White Trash

Folks love this stuff.  My friend, Ellen, introduced me to it.
Ingredients:

• 9 cups of cereal such as chex, honeycomb, kix, cheerios
• 2 cups of pretzel sticks
• 2 cups mixed nuts
• 2 cups M&Ms
• 2 11oz bags of white chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Mix cereal, pretzels, nuts and M&Ms.
2. Melt chips.  I did this in the microwave:  2 minutes and stir until smooth.
3. Pour melted chips over mix and stir well until mix is evenly coated.
4. Pour mix onto large pan and allow chocolate to harden.
5. Break into small pieces.

Notes:

• I sprayed the bowl and pan with Pam beforehand.  This made clean up easy.  
• Store in an airtight container.
• Use holiday colored M&Ms to make it more festive.

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

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Ingredients:

• Seeds from 1 pumpkin
• Olive oil
• Salt
  
• Pepper

Directions:

1. Rinse pumpkin seeds under cold water and pick out the pulp and strings. (This is easiest just after you've removed the seeds from the pumpkin, before the pulp has dried.)
2. Place the pumpkin seeds in a single layer on an oiled baking sheet, stirring to coat. If you prefer, omit the oil and coat with non-stick cooking spray.
3. Sprinkle with salt and bake at 325 degrees F until toasted, about 25 minutes, checking and stirring after 10 minutes.
4. Let cool and store in an air-tight container.

I'd like to try some variations...perhaps a sweet variation or spicy but since I doubt we'll be doing another pumpkin carving photo shoot, it may have to wait until next year.