Christmas Cinnamon Pears

Recipe By Erin (NC)
Rating
Published Mar 21st
Christmas Cinnamon Pears
Prep - Cook 20m Additional 8h Ready In 8h 20m
Servings 6 servings Calories 155.9

This is one of our family’s favorites at Christmas. It not only tastes great, it is beautiful on any holiday plate. This recipe is very simple and everyone will want to know how you made it.

Recipe Ingredients

  • 3 (16 ounce) cans pear halves in juice
  • 1 (2.25 ounce) package cinnamon red hot candies
  • ¼ teaspoon red food coloring
  • 6 leaves butterhead lettuce

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Drain the liquid from the cans of pears into a saucepan. Add red hot candies to the juice. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the candy has dissolved. Stir in the food coloring, remove from heat, and allow to cool.
  2. 2 Place the pear halves in a deep bowl. Pour the liquid over the pears, cover, and refrigerate overnight. You may want to stir a couple of times to evenly distribute the color. Serve pear halves cold on top of a leaf of lettuce.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 155.9
  • Carbohydrate 39.9 g
  • Fat 0.2 g
  • Fiber 3.7 g
  • Protein 0.9 g
  • Sodium 13.5 mg
  • Sugar 28.7 g

Reviews

  1. SubaruKev Feb 21, 2013 03:27 PM
    My family has been making cinnamon pears for Christmas Eve for decades. My recommendations are to leave the pears in the cinnamon syrup for at least 2 days. This will infuse them with even more cinnamon flavor. We also use about a bag and a half of Red Hots and don't use red food coloring - Read more ...
  2. Luvs2Cook! Dec 29, 2010 07:19 PM
    Pretty good most people enjoyed them.
  3. Karen Dec 11, 2008 03:21 PM
    tried the recipe and it was great. I did combine it with another recipe for pears that used cream cheese balls rolled in pecans and topped with mayo and marachino cherry juice and them topped with the cherry for garnish. Adds that little bit of lacking flavor. Also if you want more cinnamon flavor add - Read more ...
  4. Jersey Girl Jen Feb 17, 2007 06:09 PM
    I did not like this recipe at all I made it and threw it away. I thought that there was hardly any flavor to it. The only thing I can think of is that maybe the pears weren't drained as well as they could've been and that that diluted the flavoring. I might try it - Read more ...
  5. BGCOOK Dec 28, 2006 05:37 PM
    This is SO easy and my family begs me to make this recipe. My 10 year old son volunteered me to make it for his class without telling me until the last minute. The cool thing was that since it is so simple I could easily supervise him as he pulled it together himself!
  6. slim Jan 18, 2006 03:16 PM
    very good a so simple. AAAAAAAAAA
  7. Jen van Buren Jan 4, 2006 02:38 PM
    Easy to do. The whole family loved it. I've been getting requests for the recipe.
  8. IMVINTAGE Dec 27, 2005 09:53 PM
    What a tasty festive addition to our holiday menu...thanks! I have been requested to make these every Christmas. As easy as it was that won't be too hard a request to fulfill.
  9. MARY BANER Dec 17, 2005 03:38 PM
    This is an awesome and easy recipe. At holidays with all the fuss and pressure this is quick and looks as if you have spent hours creating it. I only changed the lettuce to baby spinach since it was easier to get at time. I also made it again using canned apples. Very good.