'HOLY COW! That's a lot of leftover Halloween candy' trail mix

Roman literally brought home about 5lbs of candy. The kid is never going to eat that much and unless I get a hankering for a butterfingers crisp bar, it will probably stay half uneaten in our cabinet. SO...this is a super simple and yummy trail mix using some around the house ingredients and that ungodly amount of Halloween candy your children swear they will eat.

 I call this my 'HOLY COW! That's a lot of leftover Halloween candy' trail mix.

Now as I mentioned before...I despise raisins, so no raisins in this mix, though you could add 1/4 cup just fine.


What you will need:

• 10-12 pieces of bite size Halloween candy (Chocolate, caramel and peanut butter something)
• 2 cups of nuts
• 1 cup pretzels ( I use butter snaps because they are delicious)
• 1/2 cup seeds (Optional if you have any...but I used pumpkin)
• You can add in oats, cereal, marshmallows, dried fruit...whatever you want in your trail mix.
• 1/3 cup butter
•  1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Let's get started:

1. Pick out some of your favorite (or the hubby's favorite) candy from your candy tax stash. I went with M&M's, Butterfingers, Carmel square bites things, Reese's peanut butter cups, and Whoppers.
2. Combine all your other ingredients into a large mixing bowl ( I went with butter snap pretzels, mixed nuts, and pumpkin seeds.
3. Unwrapping all of your Halloween candy, roughly chop your candies (except your M&M's) and add to your bowl. 
4. Melt your butter and combine that, along with your brown sugar to bowl.
5. Mix your ingredients to ensure even coating.
6. Cover a baking pan with parchment paper and pour ingredients from your onto your baking pan. Make sure they are spread out but still in the same area.
7.  Bake at 350 degrees for 5-10 minutes, being VERY careful not to scorch your chocolate. 
8. Once out of the oven and still hot, flip with a spatula to mix it all together and let cool.
9. After cooled, keep in an air tight container or on the table to enjoy.