Simple Spring Baskets

• 2 cups miniature marshmallows
• 1/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter
• 1 (6-ounce) package (4 cups) chow mein noodles
• Colored licorice, cut into 5-inch lengths, if desired
• Vanilla-flavored candy coating (almond bark), melted, if desired
• Decorator sugars, if desired
• Coconut, tinted, if desired
• Pastel-colored chocolate candies or jelly beans

1. Butter 12 muffin pan cups; set aside.
2. Combine marshmallows and butter in 3-quart saucepan.
3. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, 6-8 minutes or until mixture is melted.
4. Stir in noodles until very well coated.
5. Press mixture evenly onto bottom and up sides of prepared muffin pan cups with buttered fingers.
6. Immediately press licorice ends into each basket to form handle, if desired.
7. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until firm.
8. Remove baskets from muffin pan cups.
9. Decorate baskets with melted candy coating, decorator sugars and/or coconut as desired; fill with candy.
10. Store in container with tight-fitting lid for up to 2 days.

marshmallows, butter, mein noodles, colored licorice, vanillaflavored candy coating, decorator sugars, coconut, pastelcolored chocolate candies

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/975/simple-spring-baskets (may not work)