Candy Corn Quesadillas Recipe

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Celebrate the season with a savory touch! These candy corn triangles will be a smash with kids, and the flavor will win over adults. Let kids join in the fun by filling a bag with the nacho tortilla chips to crush with a rolling pin while you do the rest. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Candy Corn Quesadillas Recipe
  • Prep: 25 min. Cook: 10 min.
  • Yield: 24 Servings
25 10 35

Ingredients

  • 1 rotisserie chicken, cut up
  • 1 jar (16 ounces) salsa
  • 1 cup frozen corn, thawed
  • 1/4 cup KC Masterpiece®
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  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 8 flour tortillas (10 inches)
  • 1 jar (15-1/2 ounces) salsa con queso dip, warmed
  • 4 cups (16 ounces) shredded Mexican cheese blend
  • 2-2/3 cups crushed nacho-flavored tortilla chips
  • 1/2 cup sour cream

Directions

  • In a Dutch oven, combine the first five ingredients; heat through, stirring occasionally. Brush butter over one side of each tortilla.
  • Place one tortilla in a large skillet, buttered side down. Spread with 1 cup chicken mixture; top with another tortilla, buttered side up. Cook over medium heat 1-2 minutes or until bottom is lightly browned. Turn quesadilla.
  • Spread 1/2 cup queso dip over quesadilla; carefully sprinkle cheese along outer edge. Cook, covered, 1-2 minutes or until cheese begins to melt.
  • Remove to a cutting board. Sprinkle crushed chips over queso dip. Cut quesadilla into six wedges. Place a small dollop of sour cream at the point of each wedge. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 wedge equals 310 calories, 17 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 56 mg cholesterol, 613 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber, 15 g protein.

Originally published as Candy Corn Quesadillas in Simple & Delicious October/November 2011, p11

Tip

Halloween Punch

Hosting a Halloween party? You can make a tasty black punch by mixing grape and orange Kool-Aid. I like to use the unsweetened kind. —Merrill Powers, Spearville, Kansas

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Reviewed on Oct. 11, 2012 by Karen.Buske

I plan on making this at Thanksgiving along with some little eatable sweet pumpkins. I give this 5 stars for being so creative, I'll tell you how it comes out and what my family thinks of them at Thanksgiving. Thanks!

 
 

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