How To Make A Donut Hole Tower

Now that the house is decorated and the presents are bought and wrapped, I'yard starting to plan for our vacation gatherings, and in my family unit, food is always the first thing we think about. What yummy things are we going to eat? When I posted our Christmas dessert table a few weeks ago, the biggest question I got was how I made the glorious donut hole tree that became the centerpiece of our tabular array, so today I'chiliad going to show yous how I did it!

The holidays can be such a busy time, so I'm all near anything I can do to make our Christmas special and fun without taking a ton of time or money, and this donut hole tree is absolutely perfect for that! Yous only need a few supplies and some delicious donut holes, and in about 20 minutes you lot can take a big, cute, edible ornament that volition really wow your friends and family!

If there'south i guilty pleasure I have, it'south definitely donuts. When I was meaning with my son, I ate more I always care to acknowledge, so this Christmas tree made entirely of donuts is a dream not merely for the kids, but for grown-ups also!

Here'southward what you need…

– big styrofoam cone (20-24″)
– foil
– toothpicks
– donut holes

First, wrap the cone completely in foil to keep the donut holes from touching the styrofoam.

Next, place a toothpick into the styrofoam about the bottom of the cone. Stick a donut pigsty on the toothpick, making sure the toothpick doesn't poke through the outside of the donut.

Tip: Ready a piece of parchment paper underneath the cone before starting. This will make it easier to turn the cone as yous place donuts around the tree.

Continue placing toothpicks and donut holes around the cone, starting at the bottom and working your way upward to the top. Try to keep the donuts as shut every bit you perchance can then they hide the foil.

You can practice your tree one solid color with merely i type of donut hole, or you can have some fun with the design by alternating colors. It would exist cute to alternate with i glazed, one powdered, and one chocolate donut, or I chose to go along the tree by and large one color with these pumpkin spice donuts and added white powdered "ornaments" effectually the tree by adding them in every fifth donut or then. In that location are so many different means you could decorate your tree!

Note: I purchased four boxes of donut holes that had virtually 24-26 donuts in each package and just barely had enough to finish my tree. Depending on the size of your cone, y'all may desire to choice up effectually 120 donut holes to be on the condom side!

To finish the meridian of your tree, you tin place a few donuts on height of the last row or you tin create a tree topper similar I did. I just used a white piping cleaner to adhere this plastic snowflake from the dollar store to the top of the cone. I wrapped the pipe cleaner around the snowflake and coiled information technology on the cone, then secured the piping cleaner to the cone with a niggling bit of hot glue. So sweetness!

I placed the donut tree on height of a simulated birch stump that I found at Hobby Vestibule in their holiday department, and this became the perfect centerpiece for our Christmas dessert table! You should have seen the boys' eyes low-cal up when they saw this thing!

I think this donut tree would be so fun at holiday parties or a Christmas brunch you're hosting. It would fifty-fifty be bully at a conjugal shower, birthday party or baby shower!

I promise yous enjoyed today's sugariness post, and thank you for all the beloved you guys gave on my Christmas dessert table! I hope you're inspired to create something sugariness for your friends and family! Here are a few more of my favorite holiday recipes: carbohydrate cookie cutting-outs, gingerbread bundt block, snowball cookies, molasses cookies, cherry chocolate chip cookies, frosted sugar cookie bars, honey nut rugelach

More Succulent Holiday Treats To Try:

Nonna's Famous Toffee by Ella Claire | Peppermint Fudge past Zevy Joy | Donut Hole Tree past Love Grows Wild | Chocolate Covered Cherries by anderson + grant

Peppermint Truffles past Maison de Pax | Christmas Tree Gingerbread Cake by Inspired by Amuse | Gingerbread Brownies past My Sweet Savannah | Dark Chocolate Pretzel Bawl by Finding Home Farms