I am going to forgo my usual Week in Review today to feature a couple more Halloween treats. I went a little over board with ideas this year! I made this snack mix for my son’s class. He saw it all packaged up and was very upset he had to wait until snack time at school to eat it. Luckily for him there were a couple kids out that day, so he brought 2 back home, to snack on later. The kids thought these were really fun. They would be great to hand out to trick-or-treaters, to have at a party, or really just for a snack after school. Plus you can put whatever you want in there. Really, there is only one “requirement”. You have to have the Frankensteins!!
Monster Snack Mix
Adapted from Gourmet Mom on the Go
Frankensteins
6 cups Corn Chex Cereal
1 package Lemon-Lime Kol-Aid
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Light corn syrup
1/3 cup Butter
1 package Lemon-Lime Kol-Aid
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Light corn syrup
1/3 cup Butter
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/3 cup chocolate chips, melted
Mix-Ins
Candy Corn
Marshmallows
Cheerios
Corn Chex
Raisins
Peanuts
Preheat oven to 225 degrees.
In a saucepan heat sugar, corn syrup and butter over medium heat until boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil for 3 minutes (do not stir). Turn off heat and stir in baking soda and Kol-Aid.
Pour over 6 cups Chex cereal and mix together gently. Spread onto a lined or greased baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes. Take out of the oven and set 40 pieces (or however many Frankensteins you want to make), onto another lined or greased cookie sheet. Cool completely, stirring the rest of them occasionally. (I did not do this and mine ended up in a big block of Green Chex.)
To make Frankensteins
Dip one end of a Chex square into the melted chocolate for the hair. Pour the rest of the chocolate into a small zip-loc bag. Cut off a tiny bit of the end. Pipe eyes and mouth onto the squares.
After the chocolate has hardened Assemble your mix using whatever mix-ins you would like.
Adorable! I love when normal recipes are made special for a holiday.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! I love the little Frankenstein heads!!
ReplyDeleteThose Frankensteins are funny :P
ReplyDeleteHow delicious looking is this?!?! And I love the Frankensteins!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and the Frankies are awesome looking, as is the whole bag!
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween..
How fun! Makes me wish I was a kid again! :D
ReplyDeleteAdorable little frankenstein chex guys. Cute!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute and creative! Love them! I think I'll be saving this one for next year too!
ReplyDeleteThis is so fun! My mom loved to make things like this for long road trips. But, do people accept handmade treats (or snack mix) when they trick or treat anymore? Maybe the people who know you. It'd be fun to arrange a trick or treat with all the kids you know. Or maybe you'd have to arrange it among the moms with kids you know. Hum...I like this idea. Now I just have to have the kids.
ReplyDeleteMy kids love holiday themed snack mixes - especially if the bags are tied with pretty ribbon! I can get them to eat just about anything that way...
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute idea! I bet the kids all loved these :)
ReplyDeleteMmm gotta try this!
ReplyDeleteYour son's class is so lucky--those little parcels of snack mix look great!
ReplyDeleteThose Frankenstiens are so cute! You have so much patience to pipe all of those! Happy Halloween :)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute. What a great idea for a class snack. Much better than just pure candy.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! I will have to make these for the kids at St. Pius! They will love them. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I love anything that comes in my very own portion! I could eat a whole bag of just the Frankensteins! Hope you have a great Halloween! : )
ReplyDeleteHere's to another fantastic kid friendly Halloween recipe. Did you really make all those Frankenstien faces? Kudos!! They are too cute! Hope you're having a fun weekend!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful halloween snack idea. Love it Erin!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun, delicious snack! Well worth skipping the week in review! I've really enjoyed your Halloween series, Erin!
ReplyDeleteOMG! This is so stinkin' adorable! I am marking this for treats for next year! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is sooo adorable!
ReplyDeleteThis is so fun and I love those cute little Frankensteins!! Fantastic idea!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic idea!!! Congrats on top 9!!
ReplyDeleteCute idea, Happy Halloween:)
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The little frankensteins are adorable!
ReplyDeleteAdorable idea! How creative :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on top 9 :)
how cute is that! what a great idea!
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