TRAIL MIX CRUNCH

I didn't know what to call this recipe because so many people have so many different names for it. My best friend's mom used to make this for us on every single occasion, and I was lucky enough to find the recipe amongst a website after some searching. of course you can color the chocolate for the holiday of your choice, or screw the holiday - eat it any time of the year! Its so yummy, and includes one of my favorites; chocolate covered pretzels!

Trail Mix Crunch
1 24 oz. pkg. white bark coating
1 box of corn chex
1 large bag of mini pretzels
1 large jar of salted dry roasted peanuts
1 package of plain M&Ms (you can use holiday varieties at any time of year
to make it holiday themed – Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc.)
*****for halloween you could also trade out the M&M's and do candy corn or you can just do both!! Sky is the limit with this yummy snack! *The whole key is to ''HAVE FUN''*

Cover a fairly large area of your counter space with wax paper and tape down.
In a very large bowl, combine the chex, pretzels, peanuts and M&Ms. You might have to work in smaller batches if you can’t fit everything in one bowl with room to mix. Dump the peanuts and M&Ms in last so they don’t all sink to the bottom.
In a smaller bowl, melt your bark coating in the microwave in 30 second intervals and stir in between. Don’t let it go for too long at once or it will scald and you will have to toss it out and start over.
When the bark coating is melted, gently pour into the larger bowl and toss with the dry ingredients. You can adjust the amount of coating you use based on your preference. I usually stir a little bit in, toss, stir some more in, toss again, etc. to make sure everything gets a little bark coating on it so it will stick together.
Working quickly, dump the mixture out on your wax paper and spread out in a thin layer to dry. Once it’s dry, break it apart into pieces and store in an airtight container or divide into decorative cello bags to give away.

Note: If you half your mix ingredients and bark coating, it will be a little easier to work with in two batches. Otherwise you will need a really large bowl and workspace to spread out on the counter.

Enjoy!