Halloween Candy Corn Pretzels are so easy and simple to make, the kids will be able to do most of the work. I made these last Christmas and they were a HUGE hit, and so I did them again for Halloween.

The only problem I had was finding the Hershey’s Hugs Kisses. Weirdly, they were hard to find.

First, find some kids, and have them unwrap all the hugs in a bag.

Second, get a rimmed cookie sheet and have the kids arrange pretzels on the tray.

Third, have the same kids put a single hug on each pretzel.

This is where you come in. You will need to turn the oven on to 350 and when it is hot, put the try in the oven. Hugs melt quicker than the regular kisses, so watch them closely. It will take about 2-3 minutes to get soft.

Quickly press a candy corn into the middle of each hug. You have to work fast and you can see how soft they get. We did plain kisses and peanut butter M&M’s in the back. Once you are done they will set up in a few hours but I always toss the tray into the fridge and set them up quick. They just pop right off the tray.

Packaging is easy, they are so pretty. Also, they taste really good, if you are not a fan of candy corn they taste more like caramel then candy corn!

For dinner Wednesday night we had “company” over and so I made a pasta dish that I had in a restaurant once. Or at least tried to recreate it. Then I had to leave and run a kid to swimming before we ate and and missed all of dinner. 🙁

When I got home I asked how dinner was?

“It was AWESOME!!” my husband says.

“Did the missionaries like it?” I ask.

” They called it mancaroni, and wanted to know if we were busy the rest of the week. They also wanted to know if you would make it every night they came over.”

“So everyone liked it? Where is the rest?” I ask.

“Um, we thought you ate. There isn’t any, we licked the pan. Seriously, it was so amazing!”

It was also really easy and doesn’t have a name. Let’s call it “Mancaroni” for now!

Take a brick of cream cheese and one pint of Heavy Whipping cream and start heating them up in a pan. Add 1 1/2 cups swiss cheese and 1 tsp each garlic powder and onion salt. Do not boil, just melt all together. I added 2 T. basil pesto to mine and.

Cook some chicken, or pull some off a rotisserie one from the store. I tossed mine in the oven for 35 minutes and then chopped them up.

Then chopped up some ham and bacon, about 1 cup to 1 1/2 cup each. I used pre chopped ham and pre cooked bacon just because I had it on hand.

Cook a 1 pound box of pasta, you can use really any kind I suggest penne. Then layer the pasta in a 9×13 pan and spread the 3 meats over it.

Next take your Alfredo mixture from the stove and pour that over the pasta and meat mixture. Add 2 cups panko bread crumbs over the top and put it in the oven for about 20 minutes until the top is getting a little brown.

This might not look like much, but with a salad, and bread it was AMAZING and EASY, your little ones will love it!