HARVEST POPCORN SNACK MIX

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Give guests a sweet and savory snack with our Harvest Popcorn Snack Mix recipe! It's got all the good stuff: popcorn, pretzel squares, peanuts, candy corn and much more. Plus, the color of this popcorn snack mix matches the beautiful colors of autumn.

Provided by My Food and Family

Time 1h45m

Yield 40 servings, about 1/2 cup each

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

14 cups popped popcorn
2 cups pretzel squares
1 cup PLANTERS Dry Roasted Peanuts
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup half-and-half
3 Tbsp. light corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Orange Flavor Gelatin
1 cup candy corn
2 oz. BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate, coarsely chopped

Steps:

Heat oven to 300ºF.
Combine first 3 ingredients in large bowl.
Cook butter, half-and-half and corn syrup in saucepan on medium heat until butter is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring frequently.
Add sugar and dry gelatin mix; cook and stir 2 min. Bring to boil, stirring constantly; simmer on medium-low heat 5 min., stirring frequently. Pour over popcorn mixture; toss until evenly coated.
Spread onto 2 foil-covered rimmed baking sheets sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake 10 min.; cool completely. Add candy corn; mix lightly.
Microwave chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 to 60 sec., stirring every 30 sec.; drizzle over popcorn mixture. Let stand until chocolate is firm.
Break popcorn mixture into bite-size pieces; place in large bowl.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 90, Fat 3.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.5 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 3.525 mg, Sodium 65 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0.8225 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 2 g