No-Bake Stained Glass Cookies are made with colored marshmallows, dried cherries, and rice crispies, all coated with chocolate and rolled into a log before slicing. Sweet Christmas treats that look like stained glass windows!
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Instructions
Spray a large, wide mouth, mixing bowl with non-stick cooking spray. Place a 24 inch piece of wax paper (or parchment paper) on a hard surface (like your counter top or a cookie sheet).
In the large prepared mixing bowl, add the marshmallows, dried cherries, and rice krispies to the bowl and stir.
In a microwave safe bowl, melt the chocolate melting wafers for 1 minute in the microwave. Stir until chocolate is smooth. If there are lumps, microwave for an additional 20 seconds at a time, as needed, until the chocolate is melted and smooth.
Pour half of the melted chocolate around the marshmallows and stir quickly. Then add the remaining chocolate and stir to combine, working quickly before the chocolate hardens.
Pour the chocolate mixture into the shape of a log, down the middle of the wax paper, approximately 24 inches long. Roll up the sides and twist the ends to seal. If you need to, you can press with your hands to shape the mixture into a more log style shape.
Let the chocolate log cool and harden at room temperature. To speed up the process, you can also refrigerate the log, for at least 1 hour, until chocolate is hard.
Once chocolate has cooled and hardened, slice the log with a sharp knife into 1/3 inch slices. Serve as desired.
Notes
Store in an airtight container or ziplock bag on the counter for 7 to 10 days.
Use a very large, wide bowl, spray well with cooking spray, and mix your marshmallows, dried cherries, and rice crispies together first.
Once your chocolate is melted and ready, pour half of the chocolate around and stir quickly, then add the remaining chocolate and stir quickly before it starts to dry and get hard. You don’t have to make these into a log, you can also just drop spoonfuls around and let them harden like cookies. They will look like little mounds, instead of the colorful stained glass look, but they are still tasty!
You can use any dried fruits you like, but dried cherries or dried cranberries will give that nice red Christmas look. Dried cherries are the best because they are larger, dried cranberries tend to be smaller and darker in color.
You can add nuts if you want! I would recommend using chopped nuts: pecans, walnuts, pistachios, etc. Pistachios will add a nice festive green color.