Crackers

Cut strip from fruit roll; attach to drawbridge for walkway. Attach candy canes for braces for drawbridge. Attach ring-shaped candies at top of each cone tower; attach candy cane to ring-shaped candy at each tower.

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Candy Cane

Candy

Fruit

Roll

Cut pennant-style flags from fruit roll, about 2x1/2 inch; attach to candy canes.

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Candy Cane

Fruit

Roll

Spread melted coating randomly over foil surrounding castle.

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Spread

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Aluminum Foil

Sprinkle with large and miniature marshmallows to create snow.

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Mini Marshmallows

Sprinkle sugar crystals around castle to create moat. Arrange green tree cones to create winter scene. Create a sign for the castle with 6x1-inch strip of fruit roll; add letters to sign with decorating icing.

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Fruit

Icing