Tasty Thursday: St Patrick's Day recipes

It's almost time to celebrate the luck-o-the-Irish!  We found some of the cutest and yummiest recipes for your little ones!

Pot o' Gold Chex Mix

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What you need:

4 cups Lucky Charms cereal

2 cups Corn Chex cereal

1 1/2 cups broken pretzel sticks

1 cup dry-roasted peanuts

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup butter

2 Tbsp corn syrup

1/8 tsp bakin soda

1/4 cup green candy coated chocolate candies

What to do:

1. Separate cereals, peanuts, and pretzels into large microwavable bowl

2. Microwave brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter for 1 minute; stir and heat for 1 more minute until melted and smooth

3. Stir in baking soda until disolved

4. Pour over cereal mixture until evenly coated

5. Microwave 1-2 minutes stirring occasionally until cereal begins to brown

6. Spread mixture on wax paper and let cool

7. Break into bite size pieces and place in gold foil baking cups

ENJOY

Green Candied Popcorn

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What you need:

4 quarts popped corn

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/2 cup light corn syrup

2 Tablespoons butter

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cream of tartar (makes the mixture creamy)

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

green food coloring

What to do:

1. Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over medium heat

2. Add sugar, corn syrup, cream of tartar, and salt

3. Increase heat, bring mixture to a boil, and stir constantly until sugar dissolves

4. Once mixture comes to a boil add green food coloring and stop stirring

5. Boil for 5 minutes and remove from heat

6. Stir in vanilla and baking soda

7. Working while mixture is foamy, pour over popped corn and evenly coat

8. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and pour popcorn evenly onto sheet

9. Bake at 200 degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes

What are some of your favorite St. Patrick's Day treats?