Chocolate Christmas Trees

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon shortening
• edible glitter or colored sprinkles
• wooden toothpick
• wax paper

Recipe

• 1 draw multiple christmas tree outlines (1 1/2 to 2 inches high) on a piece of paper. you can also trace around a cookie cutter.
• 2 put the paper with the drawings on a cookie sheet. lay a piece of wax paper on top. you don't have to use a cookie sheet, but it allows you to move the trees before they are set.
• 3 heat the chocolate and shortening in a saucepan over lot heat (or microwave). stirring frequently until melted. pour into decorating bag with a plain tip or into a ziploc bag with a corner snipped.
• 4 pip chocolate tree outline and fill in center with random branches. immediately place a toothpick at the bottom of the tree, about 1/3 - 1/4 inch into the base of the tree.
• 5 sprinkle with edible glitter or colored sprinkles if desired.
• 6 refrigerate until chocolate hardens.