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Homemade Popcorn Snack with Peanuts

Ingredient

  • 6 cups popped popcorn
  • 2 cups Rice Chex cereal
  • 2 cups Cheerios cereal
  • 2 cups salted peanuts
  • 1 stick margarine
  • 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 white corn syrup
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

What to do

  1. Mix popped popcorn with cereals and peanuts.
  2. Melt margarine and stir in brown sugar and corn syrup. Stir until boiling.
  3. Boil 5 minutes, without stirring. Do not overcook.
  4. Add baking soda and vanilla; stir until baking soda dissolves.
  5. Pour over popcorn mixture and stir well.
  6. Bake 1 hour at 250 degrees, stirring every 15 minutes.
  7. Store leftovers in airtight container.

Easy Home-made candy canes

Things needed

1 1/2 cups semisweet or
white chocolate chips, 9 oz.
1 tsp. oil
36 pretzel rods
snowflakes sprinkles, sprinkles, crushed candy, and any other candy

DIP PRETZELS:

  1. Line baking sheets with wax paper. In microwave-safe bowl, combine chocolate chips and oil; microwave on High in 20-second intervals, stirring, until melted and smooth.
  2. Dip each pretzel halfway or three-quarter way into chocolate, spreading with small spatula or back of spoon and allowing excess to drip off.

    SPRINKLE COATING:

3. Immediately sprinkle pretzels with sprinkles, or candies. Place on baking sheets. Let dry, about 1 hour.