Attach chewy Mike and Ike candies to Almond M&M’s to create these festive Candy Christmas Lights. They are so quick and easy to make that you can have a whole string of them made in less time that it takes to untangle real lights.
Those of you who are regular readers here at Hungry Happenings know I often make projects that are a bit complicated that require many ingredients and lots of steps, but today, I have a Christmas present for you all, a two ingredient project that takes minutes to create. These M&M and Mike and Ike Candy Christmas Lights seriously could not be any easier to make.
They are fun to put into a candy dish, look great on top of a cake, and make a perfect addition to a rice krispie treat Christmas tree.
You’ll be pleasantly surprised at how nice the flavor combo of the chocolate candy coated M&M tastes with the lime Mike and Ike candy. Mike and Ike’s come in a variety of flavors but I chose to use the green one in order to make my Candy Christmas Lights look like the traditional mini bulbs. If you aren’t a fan of lime, then you can use any of the other fruit flavors.
Almond M&M and Mike and Ike Christmas Lights
- 24 green Mike and Ike candies
- 48 Almond M&M's you can also use Peanut M&M's or Jordan Almonds
- a sharp knife
- optional: a hand held lighter
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Cut the green Mike & Ike candies in half. I used a lighter to heat up my knife so I got really clean cuts in the Mike and Ikes. Just carefully hold the knife blade over the flame for a few seconds to heat it up then cut through the candies. If making these with kids, skip the flame and be safe!
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Immediately press the sticky cut side of the Mike and Ike candy onto the wider end of an Almond M&M.
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Repeat to create as many M&M and Mike and Ike Christmas Lights as you want.
Supplies:
a sharp knife
optional: a hand held lighter
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Instructions:
Cut the green Mike & Ike candies in half. I used a lighter to heat up my knife so I got really clean cuts in the Mike and Ikes. Just carefully hold the knife blade over the flame for a few seconds to heat it up then cut through the candies. If making these with kids, skip the flame and be safe!
Immediately press the sticky cut side of the Mike and Ike candy onto the wider end of an Almond M&M. Repeat to create as many M&M and Mike and Ike Christmas Lights as you want.
You are done! Easy, right?
You can put your M&M’s and Mike & Ike Christmas Lights in a candy dish for the holidays or you can get creative and use strands of lights on cakes or cupcakes. You can even just pipe some green frosting in a squiggly line on a serving platter and set the candy light bulbs along the line.
Here are some other fun Christmas treats you can easily create using M&M’s.
Be sure to check out all my fun Christmas Recipes!
Mega M&M Christmas Ornaments • Santa Suit Candy Cups
Reese’s Rudolph • Candy Bar Reindeer
Christmas Present Pinata Cookies
M&M’s and Mike and Ike Candy Christmas Lights
How do you put them on the string ?
The string was just draw on paper. You could pipe a string of frosting on a cake, cookie, brownie, etc. and attach the candy light bulbs. You could also use licorice laces and attach the candy using royal icing.
Adorable idea! I am thinking of trying the red shoe string licorice for the string.
Thanks, Faye. They would look cute on a cake with the shoe string licorice:) Have fun.
What a fantastic idea! …Thanks for the cute LD
These are just so clever! I have linked into from my page. Thanks for sharing your great ideas.
http://hollyshome-hollyshome.blogspot.com/2013/11/free-christmas-tag-printouts.html
Thanks so much for sharing these with your readers!
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL. I WONDER HOW THEY WOULD LOOK ON STRINGS OF SHOESTRING LICORICE. I WANT TO TRY THAT AND PUT ON A CAKE.
We are going to try stringing them like candy necklaces. Will let you know how it goes. 🙂
These might be the cutest holiday treats I've seen in awhile!
I was just wondering what for string you used for the Mike and Ike and M&M's light ornaments. I have all the candy,was just wondering about the string. These are the cutest things ever !! Thank you for sharing.
Hi Lisa, I just piped a very thin line of green frosting for my strand and set the light bulbs on the frosting. You can also use green string licorice, Wilton makes it. You'd have to attach the candies to it, maybe with some candy melts.
SO cool & the lighter is genius!! Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do:)
These are amazing!!! Did you thread them together, or did you just strategically place them on a drawn green strand? I must try these with my boys, thank you for sharing 🙂
Thanks, Mindy. I just placed them on a line of frosting that I drew onto paper to take the picture. I thought about stringing them together, but in the end felt it was too much work to push a toothpick through each Mike and Ike then have to thread string or a licorice lace through. If you do it and have success, I'd love to see a picture.
They look perfect the way you displayed them… I love that you used a string of frosting! Thank you again 🙂
These are so cool! Love them!
Such a fun idea – and so simple! I'll be featuring them on my blog tomorrow.
http://www.sumossweetstuff.com
Thanks!
Sumo:)
Thanks so much for the feature!
What an adorable idea. I would love for you to share this at my Tasty Thursdays linky party going on right now. Thanks, Nichi
http://mandatorymooch.blogspot.com/2012/12/tasty-thursdays-20.html
So,so cute. I just love this craft.
I actually showed these to my daughter the other day and she was excited about them. We decided to sprinkle some of them on the treats trays for the neighbors, thanks so much for the idea!
So cute! I would love if you shared on Fall Into the Holidays-
http://redcrowgreencrow.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/fall-into-the-holidays-11/
Katie @ Horrific Knits
so cute love them andi the wednesdaybaker.blogspot.com
These are so cute! What do they taste like though? Interesting flavor combo.
Thanks Heather. Oddly enough they taste pretty good. I'm not a big fan of lime, but somehow the lime with the almonds, chocolate, and candy coating is a pretty good combination. Everyone that has tried them has said the same thing.
do they stay stuck together just sitting in the bowl like that? i wonder if the stickyness dries up and they fall apart.
I wrapped up my candy dish filled with them and plan to use them for our holiday party. They've been sitting for over a week and are still stuck together!
Adore this idea!
Love it!
I love these SO much! Pinned!
This is the perfect recipe for kids. I will have to attempt to make these with my kids. I know a lot of the ingredients will be gone before the project is completed.
I'm picturing cupcakes set on a platter in the shape of a tree, with these on top and connected with green frosting "wire". So cute!!
What a fantastic idea!!!! That is a perfect use for these candies.
Love*Love*Love! So bright, cheerful & Christmasy! My eyes "lit" up when I saw these. 🙂
This is adorable!
You are a genius! I LOVE this and all your creative food creations 🙂
Too clever!!!!!
Those are so stinkin' cute … clever too!
just adorable, I never would have thought of this. Amazing.
So cute!! Can't wait to make these for our gingerbread houses!
What a cool idea for Christmas cakes….thanks for sharing!
Hurray! An easy Christmas treat that even I can make. Thanks so much for sharing!
crazy adorable. i puffy heart that creative brain of yours!
Sweet, thanks!
crazy adorable. i puffy heart that creative brain of yours!
Yay!! something I can do!! This is great, thanks!!
It is the easiest project I've created to date. I struggle to keep things simple, but love it when I have an easy idea. Have fun with them!
Just awesome
Such a brilliant idea!! So simple and so creative!
Beth – these are just adorable, simple and soooooo very creative! I love it!
This is an awesome idea! You are such a clever gal! Can't wait to try this.
Such a cute and fun idea!
Love these..so cute!
super cute!