Keep your kitchen cool with these freezer cookies made with fruity cereal. They’re extra-sweet, and kids have fun helping assemble them.
—TASTE OF HOME TEST KITCHEN
PREP: 15 MIN. + FREEZING • MAKES: ABOUT 2 DOZEN
4 cups Fruity Pebbles cereal
6 ounces cream cheese, softened
Sugar
8 ounces white candy coating
2 tablespoons shortening
1/8 teaspoon lemon extract, optional
Sprinkles, optional
1. Place cereal in a food processor; process until finely crushed. Add cream cheese; process until blended. Shape into 1-in. balls. Coat bottom of a glass with cooking spray, then dip in sugar. Press cookies with bottom of glass to flatten, re-dipping in sugar as needed. Flatten to 1/4-in. thickness with bottom of glass. Freeze 30 minutes or until firm.
2. In a microwave, melt candy coating and shortening; stir until smooth. Stir in lemon extract if desired. Dip cookies in coating mixture; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. If desired, immediately decorate with sprinkles. Store between layers of waxed paper in an airtight container in the refrigerator.