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Elf’s Mix

December 19, 2011 by Amy 3 Comments

Elf's Mix

This past weekend was what I call my annual “bake-palooza”. When it comes to coworkers and neighbors, I just find it much easier to gift food. My idea is…when in doubt, give food. 🙂

Every year, I have so much fun coming up with the recipes for gifts. I have so many ideas written on paper, but I usually narrow things down to 5-6 recipes, just to remain sane. This was a new recipe for gifts, and it couldn’t have been easier. I based it off of bunny bait, which I bookmarked on my friend Amy’s blog. Of course, I changed the mix up to make it more Christmas-y and added holiday oreos for an even more fun Christmas colored addition.

The mixture of sweet and salty ingredients is what makes this mix so awesome, and just to let you know, it makes a LOT. I thought I’d have to make a double batch, but after making one batch, I realized I had more than enough for gifts.

Of course, I wasn’t going to call this bunny bait since, well, it’s not Easter. I had to call it something else. When I had it cooling on a silicone mat, I kept telling myself it looked like a Christmas elf barfed in my kitchen. Kinda gross, I know. Since I don’t have to guts to name a dessert “Elf’s Barf”, I decided to play it safe and call it “Elf’s Mix”. 😛

Elf’s Mix
inspired by Sing For Your Supper‘s “Bunny Bait”

Ingredients:

  • 1 bag of popped microwave popcorn
  • 6 oz. almond bark
  • 1 bag of mint M&Ms
  • 15 holiday oreos, chopped
  • 2 cups of pretzel sticks, broken into small pieces
  • Christmas sprinkles

Directions:

  1. Place the popped popcorn, pretzel sticks, M&Ms and oreos in a large bowl or pot. Place 4 oz. of almond bark in the microwave in 30 second increments, until well-melted.
  2. Add the melted almond bark to the popcorn mixture and stir the mixture thoroughly. Spread the mixture out on a large silicone mat or wax paper. Top with Christmas sprinkles.
  3. At this time, microwave the additional 2 oz. of almond bark in a disposable plastic piping back in 30 second increments until well-melted. Then, snip the end off of the bag and randomly pipe the almond bark over the popcorn mix. Allow the mixture to cool.
  4. To serve, break up the mix into pieces and place in a bowl. Enjoy!

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  1. Amy (Sing For Your Supper) says

    December 19, 2011 at 10:25 am

    Ooooh, LOVE this version! Yummy!

    Reply
  2. Cara says

    December 19, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    Now this is a mix I could definitely enjoy!

    Reply
  3. serena says

    December 23, 2011 at 9:57 am

    YUM! I would just eat handfuls and handfuls of this!

    Reply

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