Halloween Appetizers - Bones-and-Body-Parts Party Mix

If the thought of making Halloween Party appetizers frightens the daylights out of you, leaves you shaking in your monster boots and sends goosebumps shivering down your spine then you have come to the right place. With this Bones-and-Body-Parts Party Mix we will show you that great tasting Halloween appetizers can be fun and easy to make appetizers that require simple preparation and a little bit of creativity.

And if the end result isn't 'picture perfect', just improvise and say that you have invented a brand new scary appetizer for the occasion.

So get out your witches' cauldron, roll up your sleeves and let's get busy mixing up a brew of:

Bones-and-Body-Parts Party Mix

4 cups tiny pretzels
2 1/2 cups round toasted oat cereal
2 1/2 cups bite-size rce or corn-square cereal
1 cup salted peanuts
1 cup round cereal (such as Kix)
2 cups white chocolate baking pieces (12 ounces)
1 tblsp shortening

In a large bowl, combine first five ingredients; set aside. In a microwaveable bowl, microwave white chocolate baking pieces and shortening on high for 1 to 2 minutes or until baking pieces are melted, stirring after every minute until smooth. (Chocolate should be warm to the touch but ot hot.) Pour over cereal mixture; mix well.
Spread onto a waxed-paper-lined 15X10X1-inch baking pan. Cool completely; break apart. Store in an airtight container. Makes 3 1/2 quarts.

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