Halloween Food & Recipes

Pumpkin Seed Party Mix

from the mind of M. Ryan Taylor
makes a large bowlful of super-quick-easy, delectably-sweet-and-salty party mix

Ingredients:

• 24 oz Almond Bark
• 2 C Toasted Pumpkin Seeds*
• 1 large bag or 2 medium bags of Chex Traditional Party Mix

* Use the pumpkin seeds from three small sugar pumpkins or buy pumpkin seeds at the store; particularly good (preferred in my opinion) are the shelled pumpkin seeds available from NuttyGuys.com (or similar varieties).

Directions:

1. Melt Almond Bark in a large microwavable bowl, according to the packages instructions.
2. Stir in Pumpkin Seeds.
3. Toss in Chex Traditional Party Mix.
4. Spread mixture on wax paper and let harden.
5. Break into clumps and serve.

Suggestions:

• Almond bark party mixes are not new. I really like this one, but the truth is you can toss almost anything into melted almond bark and it will taste good. Experiment with corn chips, potato chips, cereals (“Golden Grahams” is awesome in it), dried fruits, candies, etc. You almost can’t go wrong.
• One warning about almond bark: do not try to mix food coloring into it. Any water based liquid will cause almond bark to instantaneously harden. I once tried a recipe in which they recommended red and yellow food coloring to make the mixture orange; obviously, they hadn’t tested it because it went hard as a rock. . . . All my recipes have been tested and tasted (Mmmm!)
• Play fun Halloween music while you eat.