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      Title: FLUTTERING BUTTERFLIES
 Categories: Kids, Candies, Snacks
      Yield: 24 Servings
 
    1/4 c  Nuts
           Butter or margarine
     48    Small twisted pretzels
     25    Vanilla & choc. caramels
      1 tb Milk
      1 tb Butter; or margarine
     48    Inches shoestring licorice
    1/2 c  Semisweet choc. chips
 
  Put nuts into a plastic baggie inside a second plastic baggie. Close bags;
  set on cutting board. Crush nuts with wood mallet or rolling pin and set
  aside. Grease a large baking sheet. For the base of EACH butterfly,
  sprinkle about 1/2 teaspoon of the crushed nuts in a small circle on baking
  sheet. Circles should be about 2 inches apart. Arrange 2 pretzels side by
  side on top of the nuts. Unwrap caramels. Put caramels, milk and butter
  into a 4-cup liquid measuring cup. Do not cover. Place in microwave on High
  power for 1 min. and 30 seconds. After cooking, stir with a wooden spoon.
  If not soft enough to stir smooth, cook for 30 secs to 1 minute more. Spoon
  1 teaspoon mixture in the middle of the two pretzels. Push caramel off
  teaspoon with small spoon. Use kitchen scissors to cut licorice into 1 inch
  long pieces. Press 2 pieces of licorice into top of caramel to make
  atennae. Chill, uncovered, in refrig. 30 minutes or until firm. Put choc.
  pieces into a 2-cup liquid measuring cup. Micro-cook, uncovered, on high
  for 1 minute to 1 minute and 30 seconds or till melted. Spoon about 1/2
  teaspoon choc. onto each butterfly. Chill about 15 minutes or till choc. is
  firm. Store in a single layer in a tightly covered container in the refrig.
  Makes 24.
 
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