Mounds of Bugs Recipe

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If you have helping hands in the kitchen, this is a perfect recipe for you. Kids will squeal with delight when they make these cute bugs. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Mounds of Bugs Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 19 Servings

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Ingredients

1 package (11.3 ounces) snack-size Mounds candy bars
20 pretzels
1/4 cup chocolate frosting
Assorted candies: Nerds, Candy Buttons, Dots and/or sprinkles

Directions

Using a skewer, poke three holes in both long sides of each candy bar. Break rounded pretzel sections into 1-in. pieces; insert into holes for legs. Use frosting to attach candies. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 113 calories, 6 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 157 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, trace protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Mounds of Bugs in Halloween Party Favorites , p28

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