How to Make Edible Christmas Garland

Garland for the Christmas Tree
Hang favorite vintage penny candy! To make edible homemade Christmas garland start with candy. Use wrapped candies and suckers and simply attach them to strings of thick yarn or juke. Tie each individual piece of candy to the roping or string with ribbon. Thin ribbon works best as it won't be overwhelming and overpower the candy.

Garland for the Doorway
Cookies make deliciously edible Christmas garland and are perfect for hanging over and around doorways. Gingerbread men or frosted sugar cookies in Christmas tree shapes and swirling beautifully decorated snowflakes make a stunning garland.

To make this particular edible garland you will need lots of cookies, plenty of ribbon and a continuous roll of plastic wrap. Start with a clean table. Pull the plastic wrap out of the box to the length of the table, but do not end it. You will need a continuous roll of plastic wrap in order to make garland that hangs nearly to the floor on both sides of the doorway.

Place your first cookie on the plastic wrap. Make sure the edge of the cookie is in the center of the plastic wrap. Fold the wrap over the cookie, overlapping it on the opposite edge. Tie a ribbon at the bottom of the plastic wrap, allowing about two inches of wrap to stick out at the bottom. From here you will continue to add cookies, tying the ribbon both at the top and bottom of each cookie. When you have a long enough garland to span your doorway, cut the plastic wrap.

Making this garland is actually quite easy. Once you get the hang of it, you can pull the plastic wrap out and place about four cookies on it at a time. Fold the plastic wrap over and add the ties before you move on to the next set of cookies.

When you are finished, your edible garland will look like this: one ribbon, one cookie, two ties with three or four inches of plastic wrap between the ties (so that you can cut individual cookies off and pass them out to guests as they depart), then another cookie, two ties, etc. For a real holiday look, try using Christmas trees or gingerbread men down the sides with star shaped cookies along the top. For best results when making homemade edible Christmas garland, invite a few children to help. No one is sure if it is the giggles or the frosting covered faces that make the difference when creating edible garland, but it certainly seems to make the job less work and more fun!