Halloween Monster Munch Recipe

4.60 from 10 votes

Halloween Monster Munch Recipe

Monster Munch is a delicious sweet snack great for Halloween parties or scary movies. It is made with microwave popcorn and cereal mixture, peanuts, M&M's, and peanut butter caramel drizzle. It's the perfect Halloween treat for peanut butter lovers!

Prep Time15

Cook Time5

Total Time5

Course: Snack

Cuisine: American

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Servings: servings

Calories: 404kcal

Author: Dana

Equipment

Ingredients

¼ cup unsalted butter
2 tablespoons corn syrup
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup creamy peanut butter
4 cups popped popcorn
1 ½ cups salted peanuts
4 cups Chex corn or rice
1 cup Halloween M&M's
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Place parchment paper on a large-rimmed baking sheet and spread the popped popcorn on top of the parchment paper.
Layer the salted peanuts and Chex on top of the popcorn.
In a small saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat, stir in the granulated sugar, and stir until the mixture is smooth.
Bring the mixture to a low boil, reduce the heat to medium, and stir in the corn syrup.
Boil for about 4 minutes.
Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract and the creamy peanut butter until smooth.
Pour half of the mixture on top of the snack mix on the baking sheet and stir the popcorn mixture together.
Drizzle the remaining peanut butter mixture on top of the popcorn stirring thoroughly.
Allow the mixture to sit and cool for about 5 minutes before sprinkling in the Halloween M&M's and the semisweet chocolate chip to prevent the candies from melting.

Notes

Allow the mixture to cool to prevent the candies from melting into the popcorn mixture.

Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days at room temperature or for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.

Honey Nut Cheerios, Pretzels, candy corn, candy pumpkins, mini marshmallows, Oreo cookies, and Reese's pieces are all tasty mix-ins to make this a fun snack mix. More fun and spooky candy to add in are candy eyes and gummy worms.

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