Graveyard Crunch Recipes

COOKIES AND SCREAM GRAVEYARD CRUNCH

Steps:

• Put the cereal in a large bowl and set aside.
• Melt the chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter together in a saucepan over low heat. Pour over the cereal and toss to coat thoroughly. Add 4 cups of the chocolate wafer cookies and toss to coat. Pour into a 9-by-13-inch casserole dish, then sprinkle the remaining 1 cup cookie crumbs over the top.
• Add the melted chocolate to a piping bag fitted with a fine round tip.
• To make gravestones, pull apart the sandwich cookies and remove the frosting. On the flat side of the cookies, add a border of chocolate around the edge and "RIP" at the top of each. Decorate the graveyard with marshmallow ghosts, gummy worms and gravestones.

HAUNTED GRAVEYARD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°. Grease 12-inch pizza pan. Stir powdered sugar, margarine, vanilla and egg in medium bowl until well blended. Stir in baking mix until soft dough forms. Pat dough in pan. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until light golden. Cool completely.
• Stir food color into frosting; spread over cookie. Sprinkle crushed chocolate cookies on half of frosted cookie.
• Use pretzels to form fence and tree; add candy corn for leaves. Arrange cookie halves in frosting for tombstones. Flatten gumdrops; cut to form bat, moon and ghost and place on cookie. Add pumpkins and gummy worms.

GRAVEYARD CRUNCH

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 300°F Place syrup, butter and cinnamon in large microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1 min.; stir until butter is completely melted. Add cereal and peanuts; mix lightly. Spread into lightly greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
• BAKE 30 min., stirring after 15 minute Cool completely. Break into pieces; place in large bowl.
• ADD marshmallows and candies; mix lightly. Store in tightly covered container at room temperature.

GRAVEYARD CRUNCH

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 300°F. Place syrup, butter and cinnamon in large microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1 min.; stir until butter is completely melted. Add cereal and peanuts; mix lightly. Spread into lightly greased 15x10x1-inch baking pan.
• BAKE 30 min., stirring after 15 min. Cool completely. Break into pieces; place in large bowl.
• ADD marshmallows and candies; mix lightly. Store in tightly covered container at room temperature.

CUPCAKE GRAVEYARD

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes.
• In a medium bowl stir 1 package of frosting with the cookie crumbs.
• Frost cooled cupcakes.
• Fill a pastry bag, fitted with a plain tip, with remaining white frosting.
• Write R.I.P. on each chocolate covered graham cracker cookie.
• Stand a decorated cookie on top of each cupcake so that it looks like a tombstone.
• Place the cupcakes on a large cookie sheet that has been covered with green paper.
• Place paper ghosts and bats randomly through the graveyard.
• Serve!

CUPCAKE GRAVEYARD

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes.
• In a medium bowl stir 1 package of frosting with the cookie crumbs. Frost cooled cupcakes.
• Fill a pastry bag, fitted with a plain tip, with remaining white frosting. Write R.I.P. on each chocolate covered graham cracker cookie. Stand a decorated cookie on top of each cupcake so that it looks like a tombstone. Place the cupcakes on a large cookie sheet that has been covered with green paper. Place paper ghosts and bats randomly through the graveyard. Serve!

FREAKY GRAVEYARD CRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Mix syrup, butter and cinnamon in large bowl and microwave on high 1 minute.
• Stir until butter is completely melted. Add cereal and peanuts; mix gently. Spread into lightly greased 15x10x1 inches baking pan.
• Bake 30 minutes and stir after 15 minutes.
• Cool completely and break into pieces. Place in bowl and add marshmallows and candies. Mix lightly and store in tightly covered container at room temperature.

GHOSTLY GRAVEYARD

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine marshmallows and butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted and blended. Remove from the heat; stir in cereal. Press into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. dish; cool. Cut into 12 squares and set aside. , Cut a 1/2-in. piece from the bottom of each sandwich cookie. Crush removed cookie pieces; set aside. Write "RIP" on each cookie, using white decorating gel. , Position cereal squares on a large serving tray. With 2 tablespoons frosting, form a circle on each cereal square; top each with a decorated cookie. Sprinkle reserved crumbs around tombstones; add Halloween sprinkles.