Candy Corn White Trash

Hi again!

I made white trash for you!!!

I’m sure that doesn’t sound very exciting, but just wait…..you’ll see!

I’ve made white trash for years and years.  I’m not sure where I found the original recipe….probably in a magazine, but I’ve always thought the name sounded awfully derogatory, so I started referring to it as Dub-tee. (White starts with w, w = dub. Trash starts with t…..you get it!) And the name stuck.

I make dub-tee a few times a year…..for girls weekends and holidays. It looks awesome wrapped up in bags and tied with seasonal ribbons.

I also passed the recipe onto my sister, who shared it with her Tri-Delta sorority sisters.  And now it’s a big hit at an annual charity event called  Crop for a Cure. They raise lots and lots of money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital , and that’s a good thing.  A really good thing.

Anyway, people go crazy for the stuff!

So I thought I’d make a festive version! I know, I know….”if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” and all that,  but I got all caught up in the candy corn Halloween business going on.  I just couldn’t resist!

Normally, I am not a candy corn person.

I think at one point in my life, I must have eaten so much of it that I put myself into a sugar coma. One or two pieces is enough to make me feel like I joined in the candy corn festivities.

BUT……I love the way it looks, and I love all of the Halloween treats that are candy corn inspired.

This is a really quick and easy treat that can be thrown together and tastes amazing.  I love salt and sugar together, and this has both.

  

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Candy Corn White Trash (aka Halloween Dub-Tee)

• 1 and 1/2 cups Cheerios
• 3 cups Chex cereal (I used rice, but any flavor is fine)
• (1) 9 oz. bag of Candy Corn M&M’s candy
• 1 cup peanuts (almonds work great too.)
• 1 cup small pretzels or pretzel sticks
• 1 cup candy corn
• (1) 12 oz. bag of white chocolate chips

– Mix the cereals, M&M’s, peanuts, candy corn and pretzels in a large bowl.

– In a separate bowl, melt white chips 30 seconds at a time until completely melted.

– Pour over dry mix and stir with a rubber spatula until everything is coated in white chocolate.

– Spread it all out on wax paper until dry.

– Store in an airtight container.

*Double or triple it….it will work. The recipe is pretty close to Alton Brown’s white trash recipe, adaptations were made.

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It is called trash…..so you can throw in anything your heart (or tummy) desires!

Enjoy!!

Love, Lara