Candy Christmas Tree
Source: Country Woman
1 cup vanilla frosting
Green liquid or paste food color
1 (12-inch high) Styrofoam cone
15 hard peppermint candies
15 hard spearmint candies
19 large red gumdrops
25-35 pieces crimped ribbon candy
23 pieces cut rock candy
Tint frosting green. Place cone on a 9-inch plate; frost the sides and top of cone. Starting at the bottom, alternate peppermint and spearmint candies around the cone in a singe row. Alternate red and green gumdrops in a row above candies. Arrange remaining candies in rows around the cone until reaching the top. Position a mint candy on the tip of the cone; top with a gumdrop.
