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Americas Mixed Blessings Snack Recipe


Americas Mixed Blessings Snack Recipe
The ingredients all add up to describe America's mixed blessings. I do these at Halloween and include a tie around the baggies with the meanings of each ingredient. FUN!

Jaie

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Ingredients
  • 2 cups Bugles brand corn snacks
  • 2 cups small pretzels
  • 1 cup candy corn
  • 1 cup dried fruit bits or raisins
  • 1 cup peanuts or sunflower seeds
  • 1 cup M&Ms chocolate candy
  • 16 Hershey's chocolate kisses candy
  • 16 small snack bags with ties

Directions
  1. In a large bowl, gently mix all the ingredients EXCEPT the Hershey's kisses.
  2. Place 1/2 cup of the mixed blessings into each of the snack bags.
  3. Add one Hershey's kiss to each bag.
  4. Close bag with twist tie and if you want to use as a give-away, tie the following with a twist tie when you close the bag:
  5. Bugles: Shaped like a cornucopia or Horn of Plenty is a symbol lf our Nation's abundance.
  6. Pretzels: Arms folded in prayer, a freedom sought by the founders of our country.
  7. Candy Corn: Sacrifices of the Pilgrim's first winter. Food was so scarce that the settlers survived on just a few kernels of corn per day.
  8. Nuts or Seeds: Promise of a future harvest, one will reap only if seeds are planted and tended to.
  9. Dried Fruits: Harvest gifts of our bountiful land.
  10. M&Ms: Memories of those who came before us to guide us to our wonderful future.
  11. Hershey's kisses: The love of family and friends that sweeten our lives everyday.

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Comments


What a sweet idea - that's a great Halloween (or even a Thanksgiving centerpiece) hand-out!


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