Easy Peasy Candy Corn Bark {Fall Sweet Treat}

October 24, 2012 by · 6 Comments

Happy Wednesday!  I’m busy getting ready for my parents’ visit and we’ll be tailgating for the Auburn v. Texas A&M game on Saturday, so I went digging for a fun fall treat to take with us… lo and behold, my Candy Corn Bark came to mind!  And since y’all might need a treat for your fall gatherings, I’m bringing it back to share today…

 

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It’s my turn to cook lunch for the teachers at the preschool today and one of my tasks is dessert. I almost went to my faithful Texas Sheet Cake (yum!) but thought it would be fun to try an easy candy corn treat instead. I make a Christmas treat we call Reindeer Food that uses almond bark, pretzles, chex cereal or Cheerios, and red and green M&M’s. I was wondering if I could do a variation of that with candy corn since we’re lovers of anything that combines sweet and salty.

I started with these ingredients but I also had Cheerios at the ready. I melted the almond bark in my large saucepan. You have to do this over low heat, stirring constantly so it doesn’t scorch. I forgot to take a pic of this step {bad blogger!}.
When it’s all melted, remove it from the heat and dump in the pretzles and candy corn.
And stir like crazy until everything is coated!! I used both bags in their entirety. I didn’t add the Cheerios, though I could have thrown in a cup or so in hindsight.
Then I dumped the whole thing out on my kitchen island that was covered with wax paper. This is the easiest way for it to harden, and you just throw the paper away when you’re done.
Sorry for the blurry photo! I was trying to multitask before my treat hardened! 🙂
Here it is, spread out in all its glory. 🙂 NOTE: do not leave unattended!! Every time I walked by, I noticed another little piece gone. The male teens and the hubs were “sampling” every time I turned my back!!
Once it’s hardened, you can break it into serving size chunks.
Can I just say YUMMY!!!
Ready to serve it up! Hope my fellow teachers like it. It’s sweet and salty yumminess IMO!
Since I pulled it together, I’ve found a few variations of this treat floating around the blogosphere… I may have to try all of them!
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Give it a try!  Super simple and and a serious crowd pleaser…

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Comments

  1. cassie says
    October 24, 2012 at 4:26 pm

    yummy and it’s totally good for you, right? right?

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  2. Emily says
    October 24, 2012 at 11:03 pm

    Yummy!! That looks soooo good. I’ve pinned and shared on google. Delish!

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  3. shirley@housepitalitydesigns says
    October 25, 2012 at 12:50 am

    Looks wonderful Heidi…my favorite combination…sweet and salty!!!…

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  4. Kelly @ View Along the Way says
    October 25, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    That looks amazing and addictive!

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  5. Jocie@TheBetterHalf says
    October 28, 2012 at 1:23 am

    That looks so yummy, and dangerous! 🙂
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  6. Karah @ thespacebetweenblog says
    November 1, 2012 at 10:54 pm

    Oh EM GEE!! I am just getting back from vacation and have no food in the house and I can’t help but think this would be the best meal option ever. Yum, yum!! Hope you have a ball tailgating!! 🙂

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